Regulatory/Compliance

FDA Approves New Drug to Prevent RSV in Babies and Toddlers

Jul 23, 2023 at 09:22 pm by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Beyfortus (nirsevimab-alip) for the prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease in neonates.... Read More

FDA Provides Update Regarding Storm Damage at Pfizer Facility in North Carolina

Jul 23, 2023 at 09:20 pm by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working closely with Pfizer to assess the impact of the damage at Pfizer’s Rocky Mount, North Carolina, facility. Over t.... Read More

CMS Issues 2024 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Proposal

Jul 17, 2023 at 12:19 am by Staff

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule to announce rate updates,.... Read More

FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive

Jul 17, 2023 at 12:05 am by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opill (norgestrel) tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy— the first daily oral contraceptive app.... Read More

FDA Converts Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment to Traditional Approval

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:45 am by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration converted Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb), indicated to treat adult patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, to traditional approval f.... Read More

How Health Care May Be Affected by the High Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:27 am by Staff

By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News Doctors are concerned that a Supreme Court ruling issued June 29 will have far-reaching effects not only on the dive.... Read More

CDC to Reduce Funding for States’ Child Vaccination Programs

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:07 am by Staff

By Andy Miller, KFF Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing funding to states for child vaccination programs, according to an agen.... Read More

More States Legalize Sales of Unpasteurized Milk, Despite Public Health Warnings

Jul 10, 2023 at 12:23 am by Staff

By Tony Leys, KFF Health News Babe the goat is trendier than she looks. Babe lives a quiet life on a hillside farm in southern Iowa, where she grazes on grass w.... Read More

A New Law Is Supposed to Protect Pregnant Workers — But What If We Don’t Know How?

Jul 03, 2023 at 08:52 pm by Staff

By Gina Jiménez, KFF Health News Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got p.... Read More

Misinformation Obscures Standards Guiding Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

Jul 03, 2023 at 08:38 pm by Staff

By Helen Santoro, KFF Health News Almost three weeks after Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, signed a bill making it a felony for doctors to pro.... Read More