Summation of COVID-19 Federal Responses Archive

Preliminary research suggests Pfizer vaccine may be effective against new strains of the virus White House and Federal Agencies President-elect Biden will…

CDC treatment guideline update; vaccine dosing and delivery White House and Federal Agencies President-elect Biden announced three new COVID-19 response a…

New guidance provides a three-month extension for recipients for certain federal COVID-19 relief funds to audit their funding. Congress After passing a $90…

Coverage and reimbursement for COVID-19 vaccines; new NIH research website for COVID. Congress On Monday afternoon, Congress unveiled the text of a package…

Clarification from FDA on allergy risk from vaccine; a reminder of how the mRNA vaccine technology works; Medicare coverage for the vaccine. COVID-19 vaccin…

Important vaccine news; data on hospital capacity; more payment info from CMS. IMPORTANT VACCINE NEWSAs noted below, today the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Bi…

CMS COVID-19 FAQ updated; CDC revises recommendations for length of quarantine Congress Congress is making progress toward agreeing on new $908 billion bip…

The CDC added a county tab to their COVID Data Tracker so that you can check your county’s rates of COVID-19 cases. The CDC is expected to recommend shorter…

The CDC updated guidance and tools to help clinicians make decisions, protect patients and employees, and communicate with their communities. AstraZeneca, i…

The American Medical Association (AMA), in coordination with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced new CPT codes for COVID-19 immun…

Now that it is clear that many of the previous dynamics will exist in the new Congress, there is renewed interest in trying to pass bipartisan COVID-19 relie…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated many of its resources. Some of those updates include FAQs about the COVID-19 vaccination, including b…

Federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), are warning of an "imminent cybercrime threat" to U.S. hospitals and …

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consolidated existing resources for stakeholders to easily access information about drug and biologics development and…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements to allow PRF funding that is left over after …

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins released a blog post on new findings showing that people who survive a COVID-19 infection continue to produce protective ant…

Dr. Moncef Slaoui, who leads the White House Operation Warp Speed (OWS) vaccine development and distribution initiative, explained how he expects three waves…

The FDA issued a guidance document with 15 pages of recommendations for vaccine sponsors regarding the scientific data and information that it will require t…

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn provided more information about how the FDA will review COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Kaiser…