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As Congress takes up FDA oversight of dietary supplements, a lobbying showdown looms

17.05.2022

You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox. It’s UFA week …

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What happens when the government stops buying Covid-19 vaccines?

17.05.2022

WASHINGTON — The federal government has distributed Covid-19 vaccines and treatments for free so far, but most likely, the handouts won’t last forever. At some point, Covid-19 vaccines and treatments …

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White House documents detail a looming squeeze on Covid-19 boosters

06.05.2022

WASHINGTON — The White House could run out of Covid-19 vaccines if it moves forward with plans to encourage all adults to get a second Covid-19 vaccine booster dose by …

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Prisons didn’t prescribe much Paxlovid or other Covid-19 treatments, even when they got the drugs

05.05.2022

Federal prisons used just a fraction of the antiviral drugs they were allocated to keep incarcerated people from getting seriously ill or dying of Covid-19, according to new internal records …

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Covid’s circling the White House. What are the risks to someone like Biden? 

27.04.2022

For weeks, the coronavirus has been closing in on the Oval Office. In late March, White House press secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for the virus, her second breakthrough infection. …

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White House’s Jen Psaki offered a binder full of Covid spending details. Taking a peek was a process

25.04.2022

WASHINGTON — It was a striking visual for the television cameras. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took to the lectern, waving a thick, 385-page binder as evidence that contrary …

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Biden administration ramps up long Covid research efforts following criticism

05.04.2022

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced plans to ramp up research into long Covid, following scathing criticism from patients and experts. The White House’s plan includes efforts to …

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Senate nears $10 billion deal to buy Covid vaccines, therapeutics

31.03.2022

WASHINGTON — Top Senate negotiators are working to reach a deal to provide the Biden administration with $10 billion to buy vaccines and therapeutics, Republican lawmakers said Thursday. Sen. Mitt …

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‘A slow-moving glacier’: NIH’s sluggish and often opaque efforts to study long Covid draw patient, expert ire

29.03.2022

WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health is fumbling its first efforts to study long Covid. Fifteen months ago, Congress showered the agency with a massive $1.2 billion to research …

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