Mar 26 Arkansas governor signs bill allowing medical workers to refuse treatment to LGBTQ people By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press The new law won't take effect until late this summer. The measure is among several targeting transgender people advancing through Arkansas' legislature. Continue reading
Mar 26 WATCH: Harris discusses child poverty and education with Secretary Miguel Cardona By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The expansion of the child tax credit, along with other measures, will cut childhood poverty in half this year, according to an analysis done by the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. Continue reading
Mar 26 COVID isn’t over, but Congress is starting prep for the next pandemic By Rachel Cohrs, STAT Congress is gearing up to write legislation to prevent the next pandemic, and a former Trump official is returning to the Hill to help. Continue reading
Mar 26 Birx joins air-cleaning industry amid land grab for billions in federal COVID relief By Christina Jewett, Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News The former top White House coronavirus adviser under President Donald Trump, Dr. Deborah Birx, has joined an air-cleaning company that built its business, in part, on technology that is now banned in California due to health hazards. Continue reading
Mar 26 Study asks if vaccinated people can still transmit virus, Fauci says By Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci said at the White House coronavirus briefing Friday that a large trial is under way involving 12,000 college students at more than 20 universities. Continue reading
Mar 26 WATCH: Harris swears in Becerra as health secretary By Associated Press The position Xavier Becerra fills is key position in the administration's coronavirus response and its ambitious push to lower drug costs, expand insurance coverage, and eliminate racial disparities in medical care. Continue reading
Mar 26 WATCH: White House COVID task force names 3 cities as mass vaccination sites By Associated Press The U.S. is now vaccinating an average of 2.5 million people a day, a pace that allows the nation to meet the new goal President Joe Biden announced Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 26 The Longest Year: The people we’ve lost to COVID-19 By Amna Nawaz, Maea Lenei Buhre, Lorna Baldwin, Vika Aronson, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry Four people who lost a loved one in the pandemic tell us about what they remember, how they’re grieving and how they're trying to move forward. Continue reading
Mar 26 WATCH LIVE: COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force assesses pandemic response By Laura Santhanam Much data shows coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately impacted people of color in the United States with severe outcomes and death. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 7:42 Shot chasers: How volunteers are helping bridge America’s vaccine gap By John Yang, Diane Lincoln Estes As the U.S. continues to grapple with the pandemic, vaccine supply remains limited in some areas. Distribution systems are fragmented and tough to navigate, especially for the estimated 25 million Americans who don’t have internet access for online registration. Luckily,… Continue watching