by Jordana Choucair | Oct 4, 2021 | Life Sciences
Johnson & Johnson plans to ask the FDA early this week to authorize a booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine. Recent federal data shows that the 15 million Americans who got Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine may have less protection than those who...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 4, 2021 | D.C. News
Democratic leaders set new target dates for Congress to approve the bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure deal and the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave lawmakers until Halloween to strike a deal while Senate Majority Leader Charles...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 4, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
Anthony Fauci said the country is “turning the corner” on the latest COVID-19 surge, but that the 70 million eligible people who haven’t been vaccinated remain vulnerable. Fauci also touted the success of Merck & Co.’s experimental...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 1, 2021 | Transition to Value
CMS Chief Operating Officer Jon Blum said the agency’s innovation center is unlikely to adopt many additional fully risk-based payment models because they tend to “favor those who are better capitalized and can afford risk.” He said CMS wants to...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 1, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
A new report from the FDA and CDC found that teen vaping plummeted this year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced many U.S. students to learn from home. In the national survey, 11 percent of high school students and less than 3 percent of middle school students said they...
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