Vice President Joe Biden led a major step toward completing his “moonshot” task of curing cancer June 29, when he spoke at the first Cancer Moonshot Summit. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a thumbs up to a test hospitals can use to identify certain types of antibiotic-resistant infections more quickly.

While defending a proposal to test changes to how reimbursements are calculated under Medicare Part B, CMS Chief Medical Officer Patrick Conway, MD, told a panel of federal lawmakers the agency would alter the plan based on concerns from physicians and lawmakers.

A new rule proposed by HHS would attempt to reduce a large backlog of Medicare appeals cases, while encouraging new cases to be settled earlier in the process.

Nearly 200 physician’s groups, including 3,200 doctors, and 17 health insurance companies will work together with the government in an effort to provide better cancer care, HHS announced June 29. 

A $1.1 billion dollar proposal to support anti-Zika virus efforts at federal health agencies failed to advance in the Senate, opening up the possibility no funds will be authorized before September.

Medical devices play a vital role in patient care, but how they are approved and regulated are vastly different in the United States compared to the European Union.

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued a preliminary recommendation June 28 that would put a stop to annual pelvic exams for most healthy adult women.