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The day after the mayor of DC Muriel Bowser
Muriel BowserOvernight Health Care — DC Termination Mask, Vaccine Mandates Hill’s 12:30 Report: Democrats Hustle Washington DC to Biden, End Vaccine, Mask Mandates More (D) Announced that the company’s vaccine requirements will be terminated before it is fully effective. Members of the city council are drafting a bill to revive it.
The Biden administration wants an additional $ 30 billion in COVID-19 funding, but the desire to spend money in Congress is mixed at best.
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Biden authorities see $ 30 billion in COVID money
The Biden administration has suggested during talks with Congress on Tuesday that it will demand an additional $ 30 billion in COVID-19 funding, including funding for vaccines, tests and treatments.
Discussions will take place prior to the March 11 deadline for government funding packages, which could serve as a means of more COVID-19 funding.
Sen. Roy Blunt
Roy Dean Blunt Biden’s FDA Pick Clears Major Senate Hawley Hawley Approves Candidates to Take Over Missouri Senator Companion. (R-Mo.) Told reporters that he had spoken to the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Xavier Besera
Xavier Becerra FDA approves another antibody treatment to fight Omicron. The Biden administration will purchase 600,000 new COVID-19 antibody drugs. We expect a $ 30 billion request on Tuesday.
“I talked to Secretary Besera today, and I think they would offer a $ 30 billion supplement,” Brandt said, according to the audio provided by his office.
What is the money An HHS spokesperson said government leaders added to help government leaders “support the status of the COVID Response Fund, secure more life-saving therapies and vaccines, maintain testing capacity, and invest in the next R & D. We talked about the need for resources, “he said, confirming the discussion. Generation vaccine. ”
Some GOP resistance: Some Republicans have pointed out the billions of dollars already allocated, but have expressed opposition to more funding.
“It’s ridiculous to think that Congress should go along with such demands,” he said. Jason Smith
Republican representative Jason Thomas Smith does not run for the Senate and wants to be chair of Ways and Means. A top Republican member of the House Budget Committee (Mo.), He wrote in Fox News, an editorial last week. “The government’s own trajectory of inflationary spending last year barely underscores American confidence that the government is a good caretaker of their taxes.”
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FDA finally gets a standing committee
TThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has welcomed a new permanent leader for the first time in over a year after the Senate scrutinized Robert Caliph on Tuesday.
The caliph was confirmed in a 50-46 vote with Sen. Mike Rounds
Republican leaders of Mike Rounds are silent on Trump’s claim that the Vice President could overturn the election. (RS.D.) “Current” voting. The round “paired” his vote to offset the absence of Senator Ben Ray Lujan (DN.M.), who is recovering from a stroke.
The vote reflected unexpected opposition from both Democrats and Republicans, as the nominations were disturbed by the debate over abortion and opioids.
Democratic feeling. Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin Bidden’s FDA Pick Clears Senate Key Hurdles Manchin Clarifies Why Parliamentary Democrats Need to Rethink Their Universal Plekplan: (West Virginia), Ed Marquee
Ed Marquee Bidden’s FDA Pick Clears Senate Key Hurdles This Week: Senator Introduces a Resolution Celebrating Tom Brady’s Career with a Confirmation Battle Over Biden’s FDA Candidate (Mass), Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) and Maggie Hassan
Margaret (Maggie) Hassan Bidden’s FDA Pick Clears Senate Key Hurdle This Week: A Confirmation Conflict Over Biden’s FDA Candidates Comes to Mind Democrats See Inflation as an Increasing Issue on Their Agenda (NH), and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders Bidden’s FDA Pick Clears Important Senate Hurdle Sanders Supports Jessica Cisneros for Democratic Assembly This Week: Biden’s FDA Candidate Conflict Comes to Mind (Vt.) Held a caucuse at a Democratic rally and voted against him and almost all Republicans.
Democrats were critical of the FDA’s record of the relationship between caliphs and the pharmaceutical industry and opioid approval.
A very thin margin was revealed on Monday when the Democrats were able to conclude the discussion on the 49-45 nomination, as five Republicans were unable to participate in the vote.
Finally, Caliph welcomed six Republicans on Tuesday to balance Democratic asylum. Roy Blunt (Month), Richard Bar
Richard Mose Barbiden’s FDA Pick Clears Senate Key Hurdle This Week: Confirmation Conflict Over Biden’s FDA Candidate Comes to Mind On The Money: Border Blocking Hits US Economy MORE (NC), Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collinsbiden’s FDA pick reveals what the Senate hurdle Manchin has clarified. Shortly before the presidential election, he will oppose the candidate for the second high court. (Maine), Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Ann Murkowski Bidden’s FDA Pick Clears Important Senate Hurdle Manchin Reveals: Will Oppose Second High Court Candidate Just Before Presidential Election This Week: Biden’s FDA Candidate The battle for confirmation over (Alaska), Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney Bidden’s FDA Pick Clears Important Senate Hurdle Trump says he may have expelled the “evil” Susan Collins in 2020 (Utah) And Patrick To Me
Patrick (Pat) Joseph Toomy’s late-night report suggests that the CIA is collecting more data about Americans Conservatives believe Sara Bloom Ruskin actually believes in capitalism I’m particularly resentful (Pa.).
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Scientists say the first woman treated for HIV was treated with a new treatment
Scientists announced on Tuesday that the first woman seems to have cured HIV using state-of-the-art stem cell transplantation methods.
According to the National Institutes of Health, this is the third known case of HIV remission in an individual who has undergone a stem cell transplant. According to the research team, the results suggest that umbilical cord stem cell transplantation should be considered to achieve HIV remission and cure in people living with HIV, as long as such transplantation is needed for other diseases. is doing.
This treatment used cord blood-derived stem cells, which are more widely available than adult stem cells used in bone marrow transplants.
According to this study, a woman who had been taking HIV antiretroviral drugs for four years was diagnosed with leukemia and was in remission after chemotherapy.
In 2017, she received a cord blood stem cell transplant from a relative supplemented with adult donor cells. After waiting 100 days, she received 100% cord blood and there was no detectable HIV at that time.
Thirty-seven months after the transplant, the patient discontinued HIV treatment and the study found no HIV detected in participants for 14 months.
However, in an interview with the Conversations on Healthcare podcast, he was a medical adviser to the White House and director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciOvernight Health Care — Delayed CDC Study with COVID-19 Vaccine for Toddlers: Booster Efficacy Decreases After 4 Months, But Still Important The Hill’s Morning Report-Facebook Announcement-More Blue States Masked Revoke the obligation I was wary of the impact on the future.
“I don’t want people to think that this applies to the 36 million people living with HIV,” Forch said. Non-HIV status.
“This is a proof of concept, and it means that you can actually get rid of the virus and control it for a long time. It’s not realistic to think that it’s widely available.”
LONG COVID-19 is unlikely to have been vaccinated, according to the UK Health Agency
The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) discovered on Tuesday that “long COVID-19” (a COVID-19 symptom that develops after an acute coronavirus infection) is unlikely to affect vaccinated people. Published a new review of 15 studies. virus.
According to the review, UKHSA concludes that those who have been vaccinated with Moderna, Pfizer, or AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at least twice, or those who have been vaccinated once with Johnson & Johnson vaccine, are half as likely to have COVID-19 longer. I attached it. Reuters, an unvaccinated counterpart, reported.
“These studies add the potential benefit of receiving a full course of COVID-19 vaccination,” said Mary Ramsey, head of immunization at UKHSA. “Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself from serious symptoms when infected and may also help reduce long-term effects.”
Four studies related to the review compared the symptoms of people before and after vaccination.
Three other studies found that after vaccination, participants reported long-term improvement in COVID-19 symptoms rather than worsening.
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CDC: Pregnant vax helps protect babies
A study published on Tuesday found new evidence that parents vaccinated with COVID-19 during pregnancy can help protect their babies from the virus.
A double dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine during pregnancy was 61% effective in protecting infants from hospitalization with COVID-19, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“Mother vaccination is a very important way to protect infants,” CDC researcher Dana Meaney-Delman told reporters.
Vaccination during pregnancy is important “to protect pregnant people and to protect babies.”
New findings strengthen the ongoing promotion of the CDC to require more pregnant people to be vaccinated, and authorities have side effects that discourage people from being vaccinated during pregnancy. It says that it is not.
The study found that vaccination in late pregnancy enhances infant protection, but the CDC emphasized that pregnant people should be vaccinated as soon as possible.
The data used in this study are from 20 children’s hospitals in 17 states from July 2021 to January 2022.
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What we are reading
- Novak Djokovic says he will skip the tournament instead of getting the COVID vaccine (NPR)
- Canada relaxes Covid-19 testing rules for vaccinated travelers (CNN)
- Altria states that the judge has dismissed the proceedings over Juul Investment (AP).
State by state
- Why Hospitals in Colorado Have Capacity Problems Even With COVID Decline?Fox 31).
- South Dakota House has approved a bill that allows humans to be prescribed parasite control drugs (Grand Forks Herald).
- As the pandemic continues, the Georgia Capitol Museum diminishes COVID-19 precautions (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
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