COVID-19 Federal Responses: Wednesday, April 1, 2020
CongressBoth President Trump and Speaker Pelosi expressed their desire for Phase IV to include infrastructure spending.President Trump specifically wants to sp…
Paycheck Protection Loan Program Authorized by CARES Act
Late yesterday, the White House announced the start date for the newly created Paycheck Protection Loan Program. This program was authorized under the recently…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Tuesday, March 31, 2020
CongressThe House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee hopes to include its bill to address unexpected out-of-network (OON) “surprise” medical b…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, March 30, 2020
CongressHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has indeed confirmed that the House is already discussing its next major piece of legislation to help the country res…
Dr. Chitra Dinakar is remembered as a valued leader, colleague and mentor
The allergy and immunology world lost a treasured colleague on March 27 with the passing of Chitra Dinakar, MD, FACAAI.Dr. Dinakar was a Clinical Professor of …
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Friday, March 27, 2020
CongressThe House of Representatives passed the “Phase III” CARES Act this afternoon by a voice vote. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) tried to force a ro…
From the desk of the EMD: “Coronavirus Anxiety Syndrome”
When I wrote my editorial on COVID-19 for the College Insider on March 2nd, I was hopefully optimistic that we would not be seeing what we are unfortunately se…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Thursday, March 26, 2020
CongressIn the late hours of March 25, 2020, the Senate passed its $2 trillion “Phase III” response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), …
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Wednesday, March 25, 2020
CongressEarly this morning, Congressional and White House negotiators reached a deal to finalize the “Phase III” stimulus legislation. The final ve…
COVID-19 Federal Responses: Tuesday, March 24, 2020
CongressCongress and the White House are still in negotiations on the bipartisan Phase III stimulus bill, but a deal appears close. Senate Minority Leader Chuc…