PREP Act Expansion, Stimulus To Aid Equitable Pandemic Response

HHS will amend the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to allow recently retired or inactive doctors and nurses to administer COVID-19 vaccines, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients announced at the administration’s first COVID-19 press briefing on Wednesday (Jan. 27), where officials stressed a need to remove barriers to vaccine access in under-resourced communities. The amendment to the PREP Act will also allow anyone licensed in their own state to administer vaccines in other states. The PREP Act...