Sarah Owermohle
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Past articles by Sarah:
Revamped Covid panel argues for research limits, even bans
Pathogen-altering research is back under fire in Washington. → Read More
HHS has an environmental justice office. What’s it doing amid East Palestine?
HHS has a new environmental justice office. But it's not doing much amid the East Palestine train derailment. → Read More
VP Harris: Abortion pill case could take ‘constitutional right’ from Americans
“This is not just an attack on women's fundamental freedoms. It is an attack on the very foundation of our public health system,” Vice President Kamala Harris said. → Read More
Medicare for all
Could an obscure Obamacare provision help get Medicare coverage for the thousands of Ohioans who might get sick after a train derailment spewed toxic chemicals? → Read More
Key Senate committee takes first step toward tackling health workforce shortages
Senate HELP kicked off the new Congress with one of the rare subjects both its leaders agree on: the need to address health workforce shortages. → Read More
In about-face, Moderna vows Americans won’t have to pay for its Covid-19 vaccine
The reversal came as Sen. Bernie Sanders scheduled a hearing next month about Moderna's initial decision to charge Americans for its shot. → Read More
Doctors’ top lobbyist in Washington on Medicare money, burnout, and private equity
STAT sat down with American Medical Association President Jack Resneck to talk about Medicare payments, physician burnout, and private equity. → Read More
In State of the Union, Biden pitches addiction, mental health care policies as opportunities for bipartisanship
The president cited policies he hopes Congress could achieve, from battling the addiction crisis to improving mental health care access. → Read More
From industry ‘greed’ to workforce shortages, Sanders and Cassidy lay out health committee agenda
The Senate finally made long-expected committee assignments official, kickstarting a new session for the top health committee under an unlikely pair. → Read More
Federal panel approves plans to safeguard lab-made virus research
Some scientists who attended the public meeting warned that virus-related research could be unintentionally hampered by the recommendations. → Read More
HHS’ Becerra on enrolling in Medicare, annual Covid vaccines, and seniors’ mental health
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sat down with STAT on his 65th birthday to talk about enrolling in Medicare, annual Covid vaccines, and seniors' mental health. → Read More
Health groups like AHA, PhRMA channeled millions into end-of-year legislative debates
Health care groups and their lobbyists spent big in the last few months of 2022 amid heated debates about how much to pay hospitals, how much to pay for pricey medicines and how best to regulate tests. → Read More
‘Hot mess’: Abortion pills at pharmacies could face legal quagmires, especially in restrictive states
Federal regulators’ green light for pharmacists to dispense abortion pills is crashing into legal questions and simmering court battles. → Read More
Biden Covid adviser David Kessler to exit as pandemic response winds down
David Kessler, the D.C. veteran who guided government dispatches of millions of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, is exiting the Biden administration this month. → Read More
Still fuming over the federal Covid response, Republicans redirect the House coronavirus committee
The House’s coronavirus committee will continue in a Republican-controlled chamber — but with a vastly different mandate. → Read More
Rep. Jason Smith and the other Republicans leading health policy in the House
Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri will helm the powerful House Ways and Means Committee this Congress, as Republicans embark on a promised era of slashed spending and scrutiny of the pandemic response. → Read More
Priorities pile up for HHS, FDA, CMS, NIH, and other health agencies
The nation’s federal health agencies already have a long to-do list for 2023. → Read More
New FDA guidance explains that Plan B is not an abortion pill
The FDA has altered the language attached to emergency contraceptive pills to clarify that they are not abortion drugs. → Read More
Amid dire maternal mortality rates, Congress falls short on Medicaid postpartum care
Democrats did not deliver on their goal to require every state, including 17 holdouts, to cover postpartum care through Medicaid for a year. → Read More
Congress reaches major health policy deal on Medicare, Medicaid, and pandemic preparedness
Leaders in Congress have reached a sweeping deal to ease Medicare pay cuts to doctors, make major changes to post-pandemic Medicaid policy, and to help prepare for future pandemics → Read More