The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently created a Digital Health Advisory Committee to provide relevant expertise and perspective to improve the FDA’s understanding of the benefits, risks, and clinical outcomes associated with use of Digital Health Technologies (DHTs),” …

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) COVID.gov website announced “as of September 25, 2023, residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests.”  There is a limit of one order per residential …

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just authorized the 2023-2024 updated mRNA Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use.  These updated vaccines have been “formulated to more closely target currently circulating variants,” and “include a monovalent (single) component …

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A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official recently sent a letter to Anne Milgram, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator, recommending that DEA reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III.  Under the Controlled Substances Act, Schedule I covers …

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President Biden recently issued on Executive Order (EO) on Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Services.  The EO directs the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretaries to “consider new guidance to ensure private health …

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