U.S. President Joe Biden on December 1 unveiled an updated national strategy to combat the AIDS epidemic by boosting money for research, increasing access to treatment, and recognizing the role racism plays in inequitable access to medical services.
The White House said on December 1 the U.S. Department of Justice “will vigorously defend” the government’s authority to promote its vaccine requirement in federal contracting after courts blocked the Biden administration from enforcing two vaccine mandates.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shifted its recommendation on adults getting a booster Covid-19 vaccine to now include everyone ages 18 years and older as the threat of the new Omicron variant looms.
President Joe Biden on November 12 said he would nominate Robert Califf for a second stint as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and urged the Senate to swiftly confirm him.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s vaccine requirements are prompting more Americans to get Covid-19 shots, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on November 12.
Ten Republican state attorneys general sued on November 10 to stop the Biden administration’s requirement that millions of U.S. health workers get vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying it would worsen staff shortages.
With Covid-19 vaccines now available for ages 5 and older in the United States, the White House is rolling out new vaccination mandates for employers with more than 100 employees, as well as health care workers at facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid Benefits.
Raytheon Technologies’ top boss warned on Oct. 26 that the U.S. aerospace and defense firm will lose ‘several thousand’ employees who refused to take Covid-19 vaccines, as the company prepares to meet the Biden administration’s Dec. 8 deadline for immunization.
Democratic Party lawmakers holding up proposed drug pricing reforms are among the largest beneficiaries of the pharmaceutical industry’s push to stave off price cuts, a Reuters analysis of public lobbying and campaign data shows.
The Biden administration on Oct. 20 outlined a plan to vaccinate millions of U.S. children ages 5 to 11 as soon as the Covid-19 shot is authorized for them, readying doses and preparing locations ahead of the busy holiday season.