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Representatives Diana DeGette (D, Colorado) and Fred Upton (R, Michigan) recently released a "discussion draft" of the 21st Century Cures Act.1 The stated intent of the almost 400-page bipartisan bill is to "accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures." The bill is subdivided into 5 major areas (see below).
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) published a BuzzFeed community post to encourage people to get vaccinated. Concern over low vaccination rates has grown in light of a measles outbreak that originated at Disneyland and has spread across the country. Several cases have been confirmed in Colorado.
At the urging of Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a House committee on Tuesday stressed the need for vaccinations.
DeGette had asked the Committee on Energy and Commerce to hold a meeting on the issue after a measles outbreak centered in California sickened more than 100.
Republicans on a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Tuesday used a hearing on the flu season to debunk claims that vaccines are not safe for children as fear continues to grow over the country's measles outbreak.
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) asked four of the country's top infectious disease experts if they believed that parents should have their children vaccinated.
Increased understanding between different communities and races will be the key to healing the racial divide in Denver, a faith-based group agreed Saturday.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announces today a discussion, Producing "21st Century Cures"—2015 U.S. Legislative Outlook, with U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R - MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D - CO), Chief Deputy Whip, to take place on February 9, noon to 1 p.m. at the 17th annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference.
Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette spelled out the importance social media can play when researching diseases and treatments in a July 2014 congressional health subcommittee meeting.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., has written letters to two congressional committee chairmen seeking a public hearing into reports of domestic violence by professional athletes.
A U.S. congresswoman called today for a hearing into how professional sports leagues handle domestic violence as the National Football League continued to deal with fallout from the Ray Rice case.