After a mandate by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Government Efficiency to slash contract spending by more than a third, the cancer institute is cutting contracts to maintain precious biological specimens used in its research, according to three scientists.

SECURE 2.0 required that the Secretary of Labor conduct a study on the PEP industry – and now the DOL has submitted a Request for Information to the White House Office of Management and Budget on PEPs to conduct a study.

The insurer is the second to warn this month that claims have been running high.