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When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, its authors cited three overarching goals: to improve access to health care, to slow rising medical costs and to improve health outcomes.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the Biden administration July 14 after Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released guidance July 11 requiring doctors to provide abortions in medical emergencies when “abortion is the stabilizing treatment necessary to resolve [the emergency] condition.” The guidance went…

Thousands of cases now reported in US

The administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency and says it will make it easier to get vaccines to patients.

The directive equips the Heath and Human Services department to expand coverage for patients seeking out of state care

They're trying to pressure the federal government into getting organized about vaccines.

Though doctors and advocates have helped speed up access to the antiviral pills – of which the U.S. has enough to treat 1.7 million people – health providers are few and forms are still required.

Booster shots that are effective against BA.5 are yet to receive FDA authorisation

At least 10 states have expressed interest in hosting the new agency, tasked with speeding to market innovative health technologies.

There are 2,500 reported cases of monkeypox in the US, detected in 44 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico

The COVID-19 outbreak forced governments around the world to revamp their pandemic response programs, invest in drugs and vaccines and establish viral surveillance systems. Now monkeypox is putting those upgrades to the test — and they’re falling short.