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Biden Says ‘Everybody Should Be Concerned’ About Monkeypox
May 24, 2022Two cases of the rare infection have been confirmed in the U.S., and a handful of possible cases are being monitored by health officials—but Biden Administration officials say vaccines and treatments are available for the disease, which isn’t as contagious as the...
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U.S Military Plane Lands With 39 Tons Of Baby Formula Amid National Shortage
May 23, 2022A plane arrived in Indianapolis Sunday carrying enough baby formula to ease the national shortage by about 15%, Biden Administration officials...
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'We're sorry' for U.S. baby formula shortage, Abbott CEO Ford says in Washington Post op-ed
May 22, 2022The apology by Abbott's CEO came after President Joe Biden signed a new law to deal with the baby formula...
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Ukrainians seeking shelter in US must have TB screenings and certain vaccinations
May 20, 2022The United States is preparing to welcome more displaced Ukrainians now that the Biden administration has approved the first group to enter through the new Uniting for Ukraine program. Ukrainians began arriving through the program this month....
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Biden invokes Defense Production Act to boost baby formula manufacturing to ease shortage
May 19, 2022Parents have been struggling to buy formula for their infants since the closure of a key manufacturing facility in Michigan due to bacterial contamination....
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Biden Invokes Defense Production Act To Require Manufacture Of Baby Formula Ingredients
May 19, 2022President Joe Biden is turning to the Defense Production Act to ease the national baby formula...
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Overwhelmed health departments are hard-pressed to spend Covid cash for underserved
May 17, 2022The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address covid health disparities, the largest federal funding initiative designed specifically to help underserved communities hardest hit by the virus....
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Why Covid-19 vaccine boosters may be more important than ever
May 11, 2022With waning immunity and a coronavirus that seems to become more infectious with each new variant, the Biden administration predicts that up to 100 million more people could get Covid-19 in the fall and winter. That estimate makes it crucial that as many people as possible get booster shots of Covid-19 vaccine, experts say....
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Biden calls on Congress to 'immediately' pass major Ukraine aid package before new Covid funding
May 10, 2022Biden said funding for shipments to Ukraine was set to run out in 10 days, and therefore he was "prepared to accept that these two measures move...
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Biden Administration ‘Sheepishly’ Waving ‘Checkered Flag’ On Covid-19 Pandemic, Says Science Editor-In-Chief
May 09, 2022Science magazine published an editorial from its Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp, PhD, about the Biden Administration’s recent handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Spoiler alert. It wasn't...
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U.S. Secretary of State Blinken tests positive for Covid, has mild symptoms
May 05, 2022Secretary of State Antony Blinken had not seen President Joe Biden in person for several days before testing positive for the...
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Biden defends abortion rights after leak of Supreme Court draft striking down Roe v. Wade
May 04, 2022Biden issued a statement after a report that a draft of of Supreme Court opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicates the court will overturn Roe v....
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May 01, 2022
CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner comments on President Biden's risk of contracting Covid-19 at the White House Correspondents' Dinner....
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Additional Support Arrives For The Covid-19 Test-To-Treat Program
Apr 30, 2022The Biden Administration's Test-to-treat program has the potential to transform the pandemic, especially for those at high risk of severe...
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The US is in 'transition phase' of pandemic, Fauci says
Apr 28, 2022The United States is "certainly, right now, in this country, out of the pandemic phase," Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on PBS's "NewsHour" on Tuesday....
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‘Ample Supply’: Biden Pushes Wider Use Of Pfizer’s Covid-Fighting Pill Paxlovid
Apr 27, 2022The lifesaving antiviral pills are still underused despite an “ample supply,” the White House...
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Biden administration secures 20 million courses of Covid-19 antiviral pill
Apr 27, 2022The Biden administration has secured the purchase of 20 million treatment courses of Paxlovid, Pfizer's antiviral Covid-19 pill, a senior administration official told CNN on Monday....
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White House working to make Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill more 'widely available'
Apr 26, 2022The Biden administration is set to unveil new details and announcements Monday on Paxlovid, Pfizer's antiviral Covid-19 pill, a White House official tells CNN....
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ANA Hails Signing of Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
Apr 24, 2022
The American Nurses Association (ANA) hails the signing of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (S. 610/H.R. 1667) into law by President Joseph R. Biden. This bipartisan legislation will direct $140 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (H.R. 1319) to train current an......
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Anti-Covid Pill Coming To All U.S. Pharmacies Under Reported Biden Plan
Apr 23, 2022Though Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill can reduce risk of hospitalization or death by 89%, it hasn’t been widely...
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