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Coronavirus / Health

Despite Biden’s big promises and a far better understanding of the virus, Covid-19 is still raging through the nation’s prisons

02.02.2022

WASHINGTON — On his first full day in office, President Biden promised to order the federal Bureau of Prisons to reevaluate its Covid-19 protocols and release additional data on the spread …

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Coronavirus / Health

Can mailing free Covid-19 tests turn Biden’s pandemic response around?

19.01.2022

WASHINGTON — In an effort to regain the trust of the American public when it comes to his pandemic response, President Biden is launching a massive, slapdash effort to distribute …

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Coronavirus

Rochelle Walensky said she’d ‘fix’ the CDC, but nine months in, she’s faltering

08.11.2021

WASHINGTON — Operating via Zoom from her home office in Newton, Mass., Rochelle Walensky is facing down a challenge that would sound herculean for even the most hardened players in …

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Coronavirus

White House delays Covid-19 vaccine mandates for contractors

04.11.2021

The White House is delaying its mandate for contractors to get vaccinated against Covid-19 until Jan. 4, the administration announced Thursday, as it rolled out more details about its sweeping …

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Coronavirus / Health

Biden moves to ramp up at-home Covid-19 testing

06.10.2021

The White House announced on Wednesday a $1 billion purchase of at-home rapid tests for Covid-19, a move aimed at scaling up test production in the U.S. and quadrupling the …

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Coronavirus

The government’s Covid-19 response will continue in a shutdown, but health agencies will face major staff shortages

28.09.2021

A version of this story first appeared in 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. …

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Biden’s chaotic messaging on Covid-19 boosters is pitting the White House against the government’s scientific advisers

24.09.2021

WASHINGTON — The White House’s chaotic, contradictory messaging on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots has given Americans whiplash. But more concerning, experts say, is that it risks undermining President Biden’s campaign …

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Health

New Biden plan to lower drug prices drawn from familiar Democratic playbook

09.09.2021

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a long-awaited plan to lower prescription drug prices that included a number of aggressive proposals but largely tread over ideas that Democrats …

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Coronavirus / Health

The White House wants $65 billion for an ‘Apollo’-style pandemic preparedness program

03.09.2021

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday unveiled a sweeping new biosecurity plan, outlining a $65 billion proposal to remake the nation’s pandemic preparedness infrastructure in the wake of Covid-19. …

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