New Recommendations for Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions
EPA’s Science Advisory Board offers recommendations to improve cost-benefit analysis.
HHS Proposes Rules for Affordable Insurance Exchanges
Proposed federal standards issued for implementing health care reform.
HHS Releases Progress Report on Open Government
The agency details its plans to enhance transparency, public collaboration.
House Hearing on Efforts to Confront Alzheimer’s Disease
Hearing discusses how to address potential global crisis.
Senate Hearing on Diabetes Urges Development of Artificial Pancreas
Committee members urge FDA to expedite releasing industry guidance.
FDA Releases Action Plan on Imported Goods
The plan would improve collaboration, data management, and resource allocation.
How Bad Math at Federal Agencies Undervalues Human Life
Agencies underestimate the value of human life by consistently ignoring health inflation and wealth inflation.
House Passes Bill to Ban Indirect Federal Funding of Abortion
The bill would prohibit government subsidies for healthcare plans that cover abortions.
Europe’s E. coli Outbreak: The EU Food Safety Regime Under Stress
A rare strain of E. coli raises tensions and questions over the EU response.