News in Brief Congress passes 21st Century Cures Act The legislation will boost medical research funding, expedite approval process for new drugs and devices. Dec. 7, 2016Wednesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Congress approved the 21st Century Cures Act on Wednesday, authorizing additional medical research funding and expediting the approval process for new drugs and devices. The Senate approved the bill Wednesday following the House’s approval last week, according to U.S. News and World Report. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law later this week. Here’s a rundown of what the legislation includes, according to STAT: $1 billion in grants to fight the opioid crisis. $4.8 billion for the cancer “moon shot,” BRAIN Initiative, and the Precision Medicine Initiative. A $500 million increase for the Food and Drug Administration and a number of mental health programs, including those focused on suicide prevention and depression screening. Learn more about the health issues addressed in the legislation: US drug czar enlists DOs’ help in stanching nation’s opioid epidemic. President Obama calls for ‘moon shot’ approach to cure cancer. A dark trend: US suicide rate is on the rise. Cry for help: New moms and depression. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleNASA’s top doc: DO oversees the health of astronauts, preps for Mars mission Next articleDO, student develop ambulance drones that could change disaster response
TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana.
“Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts.