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July 2023

A healthcare worker collects blood from a pinprick to a newborn’s heel for use in a test to screen the baby for an inherited disorder.

Screening newborns for deadly immune disorder saves lives

July 11, 2023
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FDA Denies Marketing of myblu Menthol E-Cigarette Product

July 10, 2023

June 2023

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HHS Announces Actions to Lower Health Care Costs and Allow Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices

June 30, 2023
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Breakthrough Cures for Hepatitis C Still Fail to Reach the Vast Majority of Americans Who Need Them

June 29, 2023
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CTP’s Progress Addressing Recommendations from the Reagan-Udall Evaluation

June 29, 2023
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CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults

June 29, 2023
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FDA Approves First Cellular Therapy to Treat Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

June 28, 2023
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SDOH-R02 Recategorized to Healthy People 2030 Core Objective

June 27, 2023
Physical Activity Midcourse Report on Older Adults

Announcing the Physical Activity Guidelines Midcourse Report on Older Adults!

June 27, 2023
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Biden-Harris Administration launches initiative to improve cancer outcomes in low-income areas

June 26, 2023
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FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Treatment of Certain Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

June 22, 2023
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HHS Study Shows In-hospital Delivery-related Maternal Death Rates Decreased More than Half from 2008 to 2021

June 22, 2023
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U.S. E-cigarette Sales Climbed during 2020-2022

June 22, 2023
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FDA Inspection Blitz Leads to More Than 180 Warning Letters to Retailers for the Illegal Sale of Youth-Appealing Elf Bar and Esco Bars E-Cigarettes

June 22, 2023
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HHS Issues Advisory on Mental Health Symptoms and Conditions Related to Long COVID

June 21, 2023
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FDA Approves New Class of Medicines to Treat Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes

June 20, 2023
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New NCCOR Paper Identifies Measurement Gaps and Provides Research Opportunities for Advancing Dietary Assessment in Infants and Toddlers

June 14, 2023
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Men died of overdose at 2-3 times greater a rate than women in the U.S. in 2020-2021

June 14, 2023
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Only 1 in 4 adolescent treatment facilities offer buprenorphine for opioid use disorder

June 13, 2023
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SAMHSA Releases New Data on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Behavioral Health

June 13, 2023