$5B Of COVID Deal Earmarked For Therapeutics; $750M For New Vaccines

Senators struck on deal on a $10 billion coronavirus relief bill that would provide $9.25 billion to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), of which at least $5 billion would go to therapeutics, and would provide $750 million for developing vaccines for future coronavirus variants and running vaccine making facilities. The deal does not include $5 billion for vaccinating people in developing nations that the two parties previously agreed to before rank-and-file Democrats scuttled that deal over how...