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Bioterrorism is a growing threat, but simply throwing more money atthe problem or creating bigger and more complex bureaucracies isnot the answer. Providing sufficient resources for bioterrorismpreparedness is important, but without the right organization,strategies, and programs, these efforts will be inefficient andwasteful. Congress and the Administration should move to ensurethat the federal government is better organized to meet thechallenge.

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Former FDA Commissioners, Industry Groups Show Support for Modernized FDA Regulatory Framework - In recent months,...

In recent months, two former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioners and the heads of four major cosmetics industry groups have called on Congress to pass legislation that...

Testing shortages have beset the federal government since the beginning of the pandemic. Learn more at Boston.com

Millions of Americans are now receiving tests through the new mail program, which health experts said came too late to meet demand during the brunt of Omicron wave.

We look at what the research says about prior authorization: when insurance companies require additional info for approving doctors' orders.

The administration is promising to purchase even more vaccine doses as they become available from the vaccine makers, and to use the Defense Production Act to spur production. But federal health officials and corporate executives said those were longer-term goals because the supply for the first three months of the year was essentially fixed. The Trump administration invoked the Defense Production Act to force suppliers to prioritize orders from Pfizer, Moderna and other vaccine makers whose pr...