The Senate’s (HELP) Committee is holding a special session to review and revise a bill that would make changes to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) policies. This session is known as a markup.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers and other leaders in the field of aging will discuss health care, legal and environmental issues as they relate to meeting the needs of a diverse, aging population. The event is free and open to the public; it’s hosted by Innovations in Healthy Aging, a strategic initiative of UArizona Health Sciences, Registration is required. To confirm attendance or to schedule interviews, contact Annisa Westcott at annisa@arizona.edu or 520-626-8447.

When/Where: June 8-9 at the University of Arizona Outreach and Collaboration in Washington D.C., and online.

In a one-hour webinar at 11:30 am ET on June 10, New York Times writer Elizabeth Williamson will share the insights she gained into how conspiracies grow as she reported and wrote her critically acclaimed book, “Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth,” published this spring.

During this virtual event, New York Times writer and author Elizabeth Williamson, whose critically-acclaimed book “Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth” published this spring, will describe how she threaded together more than 400 interviews, 10,000 pages of court testimony and other records, and on-the-ground reporting to trace a line from conspiracy theories around Sandy Hook to Jan. 6, 2021.

During this webinar hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy,panelists will provide an overview of home and community-based services, including populations receiving these services, enrollment numbers, workforce challenges, benefits of HCBS and barriers to caring for complex populations. Speakers will also discuss recent federal policy measures taken to bolster HCBS as well as potential long-term policy levers to better improve this model.

Monkeypox cases have now been confirmed in more than a dozen U.S. states. SciLine’s next media briefing will cover: science basics about the virus that causes Monkeypox, including transmission dynamics and current U.S. case spread; prevention and treatment options, including existing vaccines and their limitations; and lessons learned from COVID-19 and other outbreaks that can inform the country’s public health response to Monkeypox.

If you are covering the opioid epidemic, join this free webinar hosted by The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts to explain what data is showing about how best to treat opioid use disorder and what policies should be enacted. Speakers include: Arjun Venkatesh, M.D., M.B.A., M.H.S., associate professor and chief of the section of administration in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University, Lisa Clemens-Cope, Ph.D.,, senior research fellow in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute, Peter Treitler, MSW, research specialist in the Center for Health Services Research at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research and Bradley Stein, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Opioid Policies, Tools, and Information Center (OPTIC) at the RAND Corporation.

The nonprofit group ECRI will hold a webinar June 23 at noon ET about the 2021 recall alert for certain Philips Respironics issued a recall alert for certain CPAP, BiPAP and mechanical ventilator devices due to potential health risks. Polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) foam within the devices can break down, leading to the potential ingestion of black pieces of foam or certain chemicals, while using the device, ECRI said. Although the recall was issued a year ago, a full resolution has not been provided. On the webinar, experts will discuss the cause of the problem and recommendations for helping patients. 

When/Where: Noon EST, Wednesday, June 23, 2022

To register, vist the ECRI website.

Join the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) for a webinar addressing current recommendations to protect adult immunocompromised patients through effective prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Discussion topics will include current U.S. vaccination recommendations, gaps in immunization coverage among immunocompromised adult patients, and strategies to overcome challenges. Speakers will also address questions submitted by participants, as time allows.

The FDA’s Advisory Committee will meet in open session to discuss whether and how the SARS-CoV-2 strain composition of COVID-19 vaccines should be modified.

This webinar will bring leading physician, legal, and ethicist voices together to discuss how the Dobbs decision betrays America’s patients and physicians — and asks physicians to be complicit by betraying their patients as well. While it’s difficult to anticipate the reach and effects of the oncoming wave of abortion bans and restrictions, panelists will discuss how clinicians must prepare themselves mentally for the changes they will be forced to make and provide ideas on how the medical community can bring the most ethical and comprehensive care possible to patients.

Annual call for applicants for this free virtual forum to help journalists deepen their coverage of the caregiving crisis across America. Training will be held over four two-hour sessions in October.