Federal Scientists Plead for Pandemic Controls as Infection Declines Stall
While coronavirus deaths tend to fluctuate more than cases and hospital admissions, Dr. Walensky said the most recent seven-day average was slightly higher than the...
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With More Vaccines Secured, Biden Warns of Hurdles to Come
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Thursday it had secured 200 million more doses of coronavirus vaccines, enough to inoculate every American adult, but President...
Biden Pushes for Racial Equity in Vaccination, but Data Lags
“Shortly after we started getting into this vaccination, I started to ask for this data — I wanted it, we needed it, we were trying...
A No-Bid Contract to Track Covid Vaccinations Draws Frustration, and a Cease-and-Desist
Eventually, she partnered with a software developer to create an online application called ReadiConsent, which won an award in 2018 from the National Adult and...
Biden Advisers Say U.S. Will Remain Vulnerable to Covid Unless Congress Acts
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s coronavirus czar said Wednesday that the United States was woefully behind other nations in tracking potentially dangerous variants of the virus,...
Biden Pledges to Speed Flow of Vaccines to the States
WASHINGTON — President Biden, under intense pressure to speed up the pace of coronavirus vaccination, said Tuesday that his administration was nearing a deal with...
Biden Raises Daily Vaccination Target and Extends Travel Bans
On Monday, Moderna said its vaccine is effective against new variants that have emerged in Britain and South Africa. But the immune response is slightly...
Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen
This fall, when most school districts decided not to reopen, more parents began to speak out. The parents of a 14-year-old boy in Maryland who...
C.D.C. Eases Coronavirus Vaccine Rules for ‘Exceptional Circumstances’
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly changed its recommendations for coronavirus immunizations to give doctors the flexibility to handle “exceptional...
Biden Pledges Federal Vaccine Campaign to Beat a Surging Coronavirus
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., racing against a surge in coronavirus cases and the emergence of a new variant that could worsen the...