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Company executives told the president they knew almost immediately the substantial impact that the shutdown of a major production plant in February would have on the U.S. supply.
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The first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage landed in Indianapolis with enough formula for more than a half-million bottles.
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A year ago, the CDC awarded states and local health departments $2.25 billion to help people of color and other populations at higher risk from COVID. But a KHN review shows public health agencies across the country have been slow to spend it.
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Presidents Biden and Obama are marking the 12th anniversary of the Affordale Care Act, and they're out to expand the law's footprint.
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CMS chief Chiquita Brooks-LaSure says the agency reserves its power to quickly institute new regulations for “absolute emergencies.” On staffing, nursing home residents might need to wait years to see any real change.
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Joshua Davis, a teen with Type 1 diabetes, applauded from the gallery as Biden urged capping the cost of insulin at $35 a month. It was among the health issues touched on during the president's speech.
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Inquiries lead from one federal office to the next, with no clear answers. At one Army Contracting Command, a protocol office employee says that “voicemail has been down for months.”
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President Joe Biden is relaunching "Cancer Moonshot," an initiative he led as vice president. It aims to dramatically reduce cancer deaths and improve the experience of patients, survivors and families.
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The president's earlier coronavirus relief bill has been providing generous subsidy increase, but that assistance will go away at the end of 2022 without congressional action.
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The White House announced that the masks will come from the government's Strategic National Stockpile, which has more than 750 million on hand.