by Jordana Choucair | Jul 12, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration reaffirmed that doctors and hospitals need to follow federal law and provide abortions if there is a medical emergency and the health or life of the patient is at risk, regardless of state law. Administration officers noted that the Emergency...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 12, 2022 | Life Sciences
The federal government announced that it plans to secure an initial 3.2 million doses of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine. If the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants the vaccine an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), the government will make the vaccine available for...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 12, 2022 | Mental Health
A Wall Street Journal analysis of calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) between 2016 and 2021 found that one in six ended without reaching a counselor. One-and-a-half million of the 9.2 million calls placed ended either because the caller...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 12, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is set to once again extend the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). HHS has repeatedly renewed the emergency since it was originally declared in January and last renewed the PHE April 16 for another increment...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 12, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Health officials are working on a plan to allow second COVID-19 boosters for all adults as experts worry that younger adults’ immunity is waning. Adults 50 and older have been able to receive a second booster since March, but younger adults are still only eligible for...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 11, 2022 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden said he is considering declaring a public health emergency in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, which would free up federal resources to better promote abortion access. The White House previously said such a declaration did...
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