WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will now allow authorized, state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid, an oral treatment for COVID-19. Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, sees this Emergency Use Authorization expansion as the necessary link between COVID-19 patients and treatment: "Pharmacists are the most accessible health care professionals in America. This move by  more

CONYERS, Georgia, July 8 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced that More Than Conquerors, Inc. of Conyers, a nonprofit organization that helps young people make healthy choices, received a $1.5 million U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant. "More Than Conquerors has been in our DeKalb and Rockdale County communities for more than 30 years," said Rep. Johnson. "They have been helping our y  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, Republican leader of the House Education and Labor Committee, posted the following joint statement on July 6, 2022, with Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, Republican leader of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) released this statement in response to t  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, posted the following joint news release on July 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock and Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) today announced new upgrades to passenger experience are coming to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport through the bipartisan infrastructure law. Sens. Ossoff and Warnock and Rep. Williams secured funding through the bipartisan infrastructure law to revamp and upgrade Hartsfield-Ja  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, posted the following joint news release on July 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Congresswoman Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) today announced new upgrades to passenger experience are coming to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport through the bipartisan infrastructure law. Senators Warnock and Ossoff and Rep. Williams secured funding through the bipartisan infrastructure law to revam  more