by Jordana Choucair | Mar 7, 2022 | Providers
CVS Health announced it awarded nearly $700K to help five of its Workforce Innovation and Talent Center (WITC) partners stabilize operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CVS Health’s WITCs provides employment services and training to underserved populations. Soon,...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 4, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The GOP-led Senate in Florida passed a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks and sent the legislation to the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis. A bill mirroring Texas’ six-week abortion ban also advanced through the Idaho state Senate and appears poised to pass the...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 4, 2022 | D.C. News
The Senate narrowly passed a resolution to terminate the national emergency declaration for the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution passed 48 to 47 on a party-line vote, underscoring political pressure the Biden administration could face to unwind pandemic-related...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 4, 2022 | Health IT
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has asked technology companies, health care providers, and community organizations for information about COVID-19 misinformation. It is the Biden administration’s first attempt to get tech firms to share such data publicly....
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 4, 2022 | Life Sciences
Civica Rx, the nonprofit generic drug company created by a consortium of hospitals, announced that it plans to lower the cost of insulin by making it on its own. Civica plans to manufacture and distribute three different kinds of insulin at a cost of no more than $30...
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