U.S. Department of Health

Trouble Ahead: Latest Senate Hearing Exposes Major Setbacks to Pandemic Preparations

To evaluate the inter-agency response to the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued a hearing on March 5, 2020 to inquire on the nation’s protocol for biological disasters. The hearing was chaired by Senator Ronald Johnson (R-WI) and ranking member Gary C. Peters (D-MI), who introduced two …

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Healthy Incentives Pilot: How A Massachusetts Health Program Pays Participants to Eat Well

As obesity-related illnesses are speculated to strain up to one-fifth of the national healthcare expenditure, federal agencies have spent decades embarked to reform the American diet through social and economic intervention. Among low-income consumers, the risk is exacerbated by tight budget constraints favoring cheap, high-calorie foods. But what if you can get paid to eat …

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