RFK Jr. is a 'big fan' of this treatment and plans to widen access
He indicated that the FDA will soon take action on peptides, the mini-proteins biohackers tout as therapies for a range of ills.
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RFK Jr. went too far with comments about gender care for minors, judge rules
The ruling in a lawsuit brought by a group of states deals another setback to the Trump administration in its efforts to restrict the treatments.
Read full article →Federal judge puts RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule, advisers on ice
As a result of the ruling, HHS has postponed a planned meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices this week.
Read full article →Merger to create nation's largest suicide prevention nonprofit
Should their merger close, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and The Jed Foundation would have an annual operating budget of about $75 million and net assets of around $140 million.
Read full article →Oz previews new plan to push states toward revalidating Medicaid providers
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz on Tuesday previewed the agency's next steps in its effort to root out fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid.
Read full article →Covera Health, Medmo combine to create end-to-end diagnostic imaging platform
The coordinated diagnostic imaging platform will reach nearly six million patients across all 50 states.
Read full article →ECRI spins out healthcare supply chain division into Staritas, backed by PE firm Accel-KKR
ECRI, a nonprofit healthcare quality and safety organization, spun out its spend management and recall management solutions an independent company backed by a strategic growth investment from Accel-KKR.
Read full article →'Hospitals adverse to transparency'—clashing industry groups spar on mulligan 340B rebate pilot
The administration's second stab at a rebate program for statutory drug discounts drew familiar arguments and new alarm bells over a potential expansion from last year's aborted iteration of the pharma-friendly pilot program.
Read full article →UnitedHealthcare to eliminate most prior authorizations for rural providers
UnitedHealthcare is building on its work to support rural hospitals, and will now exempt these facilities from most prior authorizations.
Read full article →CVS, Mass General Brigham primary care deal would increase annual care spending by $40M, report predicts
A "conservative" preliminary estimate from a Massachusetts watchdog agency acknowledged likely access gains from a pending MinuteClinic affiliation deal, but said the major health system's higher prices would substantially boost commercial healthcare spending.
Read full article →Chutes & Ladders—Blue Shield of California names chief pharmacy officer; ChristianaCare CEO to retire
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.
Read full article →Physician burnout falls for third year in 2025 to 42%, AMA data shows
Specialties reporting the highest levels of burnout include emergency medicine, urological surgery and radiology while the lowest rates of burnout were reported among infectious diseases, nephrology and dermatology.
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