Overview

• Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Operation Warp Speed helped prevent economic collapse, saved more than 14 million lives globally and over $1 trillion in health costs, and would typically merit a Nobel Peace Prize.
• Moderna issued its own statement praising President Trump for helping to end the pandemic, reopen economies and save millions of lives, while Sen. Bill Cassidy said Trump deserves a Nobel Prize.
• President Trump earlier demanded on Truth Social that drug companies justify the success of their COVID treatments, asserting that opinions on their impact diverge and calling for answers immediately.
• HHS posted that CDC Director Susan Monarez was no longer in the role, a move she disputes as targeted retaliation, as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. oversees narrowed vaccine recommendations and the cancellation of $500 million in mRNA projects.
• More than 1,000 current and former HHS employees urged Kennedy to resign, West Coast governors formed a public‑health coordination alliance, and Florida became the first state to end all vaccine mandates.