by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2022 | D.C. News
As the Omicron surge begins to fade, the White House is preparing for a new phase of the pandemic response where COVID-19 remains widespread but is less disruptive to Americans’ daily lives. Even so, several Biden administration officials and others close to the...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 2, 2022 | Mental Health
Top senators pledged to work on a bipartisan mental health and substance use package this year. Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray renewed calls for a comprehensive package to address gaps in the behavioral health care system. Meanwhile, Senator Lisa...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 2, 2022 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden will call on the country to reduce the cancer death rate by half within 25 years when he announces the revived Cancer Moonshot program today. The new program will create a White House “Cancer Cabinet” with the goal of shoring up cancer...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 2, 2022 | Life Sciences
Moderna Inc. began testing an experimental HIV vaccine based on its mRNA technology. The company plans to monitor 56 HIV-negative adults in the U.S. for six months in the Phase 1 clinical trial. Previous efforts to develop HIV vaccines have failed, and the illness...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 2, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The Department of Justice secured more than $5 billion related to fraud and false claims in the health care sector in the year ending in September 2021, making up nearly 90 percent of the agency’s settlement proceeds for False Claims Act violations. The largest...
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