By Maya Goldman The House cleared a bill on Friday requiring the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on COVID-19 origins. The details: The bill passed the House with 419 votes in favor. No lawmakers voted against the bill, though 16...
By Oriana Gonzalez The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it's allowing state-authorized pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer's antiviral treatment Paxlovid. Driving the news: It's a win for pharmacies, which had been pushing for the FDA to allow...
By Adriel Bettelheim Leading causes of death in the U.S. March 2020 to October 2021 A bar chart showing the leading causes of death in the U.S. between March 2020 and October 2021. The top five causes are heart disease, cancer, COVID-19, accidental deaths, and stroke....
By Erin Doherty Biden's chief medical adviser and NIAID director Anthony Fauci said this week that the U.S. is now out of the "full-blown explosive pandemic phase" — more than two years after COVID-19 was first identified in the U.S. The big picture: Fauci, an...
By Oriana Gonzalez The U.S. population grew by 0.1% in the year that ended July 1, the slowest rate since the nation's founding, according to Census Bureau estimates released Tuesday. Why it matters: The bureau said the "slow rate of growth can be attributed to...