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Newsmaking Sessions from Aspen Ideas: Health 2022
![Aspen Ideas: Health Closing Session](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/58d8f325-7571-4e3e-9ab6-a52ad36a2404/52173013215_28a5718814_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=3096%2C0%2C3677%2C5504&w=400)
A Conversation with Xavier Becerra, Interviewer: Kate Snow; A Conversation with Pavlo Kovtoniuk, Interviewer: Elizabeth Cohen; A Conversation with Deepika Chopra, Int...
![Breaking News Session: The Impact of Roe v. Wade Overturned](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e90a85dc-7547-432e-a724-550d9b47f84d/52170940207_3aab20c98f_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=13%2C1792%2C6592%2C3712&w=400)
Today, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, ending nearly 50 years of the constitutional right to abortion and sending the decision on whether to...
![Robert Califf, FDA Commissioner: Protecting the Public’s Health, From Baby Formula to Vaccines](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f983c298-39bb-4490-96ff-04cc0f15e1e1/52170102183_fe6d91e368_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C5474%2C3081&w=400)
More than $2.7 trillion worth of food, medical products, and tobacco, representing 20 percent of every dollar spent by US consumers, is regulated by the Food and Drug Administ...
![Deborah Birx: Surviving in the Hot Seat](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c940d910-6ab0-4a8e-b08e-15eacb50e391/52170543963_226ce7718f_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C73%2C3625%2C2039&w=400)
Best known to the public as the Trump Administration’s White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, physician Deborah Birx is a clinical immunologist who has also served as...
![Explainer: David Putrino on Long-COVID](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/af390a4e-d481-4329-9945-6e16f65bc684/52168861101_d80be98aaa_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=1114%2C0%2C3674%2C5504&w=400)
Who is vulnerable, how bad does it get, how long does it last?
![Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director: Protecting the Public’s Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/a8007c8d-9665-47f7-b548-05d17efd3506/52168503876_37e3540ee8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C693%2C5390%2C3031&w=400)
When Rochelle Walensky was appointed director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in December 2020, the pandemic had commandeered much of the agency’s a...
![Rosalind Brewer, Walgreens CEO: Driving Innovation at the Pharmacy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c53e0c9f-61fc-43a3-80d8-ad744ee7c5b2/52168733208_652e8e57c9_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C128%2C8256%2C4646&w=400)
When Roz Brewer signed on to Walgreens as CEO, the company knew it was getting a rock star to guide its aggressive expansion into healthcare. Brewer had already served as CEO...
![Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, CMS Administrator: Covering Healthcare for 150 Million Americans](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/029095e4-dd6c-4214-9022-3f04633866bd/52168263148_209aee4432_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C442%2C5707%2C3209&w=400)
Through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Insurance Program, and the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (...
![HHS Secretaries: Looking Ahead, Looking Back](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/84b960c3-9b6c-44c4-85f0-0adee806bcd8/52167659907_fc69102e9f_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C6048%2C3395&w=400)
With an annual budget hovering at $1.8 trillion, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the second largest US federal agency, surpassed only by the Department...