Summation of COVID-19 Federal Responses Archive

The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said preliminary information about the Omicron variant shows it…

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Jeff Zients said the United States (U.S.) is not planning new lockdowns at this time despite many countries in Eur…

Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson announced that they have all begun working on Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine boosters that should be ready in ea…

The Mayo Clinic reported that monoclonal antibodies reduced the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization by 77%. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS…

An appeals court opinion said the federal vaccine mandate for large employers is flawed. This legal challenge temporarily stops the mandate from taking effec…

Beginning next week, states can order COVID-19 vaccines in preparation for efforts to vaccinate children ages 5-11. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biologica…

The European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Union's drug regulator, recently discovered a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and r…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) opened the application for Phase 4 COVID-19 Provider Relief Funding. National Institute of Allergy and Inf…

A new study shows surgical masks are more effective than cloth masks in preventing infections from the Delta variant. A new Centers for Disease Control and …

Moderna officially asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize a third “booster” dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, Moderna and Pfizer re…

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is considering the recommendation of a one-time Medicare payment increase in 2023 to help offset the financ…

Moderna filed for FDA authorization of a third-dose booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine; and a recent study found that the Moderna vaccine produces more ant…

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins said we have not yet reached a peak as delta variant cases continue to increase. The Centers fo…

The Delta variant accounts for 93% of cases in the U.S. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci warned a…

Vaccination rates are increasing across the country in response to the growing prevalence of the delta variant. As new information comes out about the delta …

The Department of Veterans Affairs is requiring its frontline health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pfizer announced it will supply the U.S…

COVID-19 cases have nearly tripled in the past two weeks. Misinformation is a strong factor in lagging vaccination rates. The National Institutes of Health …

Johnson and Johnson, along with AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have begun researching modifications to their COVID-19 vaccines to eliminate the ris…

CMS published new FAQs on how it will recoup the COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Di…

Vaccinated individuals who became infected with COVID-19 carried less virus and had shorter cases than unvaccinated people who became infected. Experts are …