LIA DEGROOT
Journalist
I'm a Washington D.C.-based storyteller with experience reporting on health policy, sustainability and local D.C. news. When I'm not writing, editing or reporting you can find me visiting museums and trying new bars and coffee shops around the city.
MY WORK
Inside Health Policy
May 2023
Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), who sponsors a pivotal bill to set up a subscription-based reimbursement system for antibiotics, said this week he hopes the measure will pass later this year, ideally through the reauthorization of a must-pass piece of pandemic preparedness legislation up for reauthorization this fall. Young’s renewed push comes as a wide range of stakeholders likewise push for the antibiotic funding bill to find a new home in the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA).
Inside Health Policy
February 2023
After decades of stalled progress on a vaccine targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), FDA is gearing up to make decisions on multiple vaccine candidates this year, which infectious diseases experts say could make waves for the public health community’s ability to manage respiratory viruses.
Inside Health Policy
December 2022
FDA is eyeing a key pandemic preparedness bill as a potential vehicle for getting diagnostics reform legislation passed this year, even as the agency moves forward with rulemaking to update the current regulatory framework for laboratory-developed tests, a top FDA official said Wednesday (March 1).
The GW Hatchet
January 2020
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The GW Hatchet
November 2019