Health and Human Services

FEMA official Robert Fenton and a deputy are charged with increasing access to tests, vaccines, and treatment.

The Biden administration plans to elevate the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to its own division in a bid to improve the response to current and future public health emergencies, The Washington Post reports.

A new presidential memorandum requires the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate a government-wide push to generate a research action plan for the condition.

The legislation, passed by the House of Representatives yesterday, will increase research agencies’ budgets by around 5 percent in 2022 and support the creation of a new health agency.

Overbearing restrictions on research into toxins and pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 could undermine public health and security in the long run.

The glycoprotein researcher and longtime principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health will take over from Francis Collins on December 20.

The Trump administration suggests deploying the National Guard to ensure timely data sharing into a new, centralized database.

The government is assisting Johnson & Johnson and Moderna with expediting clinical testing while at the same time prepping for large-scale manufacturing.

Two scientists, who came to the Bethesda campus to give presentations, hold US green cards and had previously visited without incident.

Appointed by Ronald Reagan, Heckler led the agency from 1983 to 1985, and helped promote research into AIDS.

A total of 27 people have died since April, but new funds and the deployment of an experimental vaccine are expected to help contain the virus.

The alleged ban prohibits officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using a list of seven words in agency budget documents. 

The former chief of Eli Lilly USA is picked to replace Tom Price, who stepped down in September amid a controversy over the abuse of taxpayer-funded travel.

Heads of CMS, FDA are among the potential replacements.

US government agencies can’t provide strong scientific evidence that flossing is beneficial.

Scientists wishing to study marijuana’s health effects may now forgo a review by Public Health Services.

Despite scientific evidence that Plan B emergency contraception is safe for women of all ages, the department of Health and Human Services declined to approve it for over-the-counter use.

Proposed rules would streamline human research and strengthen protections for study subjects, according to the US government.

The US government releases an updated list of potential carcinogens that includes seven new chemicals and biological agents.