by Jordana Choucair | Sep 27, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House is scheduled on Wednesday to host the first nutrition summit in a half century. A White House document calls for school meals for all; nutrition and obesity counseling for Medicare beneficiaries; a permanent extension of the child tax credit; and...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 27, 2022 | D.C. News
House and Senate health leaders reached a deal to advance a bill that would renew FDA user fees. The “clean” extension does not contain additional reforms to increase oversight of dietary supplements, lab-developed tests, and other areas. However, the bill...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 26, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration is set to launch a private refugee sponsorship program this Fall that will enlist private organizations and groups of everyday Americans to sponsor and resettle refugees. The program would first draw from the existing refugee pipeline –...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 19, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden said during an interview with “60 Minutes” that the COVID-19 pandemic “over,” but acknowledged there is still a lot of work to do. The president said that the U.S. still has “a problem with COVID,” noting that the pandemic has had a “profound...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 12, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden today will announce Dr. Renee Wegrzyn as the inaugural director of Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), the new agency focused on biomedical innovation. The president will also sign an executive order on biotechnologies as part of an...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 6, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration is requesting $47.1 billion in emergency funds as part of the upcoming stopgap spending bill Congress will work on this month. The request includes $22.4 billion in funding for the COVID-19 response effort – including testing, research, and...
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