Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: More Guidance for the Contractor Vaccine Mandate; State Dept. IG to Review Vaccine Rollout
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Oversight
McKinsey Never Told the FDA It Was Working for Opioid Makers While Also Working for the Agency
The consulting giant was helping Purdue Pharma and Johnson & Johnson fend off FDA regulations even as it helped shape FDA drug policy.
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: White House Works to Mitigate a Potential Shutdown’s Effect on Pandemic Response; 92% of Troops Vaccinated
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
How Will the Religious Exemption to the Federal Employee COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Work?
Many may try to claim the exemption, but few are likely to receive it.
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.
Workforce
Biden Administration Presses an Industry to Require Masks, Citing Concern for Federal Inspectors
Industry and Republican senators accuse enforcement agency of “federal overreach.”
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.
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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.
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