Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Insight on the Contractor Vaccine Mandate; Health Officials Divided on Boosters 

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed. 

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: VA Offers Booster Shots; Biden Receives His Booster 

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: HHS Watchdog Nominee Testifies; Union Calls For Vaccine Mandate at All Points of Entry

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

Oversight

Public Health Experts ‘Flabbergasted’ That Biden Still Hasn’t Picked an FDA Chief

The Food and Drug Administration has been mired in controversies related to drug approvals and covid vaccines, all without a permanent leader.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Booster Shot News; Reality TV Star Sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

Management

FDA Panel Recommends Limiting Pfizer Booster Shots to Americans 65 and Older, and Those at High Risk of Severe COVID-19

An FDA panel has voted against recommending approval of a booster COVID-19 shot for the general population – disappointing some public health officials.

Oversight

How Fauci and the NIH Got Ahead of the FDA and CDC in Backing Boosters

With real-time data streaming in from highly specialized researchers in the U.S. and abroad, NIH scientists became convinced that boosting the COVID-19 vaccine was needed to save lives. A meeting Friday will determine what happens next. Here’s the story from behind the scenes.

Exclusive Management

Biden Administration Details Who Is Covered By the Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate, Exemptions and Discipline

Update released Thursday notes that the requirement holds for all federal employees regardless of whether they are working in the office. 

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: NIH Invests in Long-COVID Research; Vaccine Updates

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

Management

Republican Senators Look to Make CDC Director a Senate-Confirmed Position

The job has been subject to much attention and scrutiny over the past almost two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Management

Biden’s Pandemic Plan Overlooks Mask Mandates and Vulnerable Populations

President Biden outlined a six-point strategy to confront the pandemic. But two public health scholars believe it would work better with help from states.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: A November 22 Deadline for Feds to Get Vaccinated; Booster Shot Clashes 

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

Management

18 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic – a Retrospective in 7 Charts

A lot has happened since the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. A portrait in data highlights trends in everything from case counts, to research publications, to variant spread.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: White House Unveils Additional Measures to Fight the Delta Variant

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

Defense

The Pandemic Has Cost the Pentagon at Least $13.6B and Counting

And that figure could rise as the Defense Department starts mandatory COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated civilian workers.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Planning for the Next Pandemic; More Workforce Guidance

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.