Hospital groups that represent thousands of health-care providers across the US sued the Department of Health and Human Services over a new government pilot program that stands to shake up how they can access steeply discounted medicines from drugmakers.
The Trump administration’s moves to shrink the federal workforce put the FDA’s ability to regulate drugs and oversee the pharmaceutical industry at risk, according to current and former agency employees.
The FDA finalized its updated guidance Tuesday on how medical device manufacturers can tighten cybersecurity in the face of rapidly evolving online threats to patients and the health-care system.
States facing a mounting volume of plastic are turning to a recycling method
that uses heat and chemicals to break down materials, even as critics say the
process could do more harm than good to the environment.
Bubble wrap, air pillows, styrofoam peanuts, and other single-use plastics
placed in e-commerce packages would have to be reduced throughout California
under a bill pending in the legislature.
More than 30 House and Senate members told the EPA on Thursday they have
concerns over chemical recycling technology contributing to the climate crisis.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to tackle the state’s plastic
pollution issues following passage of the measure with broad support earlier
this week.
A California bill tackling the plastic pollution crisis at the source is headed
to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk after a vote in the state Senate on Thursday.