Here's What You Missed from HHS: November 29, 2020

An official email from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

 

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Statement from HHS Chief of Staff Brian Harrison on Efforts to Increase Transparency at HHS November 24, 2020   Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through a Notice published in the Federal Register announced a policy to enhance transparency at HHS by requiring that all assumptions, working papers, models, and other information used as part of any impact analysis associated with a rule or demonstration project are shared at the time the results of that analysis are publicly disclosed. Read full news release

 

 

HHS and DOD Award $11.6 Million Contract to Puritan Medical Products to Boost U.S. Production of Swabs for Cue Health COVID-19 Tests November 23, 2020   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) have jointly awarded an $11.6 million contract to Puritan Medical Products Company, LLC, to expand domestic production capacity of Cue Sample Wands, the nasal swabs used exclusively with the COVID-19 cartridge-based molecular testing system developed and manufactured by Cue Health, Inc. Read full news release

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In this new video, Surgeon General Jerome Adams shares five things you should know about the US Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps and their work to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Visit the HHS YouTube Channel

 

HHS Allocates Regeneron Therapeutic to Treat Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19 November 23, 2020   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced plans to allocate initial doses of Regeneron’s investigational monoclonal antibody therapeutic, casirivimab and imdevimab, which received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on November 21, 2020, for treatment of non-hospitalized patients with mild or moderate confirmed cases of COVID-19 at high risk of hospitalization. Read full news release

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Visit CDC.gov for more public health updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and information on how to protect yourself and your loved ones. HHS and our federal partners are working together to execute a whole-of-America response to COVID-19. Learn More »

 

 

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