Feb 25 WATCH: Surgeon general, assistant HHS secretary nominees testify before Senate By Courtney Vinopal The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Feb. 25 will consider the nominations of Vivek Murthy for U.S. Surgeon General and Dr. Rachel Levine for assistant secretary of Health and Human Services. Continue reading
Feb 25 Amid COVID-19 pandemic, flu has virtually disappeared in the U.S. By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors' offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not this year. Continue reading
Feb 24 Military begins delivering vaccines in Texas, New York By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The U.S. military is beginning to deliver shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and says service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 4:05 House nears vote on Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan By Lisa Desjardins It's a busy week on Capitol Hill, with a full slate of confirmation hearings on President Biden's nominees and a possible House vote on the COVID economic-relief plan. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss. Continue watching
Feb 24 5 stories about COVID-19 vaccine mistrust from Americans of color By Laura Santhanam The coronavirus pandemic repeats a truth that communities of color in the United States have been saying for generations: They suffer worse health outcomes compared to white communities, and systemic racism drives those disparities. Continue reading
Feb 24 Not waiting for Washington, states pass their own pandemic aid packages By Brian Witte, Associated Press States are not willing to wait for more federal help and have been moving ahead with their own coronavirus relief packages. Continue reading
Feb 24 FDA says Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot protects against COVID-19 By Lauren Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press An analysis by U.S. regulators says Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine provides strong protection against severe COVID-19. Continue reading
Feb 24 Ghana becomes first country to receive coronavirus vaccines from COVAX program By Francis Kokutse, Carley Petesch, Associated Press The arrival of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the West African country marks the beginning of the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch 5:33 Why the vaccine rollout in the U.S. has been slower than expected By Miles O'Brien, John Yang So far, 65 million Americans have received at least one shot of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. As a country, the U.S. has recently picked up the pace of vaccinations, but there are concerns over supply and demand, which… Continue watching
Feb 23 WATCH: Congressional leaders hold moment of silence for 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19 By News Desk and Associated Press The nation passed the grim milestone on Monday, just over a year after the first confirmed U.S. fatality of the pandemic. Continue reading