Monday, January 22, 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...

Monday, January 22, 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,...

Monday, January 22, 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...

Monday, January 24, 2022: Health IT

A study conducted by Cigna found that virtual care can reduce unnecessary ER or urgent care visits by 19 percent. The study, conducted alongside its telehealth arm MDLive, found that virtual urgent care visits reduced duplication of care by 16 percent compared to...