DC Health Department lays off 131 workers, ends COVID contract tracing program
The DC Health Department ended its COVID-19 contract tracing program on Thursday, laying off 131 workers employed by the program....
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The Memo: Biden leans into abortion fight
President Biden is injecting new vigor into the fight to protect abortion rights, seemingly nudged into action by criticism from...
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Health Care — Democrats rev up their drug pricing push
The Stanley Cup, already dented from the Colorado Avalanche’s on-ice celebration, was delivered to the wrong house. (There are worse mistakes...
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FDA: Omicron-specific boosters must target new strains
New COVID-19 booster shots should be tailored to target omicron's BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as well as the original strain...
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Who should get the monkeypox vaccine?
As a growing monkeypox outbreak has spread throughout the U.S., the White House this week outlined a plan to send...
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Judge to temporarily block Florida’s 15-week abortion ban
A judge on Thursday was set to temporarily block Florida's 15-week abortion ban one day before it was set to...
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Senate Democrats push revised drug pricing plan as they prep larger Biden economic package
Senate Democrats plan to submit a revised proposal to lower prescription drug prices for a key procedural review in the...
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Pfizer asks for full FDA approval of COVID pill
Pfizer on Thursday announced it had submitted an application to receive full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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Biden calls for filibuster carveout to protect abortion rights
President Biden on Thursday said the Senate should carve out an exception to the 60-vote filibuster to codify abortion rights...
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US places $3.2 billion order for updated COVID-19 vaccines for fall
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that is paying $3.2 billion for 105 million doses of an updated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for...
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