It was a week of welcome news and encouraging milestones in the COVID-19 response, especially in the U.S., where the federal government passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package and President Biden announced a goal to...more
AstraZeneca’s Phase 3 vaccine clinical trials came to a halt this week as the pharmaceutical company works to identify the underlying cause of a case of transverse myelitis emerging in a volunteer. The pause coincided with...more
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Amid the stalemate surrounding a new COVID-19 response bill, Senate Republicans are circulating a new COVID-19 stimulus package that they intend to serve as their response to the House Democrats’ $25 billion...more
Through a series of recent hearings, the United States Congress delved into the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This series of congressional hearings examined the current outbreak across several...more
Following days of protracted negotiations, Congress is heading toward enacting a $2 trillion measure to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Anticipated to clear the House of Representatives on Friday and be promptly signed...more
One day after H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a relief package, was signed into law, Senate Republicans threw down their marker for an even more significant phase three relief package that includes...more
The Trump administration and state government agencies have been responding to the escalating coronavirus (COVID-19) public emergency by prioritizing funding opportunities and strategizing ways to increase access to care and...more