This autism therapy is covered by many insurers. Why does the military’s plan restrict it?

TRICARE, the military’s healthcare program, limits coverage of applied behavior analysis, a type of therapy for people with autism. Kristi Cabiao is trying to get the policy changed.
STAT

FDA approves Colorado’s plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada

Lizzy leads STAT’s coverage of the FDA. Her stories explore the relationship between politics and science at the FDA, industry influence, and the agency’s ability to protect and promote public health.
RAPS

Experts say FDA’s plan to reduce animal testing is already seeing success at 1 year, but challenges remain

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) roadmap to reduce animal testing as a requirement for drug development has already made an impact after its first year, but the initiative faces future ...

It looked like I had achieved the American dream, but I lost myself in the process. Psychedelics helped me find a new beginning.

Howard Steinberg was a successful, married businessman until it all fell apart. Experimenting with magic mushrooms helped him ...
Seeking Alpha

U.K. political shift clouds timing of defense spending plan: Morgan Stanley

Political change in the U.K. could complicate the timing of a long-awaited defense investment plan, creating near-term uncertainty for defense contractors even as the broader trajectory of military ...
Aviation Week

UK Now Promises Defense Investment Plan By July 7

UK Defense Secretary Dan Jarvis. Credit: UK Defense Ministry LONDON—The British government says it will finalize its delayed Defense Investment Plan (DIP) before the NATO summit gathering in Ankara, ...
New York Daily News

Luigi Mangione’s legal team abruptly withdraws psychiatric defense plan one day after filing it

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione on Thursday withdrew a notice regarding an affirmative psychiatric defense in his state homicide case, a day after a Manhattan judge ordered them to share his mental health ...
The Business Journals

Colorado wins FDA approval for Canadian drug importation plan after years of effort

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The approval is a major step in ...
FiercePharma

After FDA sign-off, Colorado's drug import plan faces tough road ahead

Amid multiple efforts to rein in steep drug costs in the U.S., Colorado has received the all-clear to take matters into its own hands, albeit through a framework that may be difficult to pull off in ...
Morningstar

U.S. Defense Department Backs $1 Billion Plan With Phoenix Tailings to Boost Rare-Earth Supply Chain

The U.S. Defense Department Office of Strategic Capital plans to provide $500 million in long-term financing to Phoenix Tailings to help build a rare-earth processing plant in Massachusetts. The loan ...
STAT

Trump’s obesity drug plan creates a temporary Medicare program that may be hard to end

John writes about the politics of health care, and he is the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. You can reach John on Signal at John_Wilkerson.07. WASHINGTON — Weight loss drugs ...
The Washington Post

These ‘city killers’ threaten civilization. Hunt them down.

Investing in interplanetary defense isn’t expensive, and it could save the planet. NASA has catalogued more than 40,000 asteroids whose paths approach Earth’s orbit. Here is where they are now.