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Moderna Inc. said it is seeking a full approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, a move that could make a shot cleared on an emergency basis during the pandemic into a

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May 26, 2021 6:10 AM By Brandon Lee and Alex Ruoff The National Institutes of Health’s emerging technologies agency proposed by the Biden White House won’t detract from the rest of the agency’s $43 billion research portfolio, but it may fold in some existing programs. House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), whose spending panel has to sign off on President Joe Biden‘s request for a $6.5 billion agency called the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, said yesterday she was “intrigued,” but emphasized the rest of the NIH—and 300,...

May 11, 2021 7:00 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee President Joe Biden will trade ideas with U.S. governors about how to vaccinate more Americans, after the number of people signing up for shots fell sharply over the last month. Biden will meet today virtually with the leaders of Massachusetts, Utah, Ohio, New Mexico, Maine and Minnesota to discuss “innovative ways governors are working to get the people in their states vaccinated,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said. Biden has said the country has entered a new phase of its vaccination campaign as domestic...

April 1, 2021 6:07 AM By Brandon Lee President Joe Biden’s call to spend $400 billion to expand home and community-based care is raising advocates’ hopes that lawmakers might finally address long-standing challenges the industry, the elderly and people with disabilities face. Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal unveiled yesterday included the new funds over eight years to boost access to long-term care under Medicaid, the federal government’s public health insurance program for the poor and disabled. Many Americans suffer on waiting lists for ...