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President Donald Trump speaks as National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, Vice President Mike Pence, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield listen during a news conference at the White House on Saturday.

Coronavirus funding talks held up over drug price language

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 2, 2020 at 3:33pm
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear the third major challenge to the 2010 health care law.

High court decision to hear ACA case could solidify health care as key campaign issue

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 2, 2020 at 10:22am
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., is interviewed about his vaporizer pen in his Rayburn office on Jan. 13, 2016.

Vaping unboxed: Flavored products on the market despite FDA bans

By Andrew Siddons and Thomas McKinless
Posted March 2, 2020 at 6:00am
States are increasingly taxing vaping products as smoking rates decline.

Stronger cigarette warnings likely to renew legal challenges

By Andrew Siddons
Posted February 26, 2020 at 6:00am
“This legislation is long overdue, but it is never too late to do the right thing,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said of a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime.

Road ahead: House tackles lynching and flavored tobacco, while Senate considers anti-abortion bills

By Lindsey McPherson and Griffin Connolly
Posted February 24, 2020 at 11:28am
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., held a rally at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

As Democrats debate, powerful labor union questions impact of Medicare for All

By Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 19, 2020 at 10:51am
A woman takes a picture of a poster by Italian urban artist Salvatore Benintende, aka "TVBOY," depicting Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa wearing a protective mask and holding a mobile phone reading "Mobile World Virus" in Barcelona on Tuesday, a week after the World Mobile Congress was cancelled due to fears stemming from the coronavirus.

Coronavirus outbreak helps lawmakers make case on drug shortage bills

By Andrew Siddons
Posted February 19, 2020 at 6:00am
Commuters wear face masks as they walk in an empty subway station in Beijing on Thursday. The number of deaths and new cases from China's COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak spiked dramatically after authorities changed the way they count infections in a move that will likely fuel speculation that the severity of the outbreak has been underreported.

Who leads coronavirus response at NSC, Democratic senators ask

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 13, 2020 at 11:00am
The debate over "Medicare for All" is the most high-profile example of differences among Democratic presidential candidates. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Health politics: 2020 hopefuls differ on more than insurance coverage

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 10, 2020 at 5:00am
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and ranking member Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, offer a proposal to address surprise medical bills. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House panels to take up surprise billing proposals

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 7, 2020 at 11:12am, Updated at 3:10pm