By Paige Minemyer
America's Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association are joining forces to boost access to vaccinations for seniors and vulnerable populations.
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By Fraiser Kansteiner
The FDA needs to address its growing manufacturing inspection backlog or it'll only become more swamped, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has warned. Since last March, the agency has largely paused inspections to play it safe during COVID-19, resulting in a failure to complete more than 1,000 inspections planned for 2020.
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By Ben Adams
Like so many in the world, President Joe Biden has been personally hit by a cancer death after the loss of his son Beau in 2015 to a brain tumor.
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By Robert King
Larger hospital chains reported profits at the end of the year despite massive patient volume shortfalls created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Kevin Dunleavy,Fraiser Kansteiner,Eric Sagonowsky,Angus Liu,Conor Hale
Italy and the European Union have blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines bound for Australia. The NIH has halted a trial of two COVID-19 antibody treatments. The GAO is examining the FDA's growing inspection backlog, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic.
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By Robert King
Medicare physician services spending declined by $9.4 billion in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new AMA report said.
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