by Jordana Choucair | Nov 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson argued in court that three large drug distributors violated the state’s public nuisance and consumer protection laws because they didn’t have tracking systems in place to prevent illegitimate sales and distribution of...
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