Alice Park

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Alice Park

Dr. Peter Marks speaks during a Senate hearing in 2021 in Washington, DC. Credit - Greg Nash—Pool/Getty ImagesDr. Peter Marks is the kind of health official both Democrats and Republicans used to admire. He served in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 13 years, most of them as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alice Park

Credit - Cavallini James/BSIP/Universal Images Group—Getty ImagesStrep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of bacteria can also cause more serious illnesses—even flesh-eating infections. The bacteria responsible for the more serious infections are on the rise.

2 weeks ago | time.com | Alice Park

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced—without explanation—that it would not proceed with a proposal initiated by the Biden Administration to cover weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound for its beneficiaries. Medicare and Medicaid recipients can be reimbursed for the medications to treat diabetes, but currently the anti-obesity versions of these drugs will not be covered.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alice Park

Sania Nishtar, chief executive officer of Gavi following a Bloomberg Television interview in London on Nov. 26, 2024. Credit - Hollie Adams/Bloomberg—Getty ImagesGavi, the Vaccine Alliance, supplies vaccines to nearly half of the world’s children. For decades, governments, institutions, and private groups around the world have provided the funding it needs to buy, stockpile and distribute vaccines at reduced cost for lower and middle-resource countries.

3 weeks ago | time.com | Alice Park

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, supplies vaccines to nearly half of the world’s children. For decades, governments, institutions, and private groups around the world have provided the funding it needs to buy, stockpile and distribute vaccines at reduced cost for lower and middle-resource countries. But leaked documents, first reported by the New York Times, reveal that the Trump Administration has created lists of funding projects it plans to stop supporting, including Gavi.