by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2021 | D.C. News
Centrist Democrats are weighing whether new Medicare benefits should go only to lower-income Americans as they look for ways to cut the cost of their party’s sweeping domestic spending bill. Senator Joe Manchin and Representative Henry Cuellar have said benefits need...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 28, 2021 | M&A
The FTC has requested information regarding the Spectrum-Beaumont hospital system merger in Michigan. The two hospital systems said they are responding to the request and that a surge of merger filings is holding up the regulatory review of their proposed deal. Should...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 28, 2021 | Life Sciences
Pfizer and BioNTech submitted data to the FDA on their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The companies said that they would formally ask within weeks that the shot be authorized for children in that age group. If regulators follow the same timeline they took...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 28, 2021 | Inequities and SDOH
The Biden administration announced nearly $1 billion in funding to support COVID-19 and primary health care infrastructure needs in medically underserved communities across all 50 states and U.S. territories. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 28, 2021 | D.C. News
Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would avert a government shutdown and suspend the debt limit. Democratic leaders could now strip out the debt ceiling provision from the funding bill to pass a clean stopgap spending measure quickly through both chambers ahead of...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 27, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The World Health Organization is renewing its probe into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new team of about 20 scientists will be looking for new evidence in China and elsewhere, a shift that comes as officials warn that time is running out to complete the...
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