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White House reporter @POLITICO . DM for Signal.

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Adam Cancryn
3 years
SCOOP: JOE BIDEN has formed a special Covid-19 transition team that cuts across the entire federal government. The 52-member team will coordinate pandemic work, and lay the groundwork for creating a White House Covid response office:
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NEW: The White House is set to restart its free Covid test program, per 4 ppl familiar. Households will be able to order at-home tests again starting Tues from as part of a broader Biden winter Covid plan. w @davidalim :
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“People say, ‘If you love your health insurance’—who is that? Who loves their health insurance? No one really wants health insurance. People want health care. It’s, like, no one wants car insurance. They want a car.”
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V responsible of the ball to stay at least six feet from the plate
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Anthony Fauci, First Pitch Mechanics.
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SCOOP: Biden administration will notify states tomorrow it plans to revoke Medicaid work requirements, per internal docs. Will start the process of dismantling one of Trump’s signature health policies:
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7 years
American Hospital Association letter to House Republicans: "We cannot support the American Health Care Act in its current form."
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NEW: Top Trump health official SEEMA VERMA violated federal rules by steering millions in publicity contracts to GOP-aligned comms specialists, according to a 15-month HHS inspector general audit prompted by a POLITICO investigation. w/ @ddiamond :
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Republicans spent Friday fleeing from the Trump administration’s legal effort to dismantle Obamacare. W/ @jenhab :
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House Speaker Paul Ryan to Rich Lowry on capping Medicaid funding: "We’ve been dreaming of this since you and I were drinking out of a keg"
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2 years
NEW: The CDC will cut its recommended isolation time for Covid-positive people to 5 days, from the current 10, per person w/ knowledge of the decision. Story TK
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Adam Cancryn
3 years
congrats to the horse on his impending Substack
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Bob Baffert blamed "cancel culture" after his horse, Medina Spirit, who won the Kentucky Derby, failed its post-race drug test. "We live in a different world now. This America's different."
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Biden’s declaration tonight that “the pandemic is over” was not part of his initial planned remarks and caught several of his own health officials by surprise, per 2 sources
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7 years
Tom Price's legacy: ✅Obamacare more popular than ever ✅No major policy reforms ✅Clarity on rules for govt travel
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Adam Cancryn
4 years
New: FDA Commissioner STEVE HAHN is resisting Trump admin pressure to term a Covid-19 vaccine emergency authorization a “pre-licensure,” over fears it’d appear the agency is politicizing its scientific determinations.
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Adam Cancryn
4 years
We’re never gonna see the health care plan now
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Adam Cancryn
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New: As the United States tops 3 million coronavirus cases, public health forecasters are reaching a grim consensus: The next few months are going to be bad. w/ @DanCGoldberg :
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2 years
Some ~news~: After 5+ (somewhat eventful) years on the health beat, I’m joining POLITICO’s top-notch White House team, where I’ll be focusing on the health and economic policy issues shaping Biden’s presidency. This is an absolute dream. I can’t wait to dig in.
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Scoop: A frustrated ANTHONY FAUCI cited the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as a sign that many Americans no longer view Covid as a serious threat, per people who heard his private remarks. His comments came on a Thurs otr call w/ health experts:
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@DanCGoldberg This is the most dismayed I’ve heard modelers since the pandemic began – a result of deep disappointment in the US response and worries the situation could quickly spiral further out of control. “I am despairing for the future,” @deisenman said.
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4 years
Remember all those severe testing shortages that hampered states’ attempts to contain the coronavirus spread? Yep, still happening:
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@DanCGoldberg @deisenman Another modeler, @davidrubinmd , lamented the nation’s inability to stick with elementary containment strategies: “We could not agree as a country to those basic responses.” The result could be upwards of 200k dead by Election Day.
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Adam Cancryn
2 years
Here's the official CDC announcement on the shortened isolation period for all who catch Covid-19:
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Adam Cancryn
7 years
Tennessee Hospital Association: We're not.
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7 years
Cassidy says that if you're a hospital in Tennessee, "you're pleased" about the Graham-Cassidy bill.
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“The senior official described the Kushner team as a ‘frat party’ that descended from a U.F.O. and invaded the federal government.” Great details on the Kushner takeover from @peterbakernyt @maggieNYT @noahweiland @KannoYoungs
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Adam Cancryn
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@jenhab “It just blows me away how dumb it is.” The Trump administration just stepped all over Republicans’ tax-cuts-and-jobs midterm strategy:
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Adam Cancryn
7 years
. @clairecmc on secrecy around Obamacare repeal: "We have no idea what’s being proposed. There’s a group of guys in the back room somewhere"
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Adam Cancryn
1 year
This is quite the debt ceiling wrinkle: CBO projects that the bill’s changes to SNAP work requirements would INCREASE spending and enrollment in the program overall
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Adam Cancryn
4 years
NEW: The White House’s decision to block stringent new Covid-19 vaccine guidelines came after it told the FDA that the pharmaceutical industry had objected to the tougher standards.
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Adam Cancryn
7 years
Full AHA letter opposing repeal bill *with letterhead* for those very concerned about ~fake news~
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Adam Cancryn
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NEW: JOE BIDEN has grown frustrated with his vaunted Covid team — going as far as to warn that they’re underperforming — amid rising fear he’ll fall short on his first big pledge on the pandemic. Inside the difficult drive to 100M shots, w @tylerpager :
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Adam Cancryn
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New: The Biden admin has determined it has "march-in" authority to seize the patents of certain high-priced medicines. How and whether it uses that authority could depend heavily on a new framework the Commerce Dept is poised to issue on Thursday:
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The FDA is expected to authorize a pair of next-gen Covid boosters as soon as Wednesday, per 3 sources. Would keep the Biden admin on track to launch its fall vax campaign around Labor Day. w @katherineefoley :
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Adam Cancryn
7 years
UPDATE: The bill is now leading Hill reporters on a low-speed chase down the Los Angeles Freeway
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2 years
New: Top Biden health officials are closely tracking the rise of two new Covid variants — BQ1 and BA1.1 — over concerns they're able to evade both of the treatments used to protect severely immunocompromised patients. w @ErinBanco :
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A whistleblower alleges HHS dispatched workers to aid quarantined Americans evacuated from China – w/out proper training or protective gear. Two people with knowledge of the situation say the complaint is accurate. Confirming WaPo reporting, w @ddiamond
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Adam Cancryn
3 years
There it is: The FDA has APPROVED Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine:
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Adam Cancryn
6 years
Brutal: “I’ve turned in my ballot. I voted for Andrew Gillum,” said [former GOP Rep. David] Jolly. “The reason is simple: it’s because I’ve served with Ron DeSantis.”
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Adam Cancryn
2 years
If you're the White House aide whose week started with getting yelled at by Debra Messing, I can't stress enough that my DMs are open
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Marlow Stern
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debra messing literally telling the white house she got joe biden elected is the funniest thing you'll read all day
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Adam Cancryn
6 years
@jenhab Phil Roe: “I’m not going to have to defend anything I don’t agree with” Susan Collins: It “exacerbates our current challenges” Tom MacArthur on Obamacare’s preex protections: “I think that’s a pretty essential pact with the American people”
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1 year
The official WH transcript of Biden's Ted Talk for Kids on 1960s interpersonal dynamics in the U.S. Senate is out and, truly, bravo to the stenos
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NEW: Biden announcing a plan tomorrow to distribute hundreds of millions of free N95s thru pharmacies and other community sites. The masks are being pulled from the Strategic National Stockpile. w/ @davidalim :
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Adam Cancryn
5 years
A POLITICO Exclusive: Seema Verma has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on GOP communications consultants who travel with her, write her speeches and boost her public profile. Here’s what @ddiamond and I found:
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2 years
Here's the bipartisan letter Colo. Gov. Jared Polis and Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker sent Biden this week urging quick action on Moderna's under-6 Covid vaccine: "Many parents of young children feel left behind, and are angry and dismayed."
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Biden just now in response to Chevron's criticism: "I didn’t know they’d get their feelings hurt that quickly." Says more refining capacity is needed and that "this idea that they don’t have oil to drill, to bring up, is simply not true."
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Chevron CEO Mike Wirth says the Biden admin has "largely sought to criticize, and at times vilify" the oil & gas industry. He says, "bringing prices down & increasing supply will require a change in approach."
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Adam Cancryn
4 years
Surprise: The “technical corrections” made to the House’s coronavirus aid package were actually a bunch of key rewrites squeezing paid leave. w @sarahnferris @heatherscope
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Adam Cancryn
4 years
New: At least a dozen states have inflated their coronavirus testing numbers or deflated their death tolls – part of an emerging pattern of federal and state officials altering, hiding or deceptively displaying Covid-19 data. w/ @dariustahir :
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Adam Cancryn
4 years
One bit of news: IHME will substantially revise its projections upward next week. “We had presumed, perhaps naively, that given the magnitude of the epidemic, most states would stick to their social distancing until the end of May,” IHME’s director said.
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2 years
One of the three federal agencies central to Biden's immediate response on Roe says it's too overwhelmed with questions about its plan to offer specifics about its plan
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Lauren Gardner
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Public affairs says a response "may take up to three business days" because of the volume of Q's on this topic. We've known Roe being overturned was likely for weeks; one could argue months.
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Adam Cancryn
7 years
. @PattyMurray : "Do you agree that the house Trumpcare bill is 'mean?'" Tom Price: "It’s not a yes or no answer."
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Adam Cancryn
5 years
The costume was supposed to be a unicorn. Instead, she went as existential dread that strikes without warning
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Adam Cancryn
6 years
executive time is lit today
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Adam Cancryn
3 years
RON KLAIN just now on MSNBC says re: Covid that Biden will: —Appoint a WH Covid response coordinator —Give that coordinator a full Covid response team —Issue a nationwide mask mandate “where the federal authority extends” and urge govs to impose state-level mandates
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Adam Cancryn
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For two straight days, the White House insisted Joe Biden would follow Covid precautions—only to be foiled each time by Biden himself. But the president’s protocol-flouting joke offers a window into the WH’s broader ambivalence about the state of Covid:
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Adam Cancryn
1 year
GOP book bans aren't popular — but they play particularly poorly with two key demos: Swing voters and moderate Republicans. New w @EliStokols on Biden's attempt to rebuild his 2020 coalition, one anti-book ban message at a time
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7 years
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Trump on health reform: "Now, I have to tell you, it's an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew health care could be so complicated."
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7 years
Trump to TIME: "in a short period of time I understood everything there was to know about health care"
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Adam Cancryn
1 year
As the House GOP descends into chaos, Joe Biden is headed to Kentucky to talk bridges — and buddy up to Mitch McConnell. It's step one in the WH's campaign to remind voters who the grown-ups in the room really are, w/ @marianne_levine :
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Adam Cancryn
2 years
The Biden admin spent all day debating what to do about the travel mask mandate. And even after all that, nobody — the WH, HHS, DOJ, CDC, you name it — wants to make a call. NEW details w @owermohle @ErinBanco @davidalim :
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Adam Cancryn
4 years
Max Kennedy Jr. – grandson of Robert F. – is the one who blew the whistle on Kushner’s shadow Covid task force, per @JaneMayerNYer :
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Adam Cancryn
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw dodged the initial scrutiny of lawmakers’ pandemic-timed stock trading last year by simply not disclosing his trades – which is against the law. Good @SollenbergerRC find:
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Adam Cancryn
7 years
It's not a cut, it's a just a more efficient use of letters
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Jennifer Haberkorn
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Democratic messaging on health care not going so great
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White House in a new statement tonight appears to rule out work requirements as part of a debt ceiling deal: “The policies House Republicans are proposing would take away Americans’ health care and increase poverty.” (1/2)
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NEW—Anxiety, frustration, relief: Biden’s secretive debt limit strategy angered and exasperated House Dems. The resulting deal — with the help of a hard WH sell — won them right back over again. Behind the scenes w @jenhab @nicholaswu12 :
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i'm sorry does tom steyer have only one tie?????
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New: The Biden admin will unveil its plan to fix Obamacare’s “family glitch,” in a rollout ahead of Tuesday’s WH health event — and Barack Obama’s return. The tweak could help cut coverage costs for 5 mil Americans:
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NEW: The FDA is on track to approve Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine as soon as next week. Would be the first to get formal licensure – a long-anticipated milestone officials hope will spur more holdouts to get the shot. w @ErinBanco :
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3 years
🗣️IT’S NOT A PRESS BRIEFING IF YOU DON’T TAKE QUESTIONS
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Adam Cancryn
2 years
News: The FDA is expected to authorize Novavax's Covid vaccine as early as tomorrow, per 2 ppl with knowledge. The vaccine could appeal to unvaccinated adults who are allergic or remain skeptical of the Pfizer & Moderna mRNA shots w @katherineefoley :
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New: Biden wants to revive Operation Warp Speed. But funding shortfalls and waning interest in Covid have stalled the vaccine effort for months, raising alarms the US has fallen behind China. On Project Covid Shield's failure to launch, w @ErinBanco :
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Adam Cancryn
4 years
“Sure, the velociraptors are still on the loose, but that’s no reason not to reopen Jurassic Park”
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Adam Cancryn
3 years
NEW: Biden has selected LIZ FOWLER to run the high-profile Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, per sources. Fowler’s an Obama-era vet who helped craft the ACA, and had emerged as frontrunner for CMMI earlier this month. w/ @rachel_roubein :
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The WH confirms it’ll sign the resolution ending the Covid national emergency with a statement that reiterates Biden’s opposition to the resolution and offers no clear reason why he plans to sign it anyway
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Schumer is telling Senate Democrats that the WH won’t veto the COVID Emergency CRA, per a Senate Dem source
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News: The Biden team is preparing to end the Covid Public Health Emergency as soon as the spring. No final decision yet, but comes as the WH plots a transition toward a more sustainable long-term pandemic response operation:
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Adam Cancryn
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::Extremely Taylor Swift voice:: "I couldn't have asked for a better year, all thanks to you"
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Adam Cancryn
2 years
Fauci’s WHCD callout came as part of a broader lament that Americans are increasingly fatigued with the pandemic. But the bit stood out to attendees because Covid czar Ashish Jha—who went to the dinner—was also on the call.
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Despite Dems’ longtime vows to kill the work rules, internal CMS docs cite the *pandemic* as justification for moving quickly – arguing it’s heightened the risk of “unintended coverage loss.”
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Adam Cancryn
6 years
CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald bought stock in Japan Tobacco, Merck and Humana-- *AFTER* she became the nation's top public health official. The investigation from @SarahKarlin & @Briannaehley :
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New: The Biden admin is developing a plan to keep Covid vaccines, treatments and tests free for the uninsured into 2024. The effort aims to ensure ~30M people don’t lose access to Covid care after the govt ends its subsidies later this year. w @davidalim :
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2 years
Joe Biden said the pandemic was over. But inside his admin, health officials surprised by the pronouncement spent Monday emphasizing that the Covid fight goes on. NEW w/ @kristamahr on how Biden's off-the-cuff remarks are reverberating:
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Adam Cancryn
7 years
The view from Wall St ... is not kind to the GOP repeal/replace plan. Via Mizuho's health care analyst:
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Scoop: MODERNA on Thursday is expected to ask FDA to authorize its Covid vaccine for kids under 6. However, it could still take until early May for the company to submit all the data the agency needs. w/ @owermohle @davidalim @katherineefoley :
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JUST IN: Biden admin will restrict travel from South Africa and 7 other countries (Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi) starting Monday, in response to rise of new Covid-19 variant. Restrictions won’t apply to US citizens and permanent residents
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7 years
More Ryan at the NRO Institute Ideas Summit, re: Medicaid overhaul-- "We are on the cusp of doing something that we’ve long believed in"
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Adam Cancryn
3 years
Nine days before inauguration, Biden officials are still trying to solve major issues key to the vaccine plan, and have been shocked at the lack of long-term planning done by the Trump administration:
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FDA hasn’t heard similar industry complaints, prompting competing theories: 1) That the WH is bluffing to justify killing the guidance, or 2) that industry did oppose it, only to change its tune publicly after FDA said it’d impose the standards anyway
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New: Dems fear they’re losing the debt limit messaging war—and the only answer is more JOE BIDEN. Lawmakers are begging for WH reinforcements, calling for Biden to give a major address that disputes GOP’s framing of the debate w @jenhab & co:
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Adam Cancryn
2 years
While Rokita was on tv threatening prosecution, reporters in his state were using the most basic journalistic practices to prove the doctor had done everything by the book
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Rachel Olding
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Indiana AG Todd Rokita claimed he couldn't obtain any records proving that Dr. Caitlin Bernard fulfilled her legal reporting duties. But FOX59 just got them through a public records request.
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White House aides incl. MARK MEADOWS have cited industry opposition in blocking the guidelines over the past two weeks. That’s raised concerns among health officials about vaccine developers’ ability to influence their own regulatory standards:
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@ddiamond The 70-page IG report details how Verma leaned on hand-picked contractors to craft her comms strategy and exercise broad authority within CMS In one case, two CMS employees went as far as to question the legality of the arrangement.
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New: 37 ICU beds, 81 ventilators and an indefinite delay on federal funding – all for 2.5 million people. This is the dire situation facing the nation’s American Indians:
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NEW: Biden’s vax rollout today to include calls for: – Sending vaccine to federally qualified health centers – Setting up mass vaccination sites – A $1 billion+ national awareness campaign w @AliceOllstein @owermohle @rachel_roubein :
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The great reveal in this interview is that, while Lebowitz backs Bernie Sanders’ platform, she deeply disliked the actual candidate: “He just yells.”
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3 years
We’ve already got a Blinken and a Yellen, and honestly no excuse at this point not to nominate a Hootin and a Hollerin
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Joe Biden has selected former Fed chair Janet Yellen to serve as the Treasury secretary She would be the 78th secretary of the Treasury and the first woman to have the job w/ @KateDavidson
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NEW: The Biden admin may now wait until June to authorize a Covid vaccine for children under 5. The further delay comes even as the other public health precautions ease, exposing Biden to frustration from parents & political leaders over the vaccine.
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6 years
CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald resigns after @Briannaehley & @SarahKarlin investigation of her stock trades:
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7 years
Not all news is NEWS: Not everything new is NEW: Not every breaking story is BREAKING:
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