Government & Policy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said that if the work advances and is approved quickly clinical trials could begin in the U.S. next year.

The timeline change stems from issues identified during testing as well as the aggressive nature of the original schedule, DoD Program Executive Officer Stacy Cummings said.

The industry association calls on CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt to focus on the key issues of data sharing and interoperability and to reduce the need for multiple reports from IT systems.

Kristen Held, MD, cautioned that physicians cannot ethically comply with the rule as it stands today and predicted that many will opt out of Medicare because of it. 

Congress is set to vote on a $1.1 billion package the day it returns from summer vacation but whether Democrats and Republicans can immediately compromise remains to be seen. The Zika virus, meanwhile, continues to spread in Florida. 

Bibiana Bielekova filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Washington Post reported.

Insisting that device and information encryption is a problem that will not simply go away, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey called for greater collaboration between private sector companies and the federal government. 

The research team found two groups that can stop the virus from replicating and protect fetal brain cells.

The money will help states improve data collection and analysis to better understand how to prevent opioid abuse, curb deaths and treat addiction.

The progress Obamacare has made so far is encouraging, but access problems remain, particularly among low-income Hispanics and African-Americans, researchers said.