by Jordana Choucair | Jan 25, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration says it will not be enforcing the federal employee vaccine mandate amid ongoing litigation. The move comes after a Texas federal judge on Friday blocked the enforcement of the vaccine mandate for government employees. The judge called the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 24, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration is expected to begin distributing 400 million free N95 masks to Americans this week. The masks will be made available at numerous local pharmacies and community health centers in an effort to combat the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant....
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 24, 2022 | Payers
A U.S. judge in Texas on Friday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing an executive order requiring federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Citing the Supreme Court opinion blocking the administration’s vaccine-or-testing mandate for private...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 24, 2022 | Life Sciences
The FDA is weighing whether to limit the authorization of monoclonal antibody treatments from Eli Lilly & Co. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., which haven’t proved effective against the Omicron variant. According to a person familiar with the process,...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 24, 2022 | Life Sciences
Pfizer Inc. CEO Albert Bourla said the drugmaker hopes to offer an annual COVID-19 vaccine because it “will not be a good scenario” if people have to get more frequent booster shots. He said Pfizer aims to develop a vaccine that “covers omicron and...
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