by Jordana Choucair | Jan 11, 2022 | Health IT
Last week, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking examples of digital health technologies that could be used to strengthen “community health, individual wellness, and health equity.” In addition to...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 11, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration on Monday issued rules requiring private health insurers to cover the cost of at-home COVID-19 tests. Under the policy, insurers will be required to cover the cost of eight at-home COVID-19 tests per person each month starting January 15. The...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 11, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Enrollment in ACA plans reached 13.8 million for 2022, according to CMS, representing a 20 percent uptick from a comparable period last year ahead of the sign-up deadline this weekend. CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said early data indicates that the largest...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2022 | Life Sciences
Pfizer Inc. will pay up to $1.35 billion to partner with gene-editing specialist Beam Therapeutics Inc. The four-year deal will allow Pfizer to develop three drugs for rare genetic diseases of the liver, muscle, and central nervous system using base editing, a...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2022 | Life Sciences
Moderna donated 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Mexico as cases surge in the country. The donations arrived on Saturday at an airport in Toluca after the country this week surpassed more than 300,000 total confirmed coronavirus deaths. The government said the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2022 | Life Sciences
The FDA on Friday authorized adults 18 and older who are vaccinated with Moderna to get a booster shot five months after their second dose, shortening the waiting period by a month. Days earlier, the agency shortened the booster shot waiting period for everyone 12 and...
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