Michigan’s governor has renewed her call for additional vaccine supply from the Biden administration to combat the state’s surging coronavirus cases, but federal officials have instead said the focus should be on implementing restrictions to stop the spread. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the state’s strategy… Read More »
AstraZeneca made waves last week when it signed a massive $ 750 million deal to ramp production of a University of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine up to 2 billion doses per year. Now, as part of a Trump administration effort to get shots into U.S. hands as soon as possible, AstraZeneca has agreed to another major… Read More »
Kaydence Lusk was just five months old when she was diagnosed with a rare lung disease. The seven-year-old is now in second grade, rarely needs to take oxygen and, earlier this year, was able to enjoy a trip to Disney World with her family, through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Her disease, so rare that only eight… Read More »
Dive Brief: Providers are allocating a smaller percentage of medical supply purchases to Amazon this year compared to 2018, though they’ve increased the percentage of non-medical office supplies buys, perhaps because companies receive higher discounts in office than medical supplies from the e-commerce giant, a survey of hospital purchasing managers by UBS found. This isn’t… Read More »