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A leading Senate Republican on U.S. health policy says a vaccine advisory panel overhauled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should delay a looming meeting amid questions about experience and potential bias of some newly-appointed members.
Medical Economics
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives praised and denounced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) plans to Make America Healthy Again.
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Rep. Kim Schrier, MD (D-Wash.), tore into HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday, accusing him of lying and arguing that he broke a promise not to change the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
During an HHS budget hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, Schrier, a pediatrician, asked Kennedy if he had ever treated measles, bacterial meningitis, pertussis, or whooping cough (Kennedy said he had not).
The American Journal of Managed Care
Democratic leaders assert the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) remains vital for emergency care, countering confusion from recent policy changes affecting abortion rights and patient safety.
National Community Pharmacists Association
On June 11, the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee held a hearing titled "Made in America: Strengthening Domestic Manufacturing and the Health Care Supply Chain." While much of the hearing focused on prospective tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals and efforts to onshore drug manufacturing, community pharmacy issues and PBM reform also featured in witness testimony and q
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D.
Medscape
Health organizations and professional societies are expressing outrage over the firing of all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
One day after the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to restructure the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) by firing the 17 experts who currently sit on the committee, professional organizations and lawmakers are issuing statements of fear, disagreement, and deep concern for the future of vaccine use and safety in the United States.
Medical Economics
Key Takeaways
The dissolution of ACIP has been criticized as undermining evidence-based medicine and public trust in vaccine safety and effectiveness.
Concerns have been raised about potential conflicts of interest and the politicization of vaccine recommendations under the new administration.
Administration should 'immediately reverse course' on Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, which will be reconstituted for meeting this month.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) recently reintroduced the bipartisan Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act, which will expand Medicare coverage for diabetes self-management training services. These services reduce diabetes-related deaths and heart attacks, lead to improved self-care, and lower care costs for hospitals. Congresswoman Schrier is joined in introducing this legislation by Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12). This legislation was introduced in the U.S.