by Jordana Choucair | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
A federal appeals court voted 2-1 to reverse an earlier ruling by a district judge who in January blocked the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers. The 5th Circuit Court further ordered that the district court dismiss the case. Judge Carl Stewart, writing for...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson yesterday. The vote was 53-47, with Republican Senators Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, and Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats to vote in favor. Jackson will be sworn in after...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
The FDA is getting closer to authorizing Novavax Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine after the company said it fixed production issues that delayed its application. However, U.S. clearance for the protein-based shot is still a ways off given the FDA must review a lot of...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Cigna’s Evernorth announced it is adding Monument’s virtual care services to its behavioral health network. Monument offers an evidence-based, virtual treatment program for alcohol use disorder that includes specialized psychotherapy, physician-prescribed...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Anthony Fauci said on Monday that it is too soon to say whether omicron is the final wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci said, “I would hope that that’s the case. But that would only be the case if we don’t get another variant that eludes the immune response of...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
An FDA advisory committee endorsed a two-dose series of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5- to 11-years-old. The committee found that the benefits of the shot outweighed the risks, voting 17-0 in favor with one abstention. If the FDA follows...
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