Friday, April 8, 2022: D.C. News

A federal appeals court voted 2-1 to reverse an earlier ruling by a district judge who in January blocked the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers. The 5th Circuit Court further ordered that the district court dismiss the case. Judge Carl Stewart, writing for...

Friday, April 8, 2022: D.C. News

The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson yesterday. The vote was 53-47, with Republican Senators Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, and Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats to vote in favor. Jackson will be sworn in after...

Monday, March 7, 2022: Life Sciences

The FDA is getting closer to authorizing Novavax Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine after the company said it fixed production issues that delayed its application. However, U.S. clearance for the protein-based shot is still a ways off given the FDA must review a lot of...

Tuesday, February 15, 2022: Payers

Cigna’s Evernorth announced it is adding Monument’s virtual care services to its behavioral health network. Monument offers an evidence-based, virtual treatment program for alcohol use disorder that includes specialized psychotherapy, physician-prescribed...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021: Life Sciences

An FDA advisory committee endorsed a two-dose series of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5- to 11-years-old. The committee found that the benefits of the shot outweighed the risks, voting 17-0 in favor with one abstention. If the FDA follows...