President Barack Obama and several members of Congress announced a slew of initiatives this week aimed at eliminating the effects of sequestration for the government, and for medical research by providing increases for NIH and other federal agencies.
Multiple components of the healthcare and public health systems are currently under scrutiny. One of them is reportedly the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF: “Task Force”), established in 1984 and managed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It was created to maintain an ongoing evaluation of disease prevention and screening interventions that...
