by Jordana Choucair | May 16, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration is expected to signal this week if it will extend the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended the emergency declaration through July 15 and committed to giving states and health providers 60...
by Jordana Choucair | May 16, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
According to a Kaiser Health News analysis, states have spent little of the $2.25 billion funding the Biden administration provided to them to address COVID-19 health disparities. In May 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded grants to...
by Jordana Choucair | May 16, 2022 | Life Sciences
Novavax officials said they are confident that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will grant their COVID-19 vaccine an emergency use authorization early next month. Novavax received $1.6 billion from the federal government to speed the development of the shots...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Life Sciences
The White House announced it is licensing COVID-19 technologies to the World Health Organization to enable global manufacturers to make COVID-19 shots and increase testing capability. The 11 technologies, including the stabilized spike protein used in many coronavirus...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule allowing Medicaid to directly pay for independent home health aides’ benefits, including health insurance. The new rule replaces a 2019 policy that required states to pay the full...
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