Joseph Choi

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump’s vaccine rhetoric worries public health experts Former President Trump’s vocal opposition to policies encouraging COVID-19 vaccination have public health experts worried his influence could stifle immunization rates. © AP During a recent campaign rally in Richmond, Va.,...

Following an analysis of vaccine surveillance data, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) say they have found no evidence of increased risk of ischemic stroke among people 65 and older who receive Pfizer's bivalent booster. After Pfizer's updated, bivalent COVID-19 booster dose was made available, the...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Thursday announced the launch of a pilot program that will allow people to receive free testing, consultation and treatment for COVID-19 from their homes. The NIH estimated up to 8,000 eligible individuals will participate in the pilot program, called the Home Test to Treat program, which will be...

White House health officials are cautioning against a rush to panic over the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which has rapidly grown to account for 40 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases, with officials stating it is not yet known if this version is more dangerous. As of last week, the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant is responsible for at...