Tag: Executive Branch

‘Calamitous Collaboration’: Lawmakers Condemn NIH Grant Renewal for Coronavirus Bat Study to Wuhan Lab-Linked EcoHealth

Lawmakers have condemned the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) decision to re-activate a controversial federal grant to EcoHealth Alliance that was suspended three years ago over concerns of grant term violations. EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that for years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic used NIH funds to conduct coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of…


US Crypto Exchange Bittrex Seeks Bankruptcy After SEC Complaint

Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex filed for bankruptcy protection three weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused it of operating an unregistered securities exchange for years. On May 8, the crypto firm made the filing in a Wilmington, Delaware, court after announcing in March that it would wind down operations in the United States by the…


Business Leaders Nervous Ahead of Debt-Ceiling Talk

Ahead of today’s high-stakes meeting between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders to discuss raising the debt ceiling, U.S. business executives have issued a stern warning, urging both parties to reach an agreement. The cost of a default or even the possibility of one is too high, the group warned. “With the U.S. at risk…


White House Holds Daily Briefing 2 Days Before the Expiration of Title 42

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a daily briefing at 1:00 p.m. ET on May 9, two days before the official expiration of Title 42. …


LIVE 1 PM ET: White House Holds Daily Briefing Two Days Before the Expiration of Title 42

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a daily briefing at 1:00 p.m. ET on May 9, two days before the official expiration of Title 42. …


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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a daily briefing at 1:00 p.m. ET on May 9, two days before the official expiration of Title 42. …


LIVE 9:30 AM ET: FDA, HHS Advisory Board Meeting on a Nonprescription Birth Control Pill

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Health and Human Services hold a public advisory committee meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET on May 9. The committees discuss supplemental new drug application (sNDA) 017031/S-041, for OPILL…


LIVE NOW: FDA, HHS Advisory Board Meeting on a Nonprescription Birth Control Pill

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Health and Human Services hold a public advisory committee meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET on May 9. The committees discuss supplemental new drug application (sNDA) 017031/S-041, for OPILL…


Government Employees Sue Biden, Yellen to Force Override of Debt Ceiling

President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have been sued by a union representing some 75,000 government employees demanding that the administration ignore the debt ceiling on grounds that the borrowing limit is unconstitutional. The National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), which filed the lawsuit in a federal court in Boston on Monday, argues that…


NIH Renews Controversial Grant to EcoHealth for Coronavirus Bat Study

National Institute of Health (NIH) officials have re-activated a previously terminated $576,290 federal grant to EcoHealth Alliance to study how outbreaks of deadly viruses like SARS, MERS, and now COVID-19 originate from wildlife and transfers to humans. The move has prompted one Republican lawmaker to demand that NIH explain the decision she described as “absolutely…