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Health experts talked about the spread of infectious diseases and what the U.S. is doing to prevent potential outbreaks. Speakers included the head of the National Center for Immunization…

Two House subcommittees examined medical technologies designed to help veterans. Some of the innovations include robotic exoskeletons to help veterans walk and a system to monitor those afflicted…

Vermont’s attorney general, prosecutors, and a former police chief talked about the role of prosecutors and law enforcement officials in avoiding the criminalization of mental illness. This was…

Lloyd Sederer discussed addiction and the opioid crisis from the 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testified on his department’s fiscal year 2019 budget reques. He also talked about efforts to address the opioid epidemic and the high cost of…

Directors from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services and Related Agencies on President Trump’s fiscal…

The House debated changes to the farm bill that would require people who receive food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as “food stamps,”…

Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) talked about his Rural Health Insurance Act and federal spending.

Officials from the Health and Human Service Department and the Government Accountability Office testified at a Senate committee on a federal drug pricing program called 340B. The program…

The U.S. Helsinki Commission, also known as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, hosted a briefing on how smugglers use the internet to traffic opioids and counterfeit…

The House Agriculture Committee held a meeting to draft legislation for the 2018 farm bill. Members delivered opening statements followed by discussions of amendments dealing with nutrition…

Journalist Alisa Roth reported that nearly half the people in U.S. jails and prisons have a psychiatric disorder.

At the daily White House briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. Secretary Azar outlined the Trump administration’s new proposal to lower…

President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced their plan for lowering prescription drug prices. They talked about some of the steps the administration would…

In the weekly Democratic address Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI) talked about ways to bring down the costs of prescription drugs.

CQ Roll Call Energy and Environment Reporter Jeremy Dillon discussed Yucca Mountain and the issue of nuclear waste storage. Earlier in the week, on Thursday, the House passed a measure,…

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eileen McNamara recounted the life of the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver, an advocate for the mentally disabled and the founder of the Special Olympics.

The Washington Post's Carolyn Johnson spoke by phone about President Trump previous-day speech on lowering prescription drug prices.

Telephone lines and social media were open to taken viewer calls and comments to the question, “Should the federal government do more to lower prescription drug prices?” The previous day,…

Health care policy experts talked about the supply chain and cost of prescription drugs. The first session featured Pfizer CEO Ian Read, followed by a panel discussion on ways to lower…