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Sliding vaccine rates hang over vote on CDC director nominee as US measles cases hit dangerous milestone
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the ...
Senate panel clears FDA appropriations
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WATCH: Senate committee holds hearing on health care industry ... - PBS
The Senate Health committee held a hearing Thursday on ... there’s an unusually high number of green cards available this year for foreign professionals seeking to move to the United States.
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Bernie Sanders chairs Senate committee looking to fix the health ... - NPR
The U.S. faces a shortfall of about 450,000 nurses and 120,000 doctors in the coming years. The Senate's top health committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is considering bipartisan solutions.
Senate GOP faces ‘gut check time’ on axing global HIV program
Senate Republicans remain wary of eliminating the popular and successful global HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR, as they face down a ...
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Senate panel grills pharmaceutical CEOs on drug prices: ‘You ... - CNN
Ahead of Thursday’s hearing, the Senate committee noted in a news release that Merck’s diabetes drug Januvia costs about $200 per year in France, versus a list price of $6,900 in the United ...
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Senate committee advances NIH, FDA leaders' nominations - Healio
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted to advance the nominations of probable new NIH and FDA leaders to the full senate. In last week’s hearings ...
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Senate committee votes to hold Steward Health CEO in contempt
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 20 to zero to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt of Congress after he refused to testify about his ...