The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has identified illegal practices by debt collectors, particularly in the collection of medical and rental debts, and is moving to enforce consumer protection laws.
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The federal government has taken a significant step towards strengthening healthcare regulation by forming the Committee for the Establishment of the National Health Facility Regulatory Agency (NHFRA). This initiative aims…
Healthcare providers in Nigeria are calling for the implementation of a unified cost structure for private and public health insurance policies. They argue that such a move would significantly improve…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has directed the government to extend health insurance coverage to 8.5 million individuals, including beneficiaries of the Takaful and Karama program and irregular workers in…
A medical expert, Associate Professor Ishaku Akyala, has urged the federal government to reactivate the Presidential Task Force that was instrumental during the COVID-19 pandemic in response to the rising…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted expanded approval for Emergent BioSolutions' smallpox vaccine, ACAM2000, to be used in individuals at high risk of mpox infection. This approval,…
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in the Philippines has expanded the list of medications exempted from value-added tax (VAT), further broadening access to critical treatments for various health conditions.…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has authorized Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and UNICEF to initiate the procurement of vaccines aimed at preventing outbreaks, particularly those of Monkeypox (mpox), pending the…
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, has dismissed allegations suggesting that she advised Nigerians to steer clear of locally…