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Mark your calendar: The house is ready to vote on the marijuana legalization bill soon next week.With the support of Senate majority leaders Charles Schumer
Chuck SchummerRomney Advocacy Group Working on GOP Counter Offers for New DemCOVID-19 Financing Plan: Title 42’Damage Confidence in Government’Romney Tells Dems to Send New COVID-19 Financing Proposal Wednesday (DN.Y.), Proponents want to pass the Senate this year.
There is still no agreement to further fund the COVID-19 response in Congress. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney Healthcare — Romney says it’s making progress with COVID aid Romney is working on a GOP counter offer to the new Dem COVID-19 funding plan He says he has made some progress with the new compromise.
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Romney working on Republican opposition to raise money
Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he was working with Republican leaders to counter the COVID-19 funding after receiving a new offer from the Democratic Party.
“I received suggestions from them, and we have the opposite suggestions that we are working on in our leadership,” Romney told Hill.
He said the proposal included a new way to pay for pandemics, with the Democrats proposing one set of payments and the Republicans competing in another. He did not elaborate on what the possible offsets are.
“I think we’re making progress,” Romney said.
The $ 1.5 trillion government funding bill, signed earlier this month, was expected to include $ 15.6 billion in COVID-19 spending, but after a group of Democrats opposed one of the offsets, the country. After using some of the aid of, it was removed. Previous bailout bill.
At the beginning of the week, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (DN.Y.) said, “In good faith with Senator Romney and other Republicans, they will be accepted by Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate. I found a reward. ” “”
The White House has warned Congress that funding is urgently needed and is calling on Congress to take action.
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House chairs put pressure on the FDA for contaminated infant formula
Thursday’s House Oversight Subcommittee chairman said why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to contaminated infant formula, which is currently associated with five hospitalizations and two deaths. We have begun investigating whether we have stated that it is a “delay.”
manager Raja Krishnamurti
Subramanian (Raja) Raja KrishnamoorthiHealth Care — Romney states that progress has been made with COVID assistance. (D-Ill.) A letter was sent to FDA Commissioner Robert Caliph asking for an answer to Abbott’s oversight of infant formula. This was in some cases associated with bacterial infection. Cronobacter Sakazaki..
Krishnamoorthi noted reports that the FDA discovered contamination at the Abbott facility in Sturgis, Michigan in September 2021 and found unsanitary conditions on inspection, but did not issue a public warning until February 2022.
“The FDA has a mission to protect all Americans from life-threatening food poisoning outbreaks, but it wasn’t enough to protect vulnerable babies from contaminated infant formula,” Krishnamurti wrote. .. “The FDA must do more to prevent life loss and baby illness due to delayed testing and delayed warnings to consumers.”
The letter requires a series of documents and asks the FDA for an answer as to why it didn’t act early.
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NYC exempts athletes and performers from vaccination obligations
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced Thursday that he will lift the COVID-19 vaccine obligations for New York-based performers, venues and athletes.
The Adams office states that the reasons for lifting the requirement are low virus cases and high vaccination rates. His office said the move “kick-starts the entire range of the city’s nightlife economy.”
The mayor has assembled this move as an extension of the city’s previous immunity from vaccination obligations to private companies.
“Today we are taking a new step towards a recovery in New York’s economy, leveling the New Yorker’s competitive arena and supporting local businesses and performance venues,” Adams said in a statement. increase.
Meaning to attract attention: Brooklyn Nets Point Guard Kyrie Irving He publicly refused to be vaccinated to play last year. Irving argued that his decision was more related to physical independence than political motivation.
Netz suspended Irving in October and said he would remain suspended until the COVID-19 vaccine was fully vaccinated. In January, Irving returned to team practice.
With the changes announced on Thursday, Irving will be able to play home games again. This change will allow the Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, who is believed to be unvaccinated, to play at home as the baseball season begins.
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Google users who can make health care appointments
Google announced Thursday that it will partner with providers such as CVS Pharmacy to allow people to schedule healthcare appointments via search engines.
This new feature will allow Google users to search for availability of bookings with some healthcare providers in their area.
“We are still in the early stages of deploying this feature, but we are working with partners such as CVS’s Minute Clinic and other scheduling solution providers. We want to expand our network of features, features and partners to enable them. I’m thinking. It will make it easier for people to get the care they need. ”
This is not the only tech venture that CVS Pharmacy has launched in the last few weeks. Last month, CVS submitted a trademark to sell virtual products and provide healthcare services through the Metaverse.
As CNBC reported, CVS is trying to trademark its logo, provide an online store, and offer downloadable products including “prescription drugs, health, wellness, beauty and personal care products”.
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WHO: Omicron BA.2 subvariant is now widespread worldwide
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that Omicron’s subvariant BA.2 is the leading COVID-19 variant that causes infection worldwide.
“In the last 30 days, BA.2 has become a major subspecies and 251,645 sequences have been reported,” WHO said in a weekly epidemiological report.
He added that it accounts for about 85.9 percent of the cases reported to WHO last month. In the last update on March 8, WHO stated that BA.1.1 was the major subvariant and BA.2 accounted for 34% of new cases.
Areas of concern: This trend is most pronounced in Southeast Asia, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean, Africa, Western Pacific and Europe. Subvariant BA.2 is also currently dominant in the Americas.
This is due to the lowest infection in the United States in eight months, but government officials have warned that new subvariants can cause an increase in some cases.
Please check this out for details.
What we are reading
- NIH Identity Crisis: Pandemics and the quest for new leaders put agencies at a crossroads (statistics)
- Vulnerable Americans are desperate to find this Covid-19 drug.Thousands of boxes are sitting around unused (CNN)
- Under patient pressure, the FDA reviews ALS drugs with conservative data (AP)
State by state
- Corona vaccination rates for children in New York are lagging. Are shots at school useful? (New York Times)
- Opioid Administration Expands Naloxone Order to Fight Opioid Crisis (WHTM)
- Arizona House votes to ban abortion after 15 weeks (Arizona Public Media)
That’s it for today. Thank you for reading. Check out Hill’s Healthcare page for the latest news and coverage. See you on friday.
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