Health Force Would Recruit, Train And Employ Hundreds Of Thousands
Of Americans To Address Covid-19 Public Health Challenges, Including Equitable
Vaccine Distribution And Administration, And Bolster Nation’s Public Health
Infrastructure Legislation
Also Includes Resilience Force, A Proposal Championed By Senators Ed
Markey And Chris Van Hollen To...
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In 2012, Independence at Home began as a
three-year demonstration program through the Affordable Care ActWashington
(December 23, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Rob Portman
(R-Ohio), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), commended a three-year extension of the Independence At Home (IAH) demonstration project in the year-end budget
legislation....
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Bill would require
states to implement mask mandates, promote “the most powerful public health
tool” the nation has against the coronavirus Washington
(November 25, 2020) – Despite guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), millions of Americans are traveling for the Thanksgiving
holiday, giving rise to concerns about...
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Since the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic, over forty states have seen increases in opioid-related
mortality.Despite the increasing need
for opioid use disorder treatment, reports have indicated that several
behavioral health and addiction treatment studies at NIH have been put on hold.Text
of LetterWashington, DC - Today, United States Senators...
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WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee (HELP), and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) sent a letter yesterday to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., calling for a fuller accounting of the FDA’s past decision-making processes for...
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The effectiveness of the current flu vaccine is estimated to be under 50 percent this season
Washington (February 26, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today reintroduced the Flu Vaccine Act, legislation to conduct or support comprehensive research for the creation of a universal...
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Bill would commission research on children’s technology use and outcomes including addiction, bullying, and depression
Washington (February 26, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine), and...
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Washington (February 13, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) this week sent a letter to the United States Surgeon General calling attention to recent guidance issued by the Massachusetts Division of Insurance, which addresses how life insurance companies should approach prescriptions for the opioid overdose reversal medication...
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Opioid painkiller is up to ten times more powerful than fentanyl and 1,000 times more powerful than morphine
Washington (February 12, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Diana DeGette (CO-01) today called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide documents related to its approval of Dsuvia, a new...
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In the first quarter of 2017, fentanyl was present in 81% of opioid overdose deaths
Washington (August 22, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released new data today on opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts in the first six months of 2017. The...
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Tobacco company marketing and promotion campaigns disproportionately target African Americans, who suffer greatest burden of tobacco-related mortality of any ethnic or racial group in the U.S.
Washington (August 22, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a group of U.S. Senators in calling on the Food and Drug...
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Under Sec. Price, HHS continues to remove guidance, delay enforcement of Section 1557; Sec. Price has failed to respond to questions from Senate Dems
In new letter, Senate Dems say Sec. Price is sending “concerning signals” about whether Trump Admin will protect individuals against discrimination
Senate Dems to Sec. Price,...
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Last week, Senator Markey called on Trump to make declaration as opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities across Massachusetts
Boston (August 10, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after reports that President Donald Trump will take steps to declare a national public health...
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Declaration should include new resources and focus on public health interventions, recommended by White House Opioid Commission
Washington (August 3, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is calling on President Donald Trump to declare a national public health emergency in response to the nation’s opioid epidemic,...
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Boston Globe: Ed Markey hopes vote will ‘signal a new era’ in collaboration
By Felicia Gans
July 28, 2017
After hours of debating and voting on the Senate floor late Thursday night, Senator Ed Markey said he was relieved to see the Senate uphold Obamacare.
The 49-51 vote, which came out at about 1:30 a.m. on Friday, was yet...
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Calls the Republican health care proposals the bad, the worse, and the ugly
Washington (July 25, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after voting not to proceed to debate the Republican health care legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act.
“It is a testament to...
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Legislation released yesterday by Republicans would continue to gut protections for those with pre-existing conditions and provide billions in tax breaks for the wealthiest
Boston (July 14, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was today joined by a substance abuse treatment and recovery services provider and an individual...
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Suspending safety rules poses 'unwarranted' threat to public health, the taxpayers and energy security
Action 'antithetical to the agency's core mission,' will result in children being exposed to harmful oil and gas well emissions for at least 2 more years in order to give the oil and gas industry a windfall
WASHINGTON...
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After years of allowing skyrocketing opioid production, agency last year heeded senators’ call to lower quota
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) led a group of fifteen senators in sending a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), urging the agency to better prevent...
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Reports indicate that certain Magellan Diagnostics tests provide artificially-low results of blood lead levels
Washington (June 29, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) were joined today by 10 senators in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott...
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