The agency estimated the rule will remove more than $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans.

Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of pervasive antisemitism on campus, weeks after mounting criticism helped spur the resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay.

Most medical debt will be scrapped from consumer credit reports under a final US rule implementing a Biden administration priority, but Republican lawmakers and the credit reporting industry will likely push to overturn the changes.