Public Health

Bipartisan legislation introduced to provide law enforcement trauma kits

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Chris Coons (D-DE) recently introduced legislation equipping law…

9 months ago

Bipartisan legislation targets increases to critical domestic medication supply, generics

Under the newly introduced Rolling Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient and Drug act, U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and…

9 months ago

Domestic heparin production measure adopted into NDAA

U.S. Rep. Bill Posey’s (R-FL) initiative seeking to reduce American dependence on Chinese production of heparin has been adopted into…

9 months ago

Coast Guard details recent Cutter Steadfast assignment

Coast Guard officials have detailed Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast's 70-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific. The crew crew recently…

9 months ago

DHS awards $605M for six competitive preparedness grant programs

The results of six competitive preparedness grant programs under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) came in last week, resulting…

9 months ago

Mapping America’s Pharmaceutical Supply Act introduced in Senate push for public health preparedness

A database could help identify and address vulnerabilities in the pharmaceutical supply chain, according to a new bill proposed in…

9 months ago

Two health security bills propose investigation of nuclear war health impacts, safe use of gene synthesis

A pair of bills introduced by U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) this week would…

9 months ago

Bill to ensure mass production of medical countermeasures greenlit by House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee

In a vote from the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, U.S. Rep. Bob Latta’s (R-OH) Helping Evaluate Appropriate…

10 months ago

New international partnership seeks improvements to registry, sharing of medical product regulatory information

A new connection announced between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for…

10 months ago

DEA, FBI and state law enforcement warn of growing threat of fentanyl in Colorado

In a joint statement, Colorado field offices of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), together…

10 months ago

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