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The vaccine is based on the same mRNA technology used to create its covid vaccine. On Thursday, it administered the first doses to volunteers at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, news outlets reported.
A GAO report Thursday said the Health and Human Services Department is at "high risk" of mismanaging future pandemics because of "persistent deficiencies” in how it has dealt with this one.
The White House has signaled that it intends to move quickly on naming a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. President Biden has said he intends to choose by the end of February, Politico reported, but his history of missing deadlines has caused concern among Democrats.
Since the start of November, 14.5 million Americans have signed up for health insurance using Affordable Care Act exchanges, the Biden administration says.
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In a move that seems to brand covid an endemic problem, Denmark is going to drop all restrictions and label the virus not a threat to society. England has also lifted restrictions, with recent omicron surges fading, though a report shows the U.K. is suffering racial disparities in vaccines and deaths.
The state Attorney General is seeking court approval to investigate the drugmaker, accusing it of overly-high prices that have a "devastating impact" on diabetes-sufferer's lives. Meanwhile, legal marijuana bills are advancing in Delaware, Mississippi and South Dakota.
Pembrolizumab, also known as Keytruda, may be able to flush out HIV from immune cells in people who've controlled their infections. Among other news, a Gilead anti-cancer drug may have hit a serious safety snag in trials, and out-of-pocket expenses for hepatitis B drugs have been rising.
Though the study is small-scale and based only on California data, the findings are striking — with permanent leaks from stoves and fittings even when turned off. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration is being called on to ban BPA in plastics that are in contact with food.
A government report released Tuesday doesn't name specific companies but mentioned at least one "large service provider." One of the most common violations was limitations or exclusions or coverage of therapy for autism, Modern Healthcare reported.
Workers in health care industries in about half the states have until today to get their first shot under the Biden administration's mandate; Montana's governor is seeking exemptions where losing staff may jeopardize health care access. And pushback against military vaccination mandates continues.
U.S. daily average deaths from covid are exceeding the peak reached during the height of the earlier delta surge, as data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the omicron variant is now accounting for 99.9% of all new cases.
Stat reports that nearly $7 billion was shifted from a fund designed to help hospitals and clinics during the stresses of the pandemic and was instead used to buy vaccines and therapeutics. Health worker burnout, Neil Young's music off Spotify, and a poll about covid staying "forever" are also in the news.
Earlier this week, Pfizer began its own trial of an omicron-specific shot. Initial results from that study are expected in the first half of the year; Moderna did not say when it expects to have results.
Democrats' no-room-for-defection majority in the Senate has White House staffers and congressional members anticipating a rocky path and close vote for whoever is nominated.
President Joe Biden has previously pledged to name the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. News outlets profile some of the jurists believed to be on his shortlist.
With the reports of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's pending retirement, news outlets look back at his 28 years on the nation's highest court and the role he played in decision-making on critical issues in the U.S.
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