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Omicron wave is wake-up call about need to vaccinate the world, say Hill Democrats, experts
They urged additional investment, saying the risk of new variants remains high as long as billions of people are unvaccinated.
A once-in-a-decade chance to overhaul health care gets personal for Democrats and advocates
Lawmakers are desperately trying to balance dozens of health priorities, from fighting obesity to pandemic preparedness, in their upcoming $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending package.
Three Democrats say they will oppose party’s drug-price plan, creating a roadblock for larger package
Lawmakers’ opposition creates a new roadblock for Democrats’ $3.5 trillion tax and spending package.
Trump advisers privately warned of ‘critical mistakes’ as pandemic loomed
“From now on, the government must be honest,” one adviser urged in February 2020, even as former president Donald Trump insisted the virus was contained.
White House lays out new global targets in coronavirus pandemic fight
The president will ask global leaders to commit to fully vaccinating 70 percent of the world’s population against coronavirus by next September.
FDA orders three small e-cigarette makers to pull products from the market
It marked the first in a series of decisions that could imperil products sold by Juul and hundreds of other e-cigarette, hookah, cigar and pipe manufacturers.
Inconclusive review of virus origins prompts calls for more probes: ‘We have to get to the bottom of this’
The administration’s classified review, with portions set to be publicly released as soon as this week, doesn’t rule out that the virus emerged in the wild or that it leaked from a laboratory, officials said.
‘I’m still not planning to get it’: FDA approval not swaying some vaccine holdouts
Skeptics who were waiting on regulators now say they have new doubts.
Biden team tries to get ahead of the virus — and maybe the science — with decision on booster shots
Some experts criticized the decision’s timing and said the White House was acting prematurely based on the latest U.S. vaccination data.
‘I feel defeated’: Mask and vaccine mandates cause new divides as officials try to head off virus surge
The summer of 2021 is a season of mandates, with rules requiring masks and vaccines reemerging as the pandemic’s latest cultural and political flash point.
