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Senate to vote on $500 billion GOP coronavirus stimulus bill Wednesday

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 10, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Senate will vote on a $ 500 billion coronavirus stimulus bill on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday, as a larger bipartisan deal remains elusive despite continued talks between top… Read More »

Senate Confirms Stephen Hahn as FDA Head

On December 12, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Stephen Hahn, MD, as the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Hahn has been the chief medical executive at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston since 2018 and head of the division of radiation oncology since 2015. Ned Sharpless, MD, who served as… Read More »