The administration is stepping up the pace of vaccinations and expanding access to shots, but it remains in a race against a virus on the upswing. WASHINGTON — President Biden, facing a rise in coronavirus cases around the country, called on Monday for governors and mayors to reinstate mask mandates …
Read More »Biden Pushes for Racial Equity in Vaccination, but Data Lags
The administration has race and ethnicity data for just 52 percent of vaccine recipients. Next week, it will begin shipping doses directly to clinics in underserved communities. Farm workers waiting to receive a coronavirus vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif., late last month. Jae C. Hong/Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal …
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 »Coronavirus Live Updates: Governors Make Hard Choices as Trump Pushes Reopening
Here’s what you need to know: As numbers remain dangerously high in much of the country, Washington deliberates relief. Coming up today: Senate negotiations, baseball uncertainty, teetering states. President Trump shares a video containing misinformation about hydroxychloroquine. The Venice Film Festival will return, with masks and without blockbusters. A concert …
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