by Jordana Choucair | Dec 30, 2021 | Life Sciences
Johnson & Johnson announced that two clinical trials found that its booster shot offered strong protection against Omicron. Data from one real-life study from South Africa showed vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization from Covid-19 rose to 85 percent after...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 30, 2021 | Life Sciences
The FDA issued an emergency use authorization of an at-home COVID-19 test manufactured by Siemens Healthineers. Acting chief FDA scientist Jacqueline A. O’Shaughnessy wrote that it was “reasonable” to conclude that the Siemens test was “effective in...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | D.C. News
A federal court denied the state of Oklahoma’s lawsuit attempting to block enforcement of the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate for federal employees. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Attorney General John O’Connor claimed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | Mental Health
HHS announced the agency is working with states to promote access to Medicaid services for people with mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) crises via community-based mobile crisis intervention services. The new option will help states connect individuals 24...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | Payers
The CMS released its proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule late Tuesday, revealing that payers would have to offer standardized plan options for every product network type, plan tier type, and plan classification. The CMS said the goal is to allow...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The U.S. has hit a new record average of daily COVID-19 cases, with 254,496 new cases reported in the last week as of Tuesday. That shatters a previous record from all the way back in January. Much of that increase is being fueled by the Omicron variant, and while...
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