by Jordana Choucair | Nov 10, 2021 | Life Sciences
Pfizer asked federal regulators to authorize booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine for all adults. The FDA is expected to grant the request, perhaps before Thanksgiving and well ahead of the Christmas holiday. The prospect of all 181 million fully vaccinated adults in...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 10, 2021 | Health IT
The Federal Communications Commission approved another $42 million in funding for telehealth services. The additional amount brings the total allocated funding from its COVID-19 Telehealth Program to $150 million. The newly allocated money will go to 75 health care...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 10, 2021 | D.C. News
The Biden administration will donate 1.5 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine to Covax for distribution in conflict zones and other humanitarian settings. A senior White House official said Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 10, 2021 | D.C. News
The White House announced that President Joe Biden will make Federal Emergency Management Agency support available to states, tribes, and territories through April 1, 2022. White House COVID-19 Coordinator Jeff Zients informed governors that Biden is approving the...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 9, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The CDC announced that 70 percent of adults in the U.S. are fully vaccinated. The U.S. has administered over 432 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of November 8, almost 1.2 million doses more compared to November 7. Almost 25 million people have...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 9, 2021 | Providers
HHS announced that more than 200 hospitals representing all 50 states have agreed to participate in its new maternal and infant health initiative. Each participating hospital will capture more than 150 measures that track the clinical and nonclinical factors impacting...
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