by Jordana Choucair | Jun 6, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
• Health policy experts say that the CDC and FDA aren’t the only federal institutions that have bureaucratic and cultural issues that slowed America’s pandemic response; the National Institutes of Health needs a critical look. Of the 40 published clinic trials...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 6, 2022 | Payers
A New York Times article examines the impact that debt has on older Americans’ health. The article references research being conducted at the Urban Institute, which found that that indebted older adults fare measurably worse on a range of health measures: fair or poor...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 6, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration has distributed 1,200 monkeypox vaccine doses for people who have had high-risk exposures to the virus as part of a nationwide effort to prevent a major outbreak. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 3, 2022 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden yesterday called for stricter gun laws – including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase if lawmakers cannot agree on an outright ban. His plea comes as many Americans remain rattled by the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 3, 2022 | Life Sciences
The White House said Thursday that COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 5 could begin as soon as June 21, if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizes the shots. White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters that the Biden...
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