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Lawmakers are considering new so-called "Right to Work" legislation that would impact terminally ill patients looking for alternative medication.

Healthcare

House to vote on allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs

Kimberly Leonard -

March 13, 2018 12:01 am

The Food and Drug Administration is marching down a path that could see more than 99 percent of e-cigarette products taken off the market by 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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How the spending bill can save lives: End the war on vaping

Guy Bentley -

March 12, 2018 9:48 pm

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., (pictured) and Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, have unveiled a right-to-try bill in the House of Representatives on Saturday morning. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare

House panel unveils right-to-try bill

Robert King -

March 10, 2018 3:11 pm

The Right to Try Act allows terminally ill patients who have exhausted all other options to try medications that have passed basic Food and Drug Administration safety protocols but not completed the full, multiyear approval process. Such legislation has received overwhelming support nationally, becoming law in 38 states. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Healthcare

Andy Biggs and Brian Fitzpatrick: America needs the Right to Try, before it’s too late

Andy Biggs, brian-fitzpatrick -

March 7, 2018 9:56 pm

Scott Gottlieb said consolidation and contracting schemes discourages the development of new biosimilars. (AP Photo/Kathy Young)

Healthcare

FDA chief criticizes health insurers, drug plans for ‘shell games’ over pricing

Kimberly Leonard -

March 7, 2018 4:06 pm

Kratom is an herbal supplement that can be smoked, sipped in tea, or taken as tablets. People who take it have said that it helps relieve chronic pain and depression, and it can work as a replacement to opioids. Some people take it for its stimulating effects.

Healthcare

CDC links more salmonella illnesses to kratom

Kimberly Leonard -

March 2, 2018 9:10 pm

This 2015 file photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. In a letter to Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, and Jet this week, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb noted that a growing number of people are taking the drug loperamide in high doses, which can result in serious heart problems or death. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Healthcare

FDA asks online retailers Amazon, Ebay, Walmart to restrict anti-diarrheal medication used by opioid addicts

Kimberly Leonard -

March 2, 2018 12:12 am

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that ongoing efforts are needed to collect potentially dangerous opioids that are sitting in people's medicine cabinets. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Healthcare

HHS Secretary Alex Azar invites more states to seek Medicaid waivers to fight opioids

Kimberly Leonard -

March 1, 2018 7:14 pm

American trade negotiators ought to make strengthening IP rights their top priority. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Op-Eds

A new NAFTA deal must halt intellectual property theft

Peter J. Pitts -

March 1, 2018 5:01 am

Thankfully, the scientific community isn't taking the FDA's non-scientific approach to kratom lying down. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Op-Eds

As opioid crisis worsens, FDA attacks safe alternative used by millions

Dave Herman -

February 23, 2018 5:01 am

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House to vote on allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs

How the spending bill can save lives: End the war on vaping

House panel unveils right-to-try bill

Andy Biggs and Brian Fitzpatrick: America needs the Right to Try, before it’s too late

FDA chief criticizes health insurers, drug plans for ‘shell games’ over pricing

CDC links more salmonella illnesses to kratom

FDA asks online retailers Amazon, Ebay, Walmart to restrict anti-diarrheal medication used by opioid addicts

HHS Secretary Alex Azar invites more states to seek Medicaid waivers to fight opioids

A new NAFTA deal must halt intellectual property theft

As opioid crisis worsens, FDA attacks safe alternative used by millions

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