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In this June 15, 2017, file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Health and Human Services Department's fiscal 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Tom Price: Repeal of Obamacare mandate will drive up costs

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Tuesday the GOP's decision to repeal Obamacare's individual mandate without a broader overhaul of the heath care system will likely increase costs on consumers who remain in the program.

May 1, 2018
Dr. Robert Redfield Jr. The government is paying Redfield $375,000 a year to run the Atlanta-based CDC, U.S. officials confirmed in April 2018, nearly twice what his predecessor made and far more than other recent past directors. On Monday, April 30, 2018, HHS officials said Redfield had asked for a pay reduction because the topic had become a distraction.(Tracey Brown/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)

CDC chief request pay cut after $375K salary causes uproar

Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has requested and will receive a pay cut after a prominent Senate Democrat pressed the administration to explain why he was being paid far and above what previous directors received.

April 30, 2018
Screen capture from the DEA's official website for the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, slated this year for Saturday, April 28. (takebackday.dea.gov)

Battle looms over cost of disposing unused prescription drugs

Gun buyback programs have proven so popular that the government is trying the same approach with drugs, asking people to turn in unused opioids, hoping to get them out of people's medicine cabinets before they are used to feed someone's addiction.

April 26, 2018
This image provided by JUUL Labs on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 shows the company's e-cigarette device. On Tuesday, federal health officials announced a nationwide crackdown on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand following months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators. JUUL Labs says it monitors retailers to ensure they are following the law, and its age verification system searches public records and sometimes requires customers to upload a photo ID. (Courtesy of JUUL Labs via AP)

JUUL, maker of popular e-cigarettes, invests $30M in youth awareness

JUUL, the company that makes an e-cigarette popular with teenagers, said Wednesday it supports efforts to raise the minimum age for tobacco sales to 21 and will invest $30 million over three years in strategies to prevent youth from taking up its products.

April 25, 2018
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, pauses for a reporter's question at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 18, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Senate panel advances sweeping opioids bill

The Senate Health Committee advanced opioid legislation Tuesday that would facilitate the government's ability to seize and destroy deadly fentanyl as it comes into the U.S. and speed safer painkillers to market to try to curtail the spread of addition.

April 24, 2018
President Donald Trump looks across the tarmac during his arrival on Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Sunday, April 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Insurers’ lobby asks Trump to curtail short-term insurance plan

Health insurers, patient groups and Senate Democrats implored the Trump administration Monday to curb or cancel its push to let Americans get around Obamacare by using cheaper, short-term health plans for a full year, saying the plan would destabilize the insurance markets and increase the number of uninsured.

April 23, 2018
The Healthcare.gov website is seen on a computer screen Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Washington. If President Donald Trump succeeds in shutting down a major “Obamacare” subsidy, it would have the unintended consequence of making basic health insurance available to more people for free, and making upper-tier plans more affordable. The unexpected assessment comes from consultants, policy experts, and state officials trying to discern the potential fallout from a Washington health care debate that’s becoming harder to follow.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

New Jersey poised to add Obamacare mandate

Obamacare's individual mandate requiring all Americans to have health coverage is about to disappear next year. But New Jersey is poised to slap it back on its residents.

April 22, 2018
President Trump acknowledged Sunday that talks with Kim Jong-un have a long way to go. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump: Kim Jong-un’s nuclear, missile test suspension is progress

Citing North Korea's pledge to suspend missile and nuclear tests, President Trump says efforts to compel the secretive nation to abandon its nuclear weapons program are starting to pay off -- though he acknowledged Sunday that talks with Kim Jong-un still have a long way to go.

April 22, 2018
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., listens to testimony from Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo during his confirmation hearing Thursday, April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bob Corker offers lukewarm praise for Marsha Blackburn

Retiring Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee on Sunday said that former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat running to replace him, is "my friend" but that he will vote for fellow Republican Marsha Blackburn this fall.

April 22, 2018
Kellyanne Conway, senior White House Advisor, is seen during a listening session conducted by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Washington. Senate Republicans are steering toward a potential showdown vote on their long-awaited health care bill, despite indications that they've yet to solidify the 50 GOP votes they'll need to avert an embarrassing defeat. A draft of the still-secret bill is expected to be unveiled Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kellyanne Conway says Trump tweets on Michael Cohen show loyalty

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway tried Sunday to defend President Trump's strident tweets about his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, saying the president was expressing loyalty to a close friend and not concern that his so-called fixer would aid federal agents investigating the president's circle.

April 22, 2018