by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
An Urban Institute evaluation of a direct cash pilot program in D.C. found that the program helped hundreds of low-income D.C. families improve food security. Four nonprofits in D.C. launched the program, called THRIVE East of the River, in 2020 soon after the...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Data from several states show that Medicaid enrollees are getting COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than the general population. While there is not a nationwide compilation of how many Medicaid enrollees have been vaccinated, those states that do collect the data –...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Life Sciences
Two small biotech companies sued Moderna Inc. on claims that it infringed on their patent rights for a technology they said was key to Moderna developing its mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. Moderna has said it expects vaccine sales to top $19 billion in 2022.The two...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Life Sciences
Drugmaker Viatris Inc., formerly known as Mylan NV, will pay $264 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it engaged in anticompetitive behavior to delay generic competition to its EpiPen allergy treatment. The litigation has been ongoing for years,...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The CDC announced Friday it created new metrics for determining when people should use masks and take other COVID-19 precautions. The new benchmarks tie masking recommendations to a combination of a community’s level of cases, hospitalizations, and hospital...
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