by Jordana Choucair | Nov 30, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The CDC strengthened its COVID-19 booster recommendation Monday, saying that all American adults “should” get booster doses of the available COVID-19 vaccines. The agency had previously said that Americans over age 50, as well as those ages 18 and older living in...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 30, 2021 | Providers
A federal court in Missouri blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers at federally funded facilities in 10 states. Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Wyoming, Alaska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and New...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 30, 2021 | Life Sciences
Pfizer is planning to ask the Food and Drug Administration to approve its COVID-19 booster for 16- and 17-year-olds. According to sources, the agency could authorize extra shots within roughly a week. The request comes as President Biden seeks to reassure the nation...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 30, 2021 | D.C. News
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) notified federal agencies that workers who do not comply with the administration’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement will not face serious penalties such as suspension or removal until January. Noting “tremendous...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 29, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the global risk of the omicron variant is “very high.” WHO urged member states to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations “as rapidly as possible” and to shore up their virus surveillance and sequencing work. The...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 29, 2021 | Life Sciences
A bipartisan group of 61 House members scolded the Biden administration for repealing a rule that would have required Medicare to pay for any medical device deemed as a “breakthrough” by the FDA. The CMS said that although the FDA reviews breakthrough...
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