Tuesday, March 15, 2022: Providers

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released a report indicating that it plans to close several medical centers and community-based clinics. The VA proposed closing medical centers in Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio along with dozens of community-based clinics...

Monday, March 14, 2022: Life Sciences

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Sunday that a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be necessary to continue to help keep hospitalizations manageable and sicknesses milder. He said Pfizer plans to submit data for a fourth COVID-19 dose, and then see what...

Monday, March 14, 2022: Life Sciences

Sanofi SA’s experimental breast cancer treatment failed in a clinical trial, marking a setback for the drugmaker, which had prioritized the medicine and called it “potentially transformative.” In the phase two study, patients with advanced disease...

Monday, March 14, 2022: Providers

The Biden administration is looking to expand a federal COVID-19 data program to track the burden of respiratory and other infectious diseases on hospitals. The current Trump-era system is set to expire with the end of the national emergency, but the Biden...