Prescription drug pricing reforms were left out of President Joe Biden’s
framework for a social spending package, a testament to the pharmaceutical
industry’s influence in Washington.
“For several weeks now, states have had to operate without clear guidance from
the federal government regarding these booster shots,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan
said.
The Food and Drug Administration must decide whether millions of e-cigarette
products are “appropriate for the protection of public health” by Sept. 9.
Politicians have joined anxious parents and some public health groups in calling
on federal regulators to accelerate their process for authorizing shots for the
youngest Americans.
Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock emphasized that people whose immune systems
are not compromised — the vast majority of Americans — do not need additional
vaccine doses.