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Witnesses testified about the rising costs of prescription drugs, the percentage of health care spending on new drugs, and the degree to which new technologies and the health care industry d…

Parents, law enforcement officials and other experts testified before the Children and Families subcommittee, about threats posed to young people by Internet predators and talked about measu…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Subcommittee heard testimony on work restriction protection provisions of proposed ergonomic regulations from OSHA, and the effects of these pr…

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held hearings to examine the benefits and risks of pharmaceutical sales over the Internet, focusing on public health implications, law enf…

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions resumed hearings to examine the incidence of medical errors, focusing on understanding adverse drug events, receiving testimony from Janet…

Witnesses testified about medical testing involving gene therapy, a process of using DNA to correct a wide variety of inherited disorders, as well as some forms of cancer and heart disease. …

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on health care for the terminally ill. Witnesses talked about the Pain Relief Promotion Act, a bill that allows the …

Witnesses testified about the recent practice by many corporations to change from a traditional pension plan to a cash balance system. Congressmen testified about the effect this practice ha…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee heard testimony on school safety. In the wake of school shootings in Colorado, witnesses testified about measures to prevent youth …