Monday, February 7, 2022: D.C. News

Numerous influential physicians and public health advocacy groups are pushing senators to confirm Dr. Robert Califf, President Biden’s nominee for FDA Commissioner. The calls come amid concerns from both Democrats and Republicans and opposition from...

Friday, February 4, 2022: D.C. News

The Biden administration’s coffers are low for additional COVID-19 testing, treatments, and vaccines, with most money already committed or distributed from a roughly $350 billion federal program. While top officials stressed that they have the funding to meet...

Friday, February 4, 2022: D.C. News

A broad group of senators is showing bipartisan support for legislation that would create a 12-person independent panel to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and the federal pandemic response across the Trump and Biden administrations. The bill, led by Senators Patty...

Thursday, February 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...

Wednesday, February 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...

Tuesday, February 1, 2022: D.C. News

President Joe Biden is set to relaunch the “cancer moonshot” program, which focused on ending cancer through investments in research and treatment, on Wednesday. Biden led the program in the final year of the Obama administration and then, in 2017,...