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The FDA overruled its own scientific advisers in approving Aduhelm, despite lack of proof that it met its promise of slowing patients' decline.
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Several health policy provisions are included in the $1.7 trillion legislation, which was approved by the House a day after the Senate passed it.
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The legislation will sunset a requirement of the COVID public health emergency that the Biden administration has been under mounting pressure to end. States were prohibited from booting people off Medicaid with the emergency in effect.
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The bill directs Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to rescind his August 2021 memorandum imposing the vaccine mandate.
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While supporters cheer the PASTEUR Act as an essential strategy to stem the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, critics call it a multibillion-dollar giveaway to Big Pharma.
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The mandate helped ensure the vast majority of troops were vaccinated for COVID, but also raised concerns that it harmed recruitment and retention.
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Increasingly, the FDA is asking drugmakers to remove unproven uses from older drugs that haven't delivered on early results. And drugmakers seeking accelerated approvals are facing tougher hurdles.
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Lawyers are aggressively advertising potential windfalls for people exposed to contaminated water at the base. But it's too soon to know how the claim process will play out.
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Lori McClintock, the wife of U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock of California, died after ingesting white mulberry leaf, according to the Sacramento County coroner.
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That reduction wouldn’t result from cuts in benefits. Instead, Medicare would be empowered to leverage its market power to pay lower prices for certain drugs.