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Now, even as Trump’s top health advisers scramble to erect new safeguards, those involved in the process say they fear the damage is already done: Trump’s constant drumbeat for a vaccine by Nov. 3 has drowned out months of careful…

The U.S. is averaging more than 40,000 new cases each day, down from the 65,000-per-day peak in July. Global cases have surpassed 32 million, with India and Brazil following the United States with the second and third highest case counts,…

It’s not the first time that a president has tested his power ahead of an election to make a sweeping health care change. Barack Obama bypassed Congress to reward top-performing private Medicare plans ahead of his re-election campaign. The plan…

The Trump administration has pledged repeatedly to lower drug costs, yet drug makers have raised the price of hundreds of medicines amid the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement of the cards came after talks with the pharmaceutical industry’s major lobby broke…

“Abortion will turn out to be very powerful even though it’s not listed as a top issue [in this poll] because so many people who may care about other issues are passionate that they don’t want the court to make…

Conservatives have historically done better firing up their base on abortion and the courts. But this time they’ll be confronting the grief and rage of abortion-rights supporters mobilizing to disrupt President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bid…

The decision to reassign Newman and Granito was jointly made by the White House and the health department, said two individuals familiar with the situation. The White House liaison’s office at HHS traditionally serves as a go-between for personnel decisions,…

Even then, he suggested the first vaccines may not be strongly protective against the virus, as he tried to underscore the importance of masks. Those comments drew notice from public health experts, who questioned the basis for his claim. “I…

Biden, at his own drive-in town hall on Thursday, likewise fielded worried questions from voters concerned about the fate of their health coverage. He talked about the ACA’s protections for pre-existing conditions in personal terms as he described his late…

“My only hope was to volunteer my expertise to help America find our way out of this pandemic, as every American who has a skill set to offer hopefully should be willing to do,” Harris said in his statement. Harris…