The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced every U.S. household is again eligible to order free covid-19 at-home rapid antigen tests, by visiting the COVIDTests.gov website.  There is a limit of one order per residential address, …

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued “Diversity Action Plans to Improved Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Studies.”  This draft guidance “describes the form, content, and manner of diversity action plans, the applicable medical products, …

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced it is proposing a rule to transfer marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).  [See 21 U.S.C. § 812 Schedules of controlled …

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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), just released Revisions and Clarifications to Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Informed Consent (Memo QSO-24-10-Hospitals).  The new guidance was announced in a 4/1/2024 …

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