by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration will re-evaluate its decision to ship three types of monoclonal antibody treatments to states, after data showed that two of the three authorized antibodies may be ineffective against the omicron variant. David Kessler, chief scientific...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2022 | D.C. News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that more federal pandemic relief could be included in a government funding package. According to Pelosi, the “opportunity” and “challenge” are there but that the White House has not formally asked for more...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2022 | D.C. News
Federal government agencies are preparing to take increasingly harsh steps against unvaccinated employees in order to implement President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers. Some agencies – including Treasury, Transportation, and Agriculture – plan...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | D.C. News
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning over two of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate policies. The first is OSHA’s emergency vaccinate-or-test rule covering an estimated 80 million employees at large companies. The second is a...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | D.C. News
Several former health advisers to President Biden published separate op-eds urging the administration to reconsider its COVID-19 pandemic strategy. According to the authors, the COVID-19 pandemic will persist for some time. They outlined several strategies to active a...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new analysis from the Urban Institute found that parents in low-income households (at or below 138 percent of federal poverty level) face greater challenges in addressing health needs than other parents. Parents in low-income households were more than nine times as...
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