by Jordana Choucair | Mar 16, 2022 | D.C. News
White House officials warned Tuesday that cutbacks in the U.S. pandemic response could happen as early as next week if Congress doesn’t pass new emergency COVID-19 funding. According to the officials, without the funding the federal government will delay buying...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 16, 2022 | D.C. News
A Senate committee voted 20-2 to advance a bipartisan pandemic preparedness bill that seeks to apply COVID-19 lessons to future health threats. The bill includes measures to strengthen the medical supply chain, bolster disease surveillance, and require that the Senate...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 11, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House said it may need to pare back its COVID-19 response without additional pandemic relief funding. According to Press Secretary Jen Psaki, the country’s testing capacity will fall and supplies of monoclonal antibodies and free services for uninsured...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 10, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden nominated agency veteran Roselyn Tso to lead the Indian Health Services. Tso began her career with the Indian Health Service in 1984 and most recently served as director of the agency’s Navajo region. The agency, which provides health care for more...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 10, 2022 | D.C. News
The House passed a $1.5 trillion spending package, as well as a four-day stopgap measure to extend current funding levels through March 15 and ensure there’s no lapse in appropriations. Of note, the bill provides a 12 percent increase in the HHS budget that earmarks...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 9, 2022 | D.C. News
Congressional negotiators have reached a bipartisan deal on a sprawling omnibus package to fund the government, including an additional $15.6 billion in COVID-19 funding. The amount includes $10.6 billion for testing, therapeutics, and vaccines domestically and $5...
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