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The Department of Health and Human Services is paying a private firm to review the accuracy of some Covid-19 tests the latest example of the department’s political leadership attempting to bypass scientists at the Food and Drug Administration.
The idea behind the last-minute contract, announced days before President Donald Trump leaves office, is that HHS would use the review to issue emergency use authorizations for the tests without input from FDA.
It comes as the health department has scrambled to force through several new FDA regulations sometimes without the agency’s knowledge, and sometimes over its objections.
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President-elect Joe Biden is calling for an expansive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus package called the American Rescue Plan.
The plan calls for investing $20 billion in a national vaccine program and setting up community vaccination sites nationwide – the latter effort an initiative announced by Operation Warp Speed earlier this week.
The proposal would invest $50 billion in testing, provide funds to purchase rapid tests, expand lab capacity and help schools implement regular testing to support reopening. Biden s plan calls for safely reopening a majority of K-8 schools in his first 100 days in office.
The plan would fund the hiring of 100,000 public health workers, nearly tripling the community health workforce. It would address health disparities by expanding community health centers and health services on tribal lands. And it would provide support to long-term care facilities experiencing outbreaks and to priso
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Biden team s multibillion-dollar school testing plan takes shape
The proposal under consideration calls for the federal government to cover the cost of providing tests to K-12 schools throughout the country.
Jackie Sato, a teacher at Yung Wing School P.S. 124, wears a mask and teaches remotely from her classroom on Sept. 24, 2020 in New York City. | Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
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President-elect Joe Biden is weighing a multibillion-dollar
plan for fully reopening schools that would hinge on testing all students, teachers and staff for Covid-19 at least once a week, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions.
The proposal under consideration calls for the federal government to cover the cost of providing tests to K-12 schools throughout the country. These could then be administered regularly by staff at each school, providing results in minutes.