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Trump administration investigates universities for J-1 visa fraud
This story has been updated. The Trump administration announced Thursday that it is investigating nine universities for alleged fraud related to visas commonly used by postdoctoral researchers, a core part of the nation’s biomedical workforce. Vice President JD Vance announced during a press briefing that Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the California Institute of Technology, Arizona […]
Medicare Part B enrollees to get $90 payments, Trump says| STAT
President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections — this time, to more than 20 million seniors, giving them $90 each to help pay for Medicare premiums. The announcement, made late Friday night by Trump on social media, comes after the president last month said about […]
Trump gets more credit than Biden for trying to lower drug prices
WASHINGTON — Controlling drug prices has been a priority for the Trump and Biden administrations. Trump is increasingly recognized for his efforts. A new poll by KFF, a health policy nonprofit, shows that 41% of Americans say it is likely that the Trump administration’s policies will reduce the cost of their prescription drugs. Responses were […]
Trump decides to demand lower drug prices under Medicare
You’re reading the web edition of DC Diagnosis, STAT’s biweekly newsletter on health and medicine policy and politics. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The NIH director started the Pete & Bobby fitness challenge, but I didn’t see Jay Bhattacharya doing pull-ups. And you can decide what you […]
Trump Administration Joins Medicare Drug Negotiations
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday celebrated drug price reductions it achieved through a program created by Democrats — despite Republicans’ long-standing antipathy toward the policy. The Inflation Reduction Act, a 2022 law supported only by Democrats and signed into law by then-President Biden, allowed the Trump administration to obtain lower prices on 15 […]
Inside Kennedy’s Rise at HHS: Meeting MAHA Priorities for Trump
WASHINGTON — On Independence Avenue, inside a brutalist gray building considered by many to be the ugliest in this city, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. built a monument to his family. In the well-lit, royal blue hallway leading to his private offices, framed historic American flags are interspersed with pennants representing the campaigns and slogans of […]
Trump officials take aim at Coalition for Health AI, as Amazon drops out
Mario Aguilar covers technology in healthcare, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearables, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how technology is changing the practice of health care and the business and policy challenges of realizing the promise of technology. He is also co-author of the free bi-weekly STAT Health Tech newsletter. You can reach […]
Trump threatens 100% pharmaceutical rates unless companies should do medication in the United States
Washington – President Trump Thursday evening threatened pharmaceutical companies with a 100% price unless they build manufacturing factories in the United States The price would start on October 1 and could affect all “brand or patented” drugs, “said the president in an article on social networks. Companies could avoid this by building manufacturing facilities in […]
The autism researcher cited by Trump officials had been thrown into testimony
A dean of Harvard and a pre -eminent epidemiologist whose work was quoted by senior health officials in the Trump administration as justification to seriously reduce the use of tylenol by pregnant women due to an supposed link with autism provided a testimony of experts in a lawsuit against the manufacturer of drugs that a […]
With Trump in the United Kingdom, GSK boasts $ 30 billion in the United States over 5 years
Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine and biopharmal industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on signal in Drewqjoseph.45. London-The manufacturer of drugs based in the United Kingdom said early Wednesday that he planned to invest $ 30 billion in the United States over five years, an announcement from this week’s state visit here by President […]