Trump Administration purchases additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 investigational vaccine from Pfizer

24. December 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The Trump Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DOD), will purchase an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer. On Dec. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the vaccine for emergency use and doses began shipping immediately. The vaccine is being ...

HHS, DOD collaborate with Merck to continue the development and large-scale manufacturing of investigational COVID-19 treatment

24. December 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) jointly announced an agreement with Merck to support advanced development and large-scale manufacturing of the their investigational therapeutic MK-7110 to treat hospitalized patients with severe or critical COVID-19. The investigational therapeutic is a promising first-in-class fusion protein and immune ...

UK-EU nearing possible Brexit trade deal, with announcement expected Thursday – CNN

24. December 2020 HIPAA 0
UK-EU nearing possible Brexit trade deal, with announcement expected Thursday  CNN U.K., EU Set to Announce Brexit Trade Deal After Compromise  Bloomberg Brexit deal could be ‘wrapped up within hours’  The Week UK and EU expected to announce Brexit trade deal today  CNBC Blanchflower: Living Standards in U.K. to Fall After Brexit  Bloomberg Politics View Full Coverage on Google News ...

Trump issues 26 new pardons, including for Stone, Manafort and Charles Kushner – CNN

23. December 2020 HIPAA 0
Trump issues 26 new pardons, including for Stone, Manafort and Charles Kushner  CNN Mueller prosecutor: Trump used pardon power to prevent cooperation  CNN Trump Pardons: Manafort, Stone, Charles Kushner and More Granted Clemency  The New York Times The craven corruption of Trump’s pardons: Separate justice system for friends and allies  USA TODAY Stopping the abuse of the pardon power ...

Trump Calls for Special Counsel on Election on Barr’s Last Day – Bloomberg

23. December 2020 HIPAA 0
Trump Calls for Special Counsel on Election on Barr’s Last Day  Bloomberg DOJ officials in ‘ongoing discussions’ about Hunter Biden special counsel, some say it’s ‘warranted’: sources  Fox News Barr bids farewell to Justice Department staff on final day as attorney general  Yahoo News Attorney General Barr departs Justice Department  Axios Trump lauded, then derided Barr. A look inside ...