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Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter, we’re Nathaniel Weixel, Joseph Choi and Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech — every week we follow the latest moves on how Washington impacts your health.
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond:
Full StoryPresident Trump on Monday signed a series of health-focused executive actions, including one cracking down on gain-of-function research, which has been at the center of debates over how the COVID-19 pandemic began. Trump signed the order, which White House officials said provides additional tools to enforce a ban on federal funding going toward gain-of-function research, and strengthens oversight mechanisms around it. The field …
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The Senate Finance Committee will meet Tuesday to go over the nominations of James O'Neill and Gary Andres for Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services respectively. The Senate HELP Committee will hold its own hearing Thursday on the nomination of James O’Neill and of Janette Nesheiwat, who is nominated to be both Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
Local and state headlines on health care:
Missouri mega clinic will provide free heath care services in St. Louis (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) San Francisco breast cancer memorial in Golden Gate Park, a national first, a poignant reminder of lives lost (San Francisco Chronicle) Rite Aid to close more than 175 pharmacies across New York (Spectrum News)A MESSAGE FROM THE COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE
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