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FDA Says Current Vaccines Don’t Suit New COVID Strain
Raises question of what to do with additional variants. This week, a panel of outside experts gathered at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters to discuss how…
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DHS Begins Requiring Vaccines for Some Migrants
Expanding practices that began in 2021. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that they would begin requiring some migrants detained at the U.S.-Mexico border to receive a…
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FDA Approves Booster Shots for People Over 50
Both Moderna and Pfizer get the go-ahead. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 booster shot for individuals aged 50 and older. The…
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USAID Requests Vaccine Funding from Congress
Agency anticipates cutbacks to distribution. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has requested additional funding from Congress for vaccine distribution. Administrator Samantha Power voiced her concerns last week…
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White House Reveals Next Phase of COVID-19 Plan
Less masks, more vaccine development. After President Biden’s State of the Union address, the White House released a 96-page plan outlining the next steps they will be taking…
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Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate Blocked
Federal judge called it a “bridge too far.” U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown issued a nationwide ruling that the president could not require federal employees to be vaccinated…
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Supreme Court Rules on Vaccine Mandates
Decisions on the two cases differ. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the applications for stays against the vaccine-or-test rule from the president’s administration for private businesses…
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Transcript Revision Issued for Justice Gorsuch
Supreme Court record corrected from “hundreds of thousands” to “hundreds, thousands.” On Monday, after going over transcripts of the oral arguments for the National Federation of Independent Business…
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Vaccine Mandates
Justices question lawyers about effectiveness, public interest. Separate oral arguments are being heard in an emergency session of the United States Supreme Court to consider federal vaccine and…
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