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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This edition of the “Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update” offers a summary of and insight into the relevant industry developments that occurred during the month of February. Executive Orders President Biden Issues Executive Order to Strengthen America’s Supply Chains On February 24, President Biden signed the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains, to deliver on his campaign promise to strengthen critica...

Health and community aid agencies across Central Massachusetts and just beyond have received more than $181,000 in grants from community foundations based in Fitchburg and Lowell. The grants to 16 agencies were announced Monday by the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts and the Greater Lowell Community Foundation, whose combined Nashoba Valley Community Healthcare Fund provides annual funding to organizations, municipalities and agencies in 13 communities from Bolton to Westford...

Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/03/2021 - 5:44pm SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - City Council approved the strategic plan that lays out the direction the City of South Lake Tahoe will go over the next five years during their meeting Tuesday. The new plan includes 101 action items and Council and staff plan to tackle 21 of them in the next year and have already started on "six or seven" of them. “It’s an exciting time for South Lake Tahoe. We are looking toward the future of the City,” s...

The disturbing trend of “vaccine nationalism” in which wealthy countries hoard Covid-19 medical supplies such as vaccines, will only serve to prolong the pandemic. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsavles drove home this point in his address to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday, February 17, titled “Ensuring Equitable Access for COVID-19 Vaccines in Contexts Affected by Conflict and Instability.” “The simple truth is that unless vaccines are made …

Published on 23 February 2021 This week research funders will be urged to take a new approach to engaging evidence with policy that values collaborations and learning. As the world continues to be gripped by a pandemic that has prompted renewed political commitment to “following the science” a report from the Impact Initiative for International Development Research finds that it often takes multiple research studies spanning geographies and disciplines to...

Older white residents in the Denver metro area and Colorado Springs were roughly twice as likely as their Hispanic peers to get vaccinated in the states push to inoculate its

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by Strategic Partnerships Source: CVS Health What Should Know: – CVS Health unveils community-based strategy increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations for vulnerable communities and advance vaccine education while combating hesitancy. – The strategy includes a strategic partnership with Lyft to help underserved communities access vaccination appointments by providing free or discounted rides for those in need. CVS Health unveils its community-based strategy to address potential inequities re...

The needs of millions of overlooked, 'left behind' adolescent women must become a more significant priority within international efforts to end poverty...

Covid-19 Vaccine Producers Have Human Rights Responsibilities Format Pharma Companies Should Adopt Rights-Based Approach to Help Bridge Vaccine Gap Over the last few weeks, the relief brought on by the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out has been marred by supply delays and growing concerns around inequitable access. Of the more than 131 million doses given in 73 countries by February 8, 78 percent (more than 102.48 million doses) went to people in the United States, China, within the European Union, and...