Tag: USA-
Medicare to Cover Wegovy When Patients Also Have Heart Disease
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare will now cover the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy if patients using it...
White House Lifts COVID Testing Rule for People Around President Biden
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In a move that acknowledges that COVID-19 is no longer the danger it...
Biden Administration Takes New Steps to Ensure Access to Abortion
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- On what would have been the 51st anniversary of the landmark Roe v....
Record Number of Americans Choose Obamacare
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Over 15 million Americans have signed up for health insurance using the Affordable...
Young Adults, Black Americans Most Likely to Visit ER for Assault Injuries
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Being young or Black may make it more likely that you wind up...
Heat-Related Illness Increasing in the United States
Increase seen among veterans in all 50 states, with higher rates tied to more comorbidities
White House Provides $250 Million to Reduce COVID-19 Inequities
Initiative is meant to help local governments boost COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and other pandemic mitigation measures
CDC Expands Alert About Listeria Outbreak Linked to Cheese
Three new illnesses linked to the outbreak reported this week
U.S. Government to Distribute Millions of Face Masks
Masks will be sent to underserved communities and those hardest hit by the pandemic
President Biden Unveils Details of National Pandemic Response Plan
On Wednesday, Biden signed three executive orders relating to the coronavirus pandemic shortly after taking office
