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A member of staff disembarks from an Air China flight carrying 500.000 protective masks at Athens International Airport on March 21, 2020.

CDC reinstates COVID-19 testing for flights from China

By Lauren Clason
Posted December 28, 2022 at 5:08pm
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Sept. 14.

Post-pandemic, CDC faces ‘uphill battle’ for backing in new Congress

By Ariel Cohen
Posted December 15, 2022 at 5:00am
A man dressed as Uncle Sam with a syringe through his hat is seen at a protest against virus vaccine mandates at the National Mall on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.

Final NDAA expected to rescind Pentagon vaccine mandate

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 5, 2022 at 6:13pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi Pelosi told reporters Thursday that if there’s no agreement, "we have no choice but to keep government open with a yearlong CR."

VA health care funds, military vaccine rule gum up omnibus talks

By Aidan Quigley, Lindsey McPherson and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted December 1, 2022 at 7:43pm
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who is in line to lead the Energy and Commerce Committee next year, criticized the move to steer funds to the vaccination campaign.

GOP: White House shifts provider funds for COVID-19 campaign

By Lauren Clason
Posted November 23, 2022 at 1:40pm
Rep. Jamie Raskin questions a witness during a June hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, which issued a 94-page report Monday.

Top CDC official says Title 42 border policy ‘came from outside’

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted October 17, 2022 at 4:34pm
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha is worried about congressional reluctance to approve additional COVID -19 dollars.

Pandemic fatigue threatens COVID-19, monkeypox funding requests

By Ariel Cohen
Posted September 14, 2022 at 3:11pm
A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine awaits administration at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles. A CDC advisory panel on Thursday recommended boosters designed to better respond to newer variants of the coronavirus.

CDC advisers back use of updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters

By Ariel Cohen
Posted September 1, 2022 at 6:46pm
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said the vaccines’ updates are a routine modification.

FDA greenlights new COVID-19 booster despite limited data

By Lauren Clason
Posted August 31, 2022 at 11:51am
Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, left, with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, issued draft fiscal 2023 appropriations bills without GOP backing.

Senate Democrats make their move on fiscal 2023 appropriations

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 28, 2022 at 1:16pm