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Posted October 25, 2022 at 11:15am The Biden administration is preparing a comprehensive initiative to fight hepatitis C that would streamline testing and treatment and secure an agreement with drugmakers to bring down the cost of treatment of the disease, which has spiked during the pandemic. Francis Collins, special project adviser…

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Thirty liberal U.S. congressional Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Monday to shift his strategy for the Russia-Ukraine war by pursuing a negotiated settlement along with his current provision of military and economic support to Kyiv. "Given the destruction created by this war for Ukraine…

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday called the expected naming of Rishi Sunak as Britain's next prime minister and first person of color to hold the job "a groundbreaking milestone." Biden, speaking at a White House event to mark the Indian holiday of Diwali, said…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will get the updated Covid-19 shot Tuesday after he delivers remarks about the pandemic and the administration’s efforts to get people in the U.S. boosted, a White House official said. It has been more than three months since Biden contracted the coronavirus, which is how…

A speaker at a pro-Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Friday warned high profile U.S. politicians that the "Angel of Death is coming for them" by the end of the year. The speaker at the "ReAwaken America" rally, Bo Polny, showed photos of individuals who he said would face death, according…

President Joe Biden said Friday that 22 million people have already registered for student loan relief. "Folks, it takes less than five minutes," Biden said, speaking at Delaware State University, a historically Black college in Dover. "It's about as easy to apply while hanging out with your friends at home…

Nursing homes that consistently perform the worst compared with their peers will have to meet tougher standards and demonstrate systemic quality improvements in order to avoid enforcement actions, including being excluded from Medicare and Medicaid, the Health and Human Services Department announced Friday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is…

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday denied a request by a Wisconsin taxpayers group to halt the implementation of President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness program. Barrett, who is responsible for emergency applications from Wisconsin, rejected the Brown County Taxpayers Association request to block the program just…

WASHINGTON -- High gasoline prices are the problem that President Joe Biden keeps trying to fix — and roughly a year’s worth of extraordinary efforts have done little to significantly lower costs. With Biden’s latest push Wednesday to release 15 million barrels from the U.S. strategic reserve and consider additional…

WASHINGTON — A Wisconsin organization promoting taxpayers rights asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to halt implementation of President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, just two days after the administration began accepting online applications for debt relief from borrowers. The Brown County Taxpayers Association argued in the request…