What's looking at a price hike...

Moderna. Yesterday, the pharma giant’s CEO defended Moderna’s decision to increase the price of its COVID vaccine to about $130 a dose. It comes months after Pfizer announced it's raising its vaccine cost to between $110 to $130. The US has been paying Moderna between $15 and $26 a dose, while giving them to Americans for free. But that’ll come to an end once the Biden admin ends the pandemic public health emergency in May. At that point, Moderna will begin selling the vaccine to the private sector. Now, the price change could go into effect for Moderna’s booster rollout in the fall. People who are insured probably won’t see a difference. For the uninsured, Moderna said it's working to create financial programs that'll offer the vaccine for free. Critics say Moderna is taking advantage of taxpayers by charging up to four times the original cost. Moderna says they “landed on a price that is consistent with value.”

Who’s saying 'time for a change'…

President Biden. Yesterday, his admin announced plans to overhaul the US organ transplant system. For nearly four decades, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has been responsible for matching donors to patients and setting policies on how kidneys, livers, and other organs are distributed. Over the years, the group’s faced criticism for mismanaging the system and for its years-long waiting process. Despite a record number of nearly 43,000 transplants last year, 17 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant. Now, the Biden admin is looking to break up what it considers to be a monopoly. It tasked the Department of Health and Human Services with updating tech to modernize the IT system. It’s also looking for additional contracts with other orgs to help with demand and “foster competition.” UNOS said it welcomes an open bidding process that'll improve “efforts to save as many lives as possible.”

What’s got a message through the PA system…

The Federal Aviation Administration. Yesterday, the FAA sent a safety alert to airlines and pilots. Every day, there are more than 45,000 flights in the US. This year alone, there've been six serious near-accidents on airport runways. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a near-miss in January between FedEx and Southwest Airlines planes in Texas, which came within 100 feet of each other. And another runway incident at New York's JFK between American Airlines and Delta planes. Now, the FAA is telling pilots to be more vigilant for hazards when around other planes, taxiways, and runways. It notes the overall numbers don't reflect an increase in incidents but that the “potential severity of these events is concerning.”

What's taking a smaller jump...

The Federal Reserve. Yesterday, it raised key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. It marks the ninth consecutive hike since the Fed started raising rates about a year ago. Many had their eyes on the Fed’s next move after SVB’s sudden collapse. The Fed maintains the US banking system is “sound and resilient” and decided to go ahead with increasing the benchmark funds rate to a range of 4.75% to 5% — the highest since late 2007.

Who's got a bone to pick...

Jack Daniel’s.

Who’s no longer punting the truth…

Gisele Bündchen.

While we miss Lara Jean…

We’re ready for Kitty.