Abstract
Policy, clinical, and research activity in governmental sectors regarding complementa ry and alternative health practices is increasing. Reported in this column are selective policy activities from the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy and from congressional hearings on cancer care. Also reported is a clinical initiative to provide better health care to underserved populations implemented by the Bureau of Primary Health Care. Also noted is a new health services research program of the NIH/NCCAM that targets the challenges in the integration of CAM into the health care system.