Wednesday, November 17, 2021: D.C. News

The Biden administration filed a request to consolidate the 34 lawsuits against the administration’s vaccine and testing requirements. As a result, the Sixth Circuit will decide whether to permanently halt the mandate. A variety of plaintiffs — including Republican...

Tuesday, November 16, 2021: D.C. News

President Biden is facing a congressional deadline today to nominate an official to serve as the assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at HHS. In addition to managing the nation’s Head Start program for low-income children, welfare, and...

Tuesday, November 16, 2021: Life Sciences

Pfizer has agreed to a licensing deal with the U.N.’s Medicines Patent Pool for its COVID-19 pill. Under the agreement, Pfizer will manufacture and supply its effective antiviral pill in 95 countries, including all low-income and lower-middle-income nations. The...

Tuesday, November 16, 2021: Life Sciences

The Biden administration is withdrawing a Trump-era policy that limited the FDA’s review process of certain lab tests, including some COVID-19 tests. Under the policy, the agency did not require premarket reviews of laboratory-developed tests, even in situations...

Tuesday, November 16, 2021: Mental Health

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released a poll indicating that nearly 80 percent of Americans say mental health professionals, rather than law enforcement, should be the primary first responders to mental health crises. Seventy-two percent of...