A 4th Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be Needed, Pfizer’s CEO Says, But The Company Is Working On A Shot...

To help fend off another wave of Covid-19, people will need a fourth dose of vaccine, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CBS on Sunday. “Many variants are coming, and Omicron was the first one that was able to evade — in a skillful way — the immune protection that we’re giving,” Bourla told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” ...

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Want Vulnerable Californians to Have Healthier Pregnancies? Doulas Say the State Must Pay Up.

This was supposed to be the year that low-income Californians could hire a doula to guide them through pregnancy and advocate for them in the hospital.

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Millions In California Will Lose Health Care Coverage If Pandemic’s Stopgap Measures Expire

Millions of Californians face the prospect of losing health coverage this year as federal measures that vastly expanded the ranks of the insured amid the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire this year.

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Californians Going Back To The Office Soon? Investors Don’t Think So

When will workers get back into the office? My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Property Shark’s stats on statewide office-building investments, looking at last year vs. 2019. This data is one indicator one when workplace life returns to the water-cooler routine.

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Biden’s Post-Pandemic Health Plans

President Biden used the State of the Union not only to project optimism about the direction of the pandemic, but also to launch new efforts focused on mental health care and nursing home quality — two areas that have been shown to be deeply in need of reform over the last two years.

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After Targeting Big Pharma, Newsom Hasn’t Delivered Big Savings On Drug Prices

When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, he promised to lower prescription drug costs for all Californians. But now, as Newsom nears the end of his first term, his ambitious ideas — such as requiring California to make its own insulin and forging drug partnerships across state lines — have failed to get off ...

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New Biden Pandemic Plan: Closer To Normal For The Nation

It’s time for America to stop letting the coronavirus “dictate how we live,” President Joe Biden’s White House declared Wednesday, outlining a strategy to allow people to return to many normal activities safely after two years of pandemic disruptions. One highlight is a new “test to treat” plan to provide free antiviral pills at pharmacies ...

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Biden Announces New COVID Initiative That Gives Americans Free Pills

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said his administration has launched a new initiative that will allow Americans to get tested for COVID-19 at a pharmacy and immediately receive free pills if they test positive. “We’re launching the “Test to Treat” initiative so people can get tested at a pharmacy, and if they’re positive, receive ...

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Covid Will ‘Probably’ Become A Seasonal Virus, Like The Flu, Walensky Says

Even as cases of Covid-19 continue to fall nationwide, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the coronavirus is most likely here to stay — and that it could behave similarly to influenza. “I do anticipate that this is probably going to be a seasonal virus,” said the CDC’s director, Dr. ...

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Biden’s Bid To Lower Drug Costs A High Priority For Stakeholders

Much of the stakeholder reaction to healthcare initiatives in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday centered on the president’s repeated urging to Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. “That is why my top priority is getting prices under control,” Biden said Tuesday night. “We pay more for the same ...

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