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The Food and Drug Administration approved the boosters one day before a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel is expected to discuss recommendations for who should receive the vaccines and when, with CDC Director Mandy Cohen expected to sign off shortly thereafter.

Policy

New CDC director urges COVID-19 booster as cases increase

Updated booster expected to be available second week of September

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 31, 2023 at 6:58pm

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky testifies during a House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing in the Rayburn Building on Tuesday.

Congress

Republicans grill outgoing CDC director as she prepares to exit

By Ariel Cohen
Posted June 13, 2023 at 6:31pm
Mandy Cohen, seen here in a North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services video in 2020, is expected to be named by President Joe Biden to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Congress

Biden’s pick to lead the CDC faces tough summer on Capitol Hill

By Ariel Cohen
Posted June 5, 2023 at 6:47am
Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., co-chair of Main Street Caucus in her Rayburn Building office on March 22, 2023.

Congress

GOP debt limit plans begin to take shape in House

By Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 13, 2023 at 5:10pm
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., questions a witness during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee last year.

The overclassification problem plaguing the federal government

By Sen. Rand Paul
Posted March 27, 2023 at 4:29pm
Sen. Josh Hawley attends a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee markup in the Dirksen Building on Wednesday.

Energy department briefs senators on COVID-19 origins

By Lauren Clason
Posted March 16, 2023 at 4:44pm
A sign outside the Capitol on Jan. 10, 2022, reminding people to wear a face mask because of COVID-19.

State of the COVID-19 union: Honing our selective memories

By Walter Shapiro
Posted March 7, 2023 at 6:00am
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, is holding a hearing on the origins of COVID-19 Wednesday, with former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield slated to testify.

COVID-19 origins probe plods on with no clear resolution

By Lauren Clason
Posted March 6, 2023 at 3:44pm
Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, will lead the panel.

Broad focus planned for revamped COVID panel under GOP majority

By Lauren Clason
Posted January 25, 2023 at 5:27pm
Pandemic restrictions that required visitors to House office buildings to have staff escorts are being lifted.

Republicans prepare to reopen the House gallery to the public

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 30, 2022 at 11:24am