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Biden’s CDC Director: I’ll Make Sure Voices Of Science Are Heard Again
One of the first priorities of the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to make sure the scientists, public health experts and staff of the agency are “heard again.”
Thermo Fisher To Buy Covid-19 Test Maker Mesa Biotech For $450 Million
Thermo Fisher Scientific will pay $450 million in cash for Mesa Biotech, which launched one of the first rapid Covid-19 tests in the early days of the pandemic.
Walgreens And CVS Could Vaccinate 50 Million Americans A Month By April
Walgreens and CVS Health have the ability to vaccinate 50 million Americans a month against Covid-19 once the shots are available to the general public by the end of March and early April.
CVS Ramps Up Vaccinations To 10,000 Nursing Homes A Week
CVS Health said it is ramping up vaccinations to more than 10,000 long-term care facilities a week as the drugstore chain works to meet U. S. goals for vaccinating the nation’s most vulnerable against Covid-19.
Uber, Moderna Partner On Covid-19 Vaccine Information Rollout
Uber and vaccine maker Moderna are partnering to ensure Americans have credible information as they take vaccines against Covid-19 vaccines.
Blue Cross Plans First Powerful Health Lobby To Halt Contributions To GOP Over Electoral College Vote
The powerful Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is the first powerful healthcare trade group and lobby to suspend contributions to members of Congress who opposed the normally routine electoral vote count.
Walgreens Pessina: We’ll Spend Distributor Sale Proceeds On ‘Pharmacy Of The Future’
Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to use billions of dollars in proceeds from the sale of its healthcare distribution business on developing its pharmacies for the future.
Walgreens To Sell European Distribution Business To AmerisourceBergen For $6.5 Billion
The large drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen will acquire the majority of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s healthcare distribution business for $6.5 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.
CVS: Vaccinations In Long-Term Care Facilities On Track In 49 States
CVS Health is on schedule to deliver the first round of dosages to long-term care facilities in 49 states by Jan. 25.
UnitedHealth’s Optum To Buy Data Analytics Firm Change Healthcare In $13 Billion Deal
UniteHealth Group’s Optum business is paying more than $13 billion for software and data analytics firm Change Healthcare in a move to bolster the company’s efforts to improve health outcomes and population health.
