The public awareness push includes 275 participating organizations that will speak to communities where skepticism of the coronavirus vaccine remains high. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced an advertising campaign intended to encourage as many Americans as possible to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The campaign, with ads …
Read More »What game development methodology can teach the Biden administration about solving the COVID-19 pandemic
Ten months into the world’s response to the unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic, every corner of America is attempting to find the best approach for bringing ourselves back to “normal” without exposing our vulnerable populations. I am in the unique position of being a leader directly involved with companies around the …
Read More »Trump Administration Plans a Rushed Effort to Encourage Americans to Be Vaccinated
A large-scale public education campaign, delayed by false starts and investigations, will get off the ground just as the coronavirus vaccine becomes available to high-risk Americans. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, scrambling to make up for lost time after a halting start, is rushing to roll out a $ 250 …
Read More »Trump Administration Passed on Chance to Secure More of Pfizer Vaccine
The pharmaceutical company offered the government a chance to lock in additional supplies before its vaccine was proved effective in clinical trials. WASHINGTON — Before Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine was proved highly successful in clinical trials last month, the company offered the Trump administration the chance to lock in supplies beyond …
Read More »AI Weekly: Tech, power, and building the Biden administration
Best practices for a successful AI Center of Excellence A guide for both CoEs and business units Download Guide After the defeat of Donald Trump, there was little time between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ celebratory speeches and the start of conversations about transition team members and key administration appointments. …
Read More »The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What’s the Plan Now?
As the first coronavirus vaccines arrive in the coming year, government researchers will face a monumental challenge: monitoring the health of hundreds of millions of Americans to ensure the vaccines don’t cause harm. Purely by chance, thousands of vaccinated people will have heart attacks, strokes and other illnesses shortly after …
Read More »U.S. Diplomats and Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks
WASHINGTON — The strange sound came at night: a crack like a marble striking the floor of the apartment above them. Mark Lenzi and his wife had lightheadedness, sleep issues and headaches, and their children were waking up with bloody noses — symptoms they thought might be from the smog …
Read More »Biotech Industry Pushes Trump Administration to Release New Vaccine Guidelines
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s recent suggestion that the White House may not approve stricter criteria for the emergency authorization of any coronavirus vaccine is causing growing angst within the biotech industry, whose trade organization is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to quickly publish the guidelines and make …
Read More »Trump Administration Aims to Block New Funding for Coronavirus Testing and Tracing
This briefing has now ended. Read live coronavirus updates here. Here’s what you need to know: The White House pushes to eliminate billions from a relief proposal drafted by Senate Republicans. The F.D.A. signs off on pooled testing, which significantly expands diagnostic capacity. A study in South Korea finds that …
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