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    Global Report Indicates World's Trust in Science, Scientists Rises Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
    COVID-19

    Global Report Indicates World's Trust in Science, Scientists Rises Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

    Overall trust of scientists and their research during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased by nine percentage points between 2018 and 2020, according to the results from the November 2021 Wellcome Global Monitor 2020: COVID-19 report.

    February 10, 2022
    No Surprises Act Protects Patients From Unexpected Medical Bills
    Patient Financial Advocacy

    No Surprises Act Protects Patients From Unexpected Medical Bills

    Patients now have protection against unexpected—and often extraordinarily high—medical bills. On January 1, 2022, the Biden-Harris administration’s bipartisan No Surprises Act went into effect to ban surprise billing in private insurance for most emergency care and many instances of nonemergency care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

    February 09, 2022
    President Biden Reignites Cancer Moonshot Initiative
    Cancer Moonshot

    President Biden Reignites Cancer Moonshot Initiative

    The explosion of immunotherapy in your practice? You can thank the Cancer Moonshot. New discoveries in oncodrivers for childhood cancers? Thank the Moonshot again. You can also thank it for better cancer prevention and screening strategies, attention to patient-centered care, and interprofessional collaboration among oncology scientists and clinicians.

    February 07, 2022
    Nursing’s New Role: Public Health Information Advocate
    COVID-19

    Nursing’s New Role: Public Health Information Advocate

    For better or for worse, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of life as we know it. As the virus evolves, so do we—from individuals to health systems, the country, public health policies, and more.

    February 07, 2022
    NCI Distinguished Scholar Urges Tackling Disparities Directly
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    NCI Distinguished Scholar Urges Tackling Disparities Directly

    America must make a drastic change in its approach to addressing health disparities for it to ensure adequate healthcare delivery, according to the National Cancer Institute’s Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences Distinguished Scholars October 2021 speaker Robert Winn, MD.

    January 27, 2022
    U.S. Invests in Historic Funding to Drive Equity in Health Care
    Cancer Health Disparities

    U.S. Invests in Historic Funding to Drive Equity in Health Care

    Unprecedented new funding will expand and diversify the country’s healthcare workforce, address workforce shortages, and support more than 22,700 healthcare providers committed to working in underserved communities, according to a statement from the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the $1.5 billion investment into the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery programs in November 2021.

    January 26, 2022
    President and First Lady Biden Recognize National Cancer Act’s 50th Anniversary
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    President and First Lady Biden Recognize National Cancer Act’s 50th Anniversary

    On December 23, 1971, the National Cancer Act was signed into law by Former President Richard Nixon, granting authority to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) director to develop a national cancer program. In December 2021, First Lady Jill Biden celebrated the legislation’s 50th anniversary in an NCI video, in which she recognized the importance of the act, cancer advocacy, and the disease’s personal impact on her family.

    January 25, 2022
    Gallup Poll Ranks Nurses Most Honest and Ethical Profession for 20th Consecutive Year
    Ethics in Nursing

    Gallup Poll Ranks Nurses Most Honest and Ethical Profession for 20th Consecutive Year

    Nurses and other healthcare professionals persevered through 2021 and its obstacles, including the COVID-19 pandemic, staff shortages, and increasing rates of burnout, and their selflessness, drive, and honesty have not gone unnoticed by the American public, according to Gallup’s annual Most Honest and Ethical Professions Poll. In results released in January 2022, Americans ranked nurses as the most honest professionals for the 20th consecutive year on a list that also included physicians, grade-school teachers, pharmacists, and other professions.

    January 24, 2022
    Latest Federal Legislation Invests in Nursing Workforce Development
    Health Policy

    Latest Federal Legislation Invests in Nursing Workforce Development

    Driven by evidence-based practice and patient-centered care, nurses have earned the faith of the American public. For two decades, nurses have been ranked the most trusted and ethical profession in the United States. Although trust is critical, what it lacks is support for the profession through federal investment in research, education, and workforce issues for long-term stability.

    January 20, 2022
    New HHS Initiative Will Reduce Maternal and Infant Health Disparities
    Cancer Health Disparities

    New HHS Initiative Will Reduce Maternal and Infant Health Disparities

    To reduce the disparities affecting maternity health outcomes, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) launched the Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Data and Analysis Initiative, an $8 million contract with Premier, Inc., the agency announced in December 2021. The initiative is rallying a network of hospitals to deploy evidence-based best practices in maternity care.

    January 14, 2022
    Families See Increase in Healthcare Premiums, Increase in Covered Services
    Patient Resources

    Families See Increase in Healthcare Premiums, Increase in Covered Services

    Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums increased by 4% for families in 2021, bringing the average annual cost to $22,221 per family, according to the results of a benchmark Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Employer Health Benefits survey released in November 2021. KFF also assessed the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on workplace health benefits, including telemedicine and mental health services.

    January 13, 2022
    Local Policies Have Reduced Availability, Use of Flavored Tobacco Products
    Research

    Local Policies Have Reduced Availability, Use of Flavored Tobacco Products

    Local policies have reduced the availability and youth and adult use of products like flavored e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes compared to areas without restrictions, the Truth Initiative reported after the first comprehensive quality review that looked at the outcomes of flavor and menthol tobacco restrictions. The research, which was conducted in partnership with the Research Triangle Institute, was published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research.

    January 12, 2022
    NIH Diversity Research Program Gets New Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
    Access to Cancer Care

    NIH Diversity Research Program Gets New Chief Medical and Scientific Officer

    A pioneer and internationally recognized expert in translational genomics and precision medicine will guide the scientific vision, strategy, and data collection for the next phase of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) All of Us Research Program, the agency announced. In November 2021, NIH appointed Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, to serve as the program’s chief medical and scientific officer.

    January 10, 2022
    Up in Smoke: Tobacco Legislation Policy Dynamics Are Changing
    Cancer Healthcare Advocacy

    Up in Smoke: Tobacco Legislation Policy Dynamics Are Changing

    Before clinical trials proved otherwise, physicians hailed cigarettes’ therapeutic benefits in black-and-white television commercials and old-time newspaper ads, such as easing tension and enhancing cognition. But as a popular cigarette slogan from the 1970s suggests, we’ve “come a long way, baby!” In the 1950s, researchers began publishing study findings implicating smoking as a cause of lung cancer. Today, the evidence is conclusive: nicotine is addictive and damaging to a person’s health.

    December 23, 2021
    Biden-Harris Administration Provides Nearly $1 Billion to Modernize Health Centers, Support Underserved Communities
    Health Policy

    Biden-Harris Administration Provides Nearly $1 Billion to Modernize Health Centers, Support Underserved Communities

    An investment of nearly $1 billion will help modernize 1,292 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) health center program-funded health centers across the United States, according to an October 2021 announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will be used to support major healthcare construction and renovation projects and strengthen the country’s healthcare infrastructure.

    December 17, 2021
    HHS Secretary Becerra Announces New Overdose Prevention Strategy
    Health Policy

    HHS Secretary Becerra Announces New Overdose Prevention Strategy

    Preventing overdoses—from any substance, but particularly opioids—is an urgent need during the U.S. opioid epidemic that involves a four-step process: prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced. HHS released a new overdose prevention strategy in October 2021 to increase access to services for patients and their families who use substances that can put them at risk for overdose.

    December 16, 2021
    Katrina Goddard Appointed as Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Director
    Cancer Health Policy

    Katrina Goddard Appointed as Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Director

    Katrina A.B. Goddard, PhD, a genetic epidemiologist who worked on 25 federally funded research studies, is the director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) as of October 2021, where she oversees a range of cancer-related research.

    December 15, 2021
    CMS Launches Strategy to Drive Health System Transformation
    Health Policy

    CMS Launches Strategy to Drive Health System Transformation

    Under a newly refreshed strategy, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Innovation Center is expanding models in the healthcare industry that reduce program costs and improving quality and outcomes for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, the agency announced in an October 2021 white paper.

    December 13, 2021
    CMS, HHS Issue Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Healthcare Workers
    COVID-19

    CMS, HHS Issue Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Healthcare Workers

    In an effort to protect patients and control the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued an interim final rule requiring all staff at certain Medicare- and Medicaid-certified healthcare facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

    December 01, 2021
    Biden Brings Robert Califf Back to FDA
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

    Biden Brings Robert Califf Back to FDA

    Citing his extensive medical background and leadership experience, in November 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Robert Califf, MD, MACC, adjunct professor of medicine, professor of cardiology, and member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute at the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC, as U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner. Califf will assume the role once confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

    November 30, 2021
    New NIH Program Aims to Increase Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases
    Cancer Research

    New NIH Program Aims to Increase Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases

    To accelerate the development of gene therapies for the 30 million Americans who have been diagnosed with a rare disease, in October 2021 the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 10 pharmaceutical companies, and five nonprofit organizations announced the creation of the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC). The consortium is optimizing and streamlining the gene therapy development process to help fill the unmet medical needs of people with rare diseases.

    November 18, 2021
    Legislators Want Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices to Improve Access and Affordability
    Access to Cancer Care

    Legislators Want Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices to Improve Access and Affordability

    Few political and policy issues resonate with all Americans as much as the costs of prescription medications, particularly those for acute and chronic diseases that affect the body and spirit, like cancer. Seizing the opportunity for real change, in August 2021 President Joe Biden made a major announcement about his administration’s intent to change the dynamic on the financial impact of drugs and government oversight.

    November 18, 2021
    FDA Permits Marketing of E-Cigarette Products, Marking First Authorization of Its Kind
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

    FDA Permits Marketing of E-Cigarette Products, Marking First Authorization of Its Kind

    Under the authority given in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, in October 2021 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the marketing of three new electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products, “marking the first set of ENDS products ever to be authorized by FDA through the Premarket Tobacco Product Application pathway.” The agency made the announcement it continues its review of thousands of tobacco and e-cigarette products’ marketing applications.

    November 17, 2021
    Maryland Governor Announces Steps to Increase Nursing Workforce Statewide
    Nurse Staffing

    Maryland Governor Announces Steps to Increase Nursing Workforce Statewide

    Out-of-state RNs can now practice in Maryland and certain qualified nursing students are fast tracking graduation, according to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s (R-MD) September 2021 announcements. The Old Line State’s steps will help increase the workforce and curtail the nursing shortage.

    November 16, 2021
    ONS Member Naomi Cazeau Joins Sepsis Alliance Advisory Board
    ONS Leadership

    ONS Member Naomi Cazeau Joins Sepsis Alliance Advisory Board

    In addition to her daily practice as a nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, ONS member Naomi Cazeau, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, is using her leadership skills to make a difference in advocating for patients on a broader level. In October 2021, the Sepsis Alliance appointed her to its advisory board to help guide the organization’s mission of improving awareness and care.

    November 15, 2021
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    Alec Stone MA, MPA, Former ONS Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy

    Alec Stone served as the ONS director of government affairs and advocacy from September 2010–September 2023.
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