The Latest Breaking News from CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has granted a contract to Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE:DGX) to perform testing and provide laboratory data analysis to help identify patterns in SARS-COV-2 seroprevalence on a multistate basis.  Quest was awarded the contract following a competitive bid. The total contract value with all options is valued…

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Calls for agency to communicate clearly and transparently after error, corrected last week, inadvertently added deaths to tracker

Moderna says it will ask regulators to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6 but several hurdles need to be cleared before the shots could become available

Assertions by pharmaceutical company executives have created pressure for scientists and politicians to take action

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers

There are no public health gains from booting kids out of the country.

An analysis shows since the first COVID death in 2020, Cook County has seen thousands of deaths beyond what would be expected — the equivalent of a plane crash every two weeks — and it’s not all from the virus.

England's white ball opener has done something wrong, but the ECB refuse to disclose what it is or why they have sanctioned him

Pfizer and Moderna seek approval for second ‘booster’ doses as White House warns US has exhausted funding to buy more shots

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has again tested positive for COVID and will have to skip President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe.