As lobbyists push for a federal extension of pandemic telehealth waivers before year’s end, stakeholders also are lobbying for policies at the state level that would promote telehealth usage even if federal COVID-19 public health emergency telehealth waivers expire after the 151-day extension. Although lobbyists say that the telehealth movement at the state level has been widely successful during the pandemic, they anticipate some states may want to walk back telehealth policies over fears of fraud and over-utilization and as...

FDA and the Justice Department have asked federal district courts to step in and force six e-cigarette companies to stop manufacturing, selling and distributing their e-cigarettes, marking the first time FDA has initiated court action to enforce the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act’s premarket review requirements for new tobacco products, the agency announced Tuesday (Oct. 18). Lawmakers and public health and anti-tobacco organizations have repeatedly urged the agency to remove illegal e-cigarette products from the market and ban flavored e-cigarettes...