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POLITICO"s Pulse Check

POLITICO Pulse Check delivers the latest news in health care with sharp policy analysis and a dose of real-world perspective. Hear what stories POLITICO"s deep bench of Health Care policy reporters are watching and their analysis of the critical issues facing regulators, legislators, and practitioners.

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00:10:15

The start of the FDA's pivot in immunization strategy

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/30

Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Ben Leonard about what we know and what we don't about the FDA’s recent decision making on the future of Covid-19 vaccines.

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00:08:43

Inside Amazon's new prescription subscription

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/27

Amazon is launching a prescription subscription service called RxPass - which for $5 per month, allows existing Prime members to get eligible generic prescription medications. Ruth Reader talks with Alice Miranda Ollstein about the service, which competes with discount drug companies like Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company and GoodRx, as well as online prescription delivery services from bigger pharmacy brands like CVS.

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00:12:35

Lawsuit asks whether social media companies are...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/26

A federal court in California could decide whether social media firms need to pay for the damage they’ve allegedly done to Americans’ mental health. Ruth Reader talks with Carmen Paun about the consolidated complaint, which will test a novel legal theory on product liability. Plus, Krista Mahr breaks down what we know about the newly named members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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00:11:07

In conservative states, anti-abortion groups butt...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/25

Anti-abortion groups are pushing back against Republican lawmakers in some conservative states. Alice Miranda Ollstein talks with Lauren Gardner about some groups’ fear that GOP-controlled legislatures will water down their near-total abortion bans and stir up politically contentious debates over already-vetted laws.

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00:09:15

What Zients' stint as Covid czar tells us about what...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/24

Jeff Zients is on his way back to the White House as President Joe Biden’s new chief of staff, where the managerial prowess he showed as Covid czar will be put to the test. Adam Cancryn talks with Ruth Reader about his track record.

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00:08:39

This is what’s keeping pharmacy shelves bare

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/23

More-than-typical shortages of common over-the-counter and prescription drugs have caused headaches for sick Americans and those managing chronic diseases. Erin Schumaker talks with Alice Miranda Ollstein about the demand shortages and supply disruptions. Plus, Alice's dispatch from the first March For Life rally on the National Mall since the fall of Roe.

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00:06:57

GAO questions HHS oversight of ‘gain-of-function’...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/20

The watchdog arm of Congress called on the Department of Health and Human Services to better oversee its funding of research into “enhanced potential pandemic pathogens.” Ben Leonard talks with Ruth Reader about why this adds fuel to a contentious debate in Washington over so-called gain-of-function research.

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00:08:47

Democratic Sen. Warner pushes for health...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/19

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is aiming to introduce health care cybersecurity legislation during the first quarter of 2023 that could set minimum standards for health care organizations to protect patient data from hacking threats. Ben Leonard talks with Lauren Gardner about his conversation with Sen. Warner with thoughts from some of biggest advocacy groups in the space, CHIME and AHA.

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00:11:17

The Biden admin's big plans for airplane toilets

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/18

The Biden administration plans to widen the testing of bathroom waste for Covid variants and other pathogens when international flights arrive. Krista Mahr talks with Megan Messerly about collecting wastewater samples from long-haul flights, which administration officials and public health experts see as part of a revolution in biosafety infrastructure, and a critical plank of national security in the post-pandemic era.

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00:09:54

Inside the crisis in the U.K.'s National Health Service

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/17

Soaring Covid and seasonal infections like flu and RSV have compounded long-term problems at the NHS. Long wait times for treatment and a chronically understaffed and burned out workforce have raised a contentious debate about whether the U.K. should move away from its single-payer system. Helen Collis talks with Lauren Gardner about what the changes could look like.

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00:09:08

The end of the covid public health emergency could...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/13

The Covid public health emergency, which looks likely to end as soon as April, could curtail access to drugs used to treat substance use disorders and mental illnesses. Ben Leonard talks with Ruth Reader about what's holding the DEA back from setting up a special registration process.

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00:11:19

What Maine’s prisons taught Washington about fighting...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/12

Federal officials are paying attention to promising programs emerging on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic — in prisons and jails. Krista Mahr talks with Ben Leonard about her report out of the Maine State Prison.

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00:08:51

Biden navigates the end of the Covid public health...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/11

Alice Miranda Ollstein talks with Adam Cancryn about his report that senior Biden officials are targeting an end to the Covid-19 emergency designation, which would trigger a complex restructuring of major elements of the federal response.

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00:10:06

The fight over how to deliver bad news to patients

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/10

Ben Leonard talks with Lauren Gardner about the debate over HHS's directive requiring doctors to send patients test results before they have a chance to explain them.

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00:08:12

FDA approves second Alzheimer’s treatment

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/09

On Friday, the FDA granted accelerated approval to Leqembi, previously known as lecanemab, made by Eisai and Biogen. The drug is the second that targets amyloid proteins in the brain, which are thought to cause progressive dementia. Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Megan Messerly about the future of the drug.

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00:12:43

The state of mental health and substance use in the U.S.

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/06

According to the latest data from the HHS’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration annual survey, one in three Americans had a substance abuse disorder or mental illness in 2021. Lauren Gardner talks with Daniel Payne. Plus, Ben Leonard talks with Amy Abernethy, the former No. 2 at the Food and Drug Administration and now president of Verily’s clinical research business, about barriers to improving trials, the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health and more.

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00:11:39

The latest on XBB.1.5

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/05

The coronavirus Omicron strain XBB.1.5, which has become the dominant strain in the U.S. in just a matter of weeks, could drive a new wave of cases, a World Health Organization official told reporters Wednesday. Lauren Gardner talks with Carmen Paun about what the WHO knows and what it doesn't — yet.

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00:07:48

Anti-abortion groups give House GOP a list of their...

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2023/01/04

Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Alice Miranda Ollstein about the influx of new demands that anti-abortion groups have presented to the 118th Congress.

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00:12:32

What's next on the AI front in health care

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2022/12/23

Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Ruth Reader about the state of artificial intelligence in health care and why it hasn’t reached its promise yet.

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00:08:06

What we learned from the mpox outbreak

POLITICO"s Pulse Check ·

2022/12/22

Carmen Paun talks with Daniel Payne about the trajectory of the mpox outbreak in 2022 and what lessons we can learn from it.

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