Dan Diamond

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‘Ripe for fraud’: Coronavirus vaccination cards support burgeoning scams

Officials warn that the falsified cards could endanger lives and undermine efforts to end the pandemic.

HHS employee dies while helping at shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in Houston

Mary Brodie-Henderson collapsed Friday while working at a site that housed several hundred unaccompanied children and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, official says.

Biden officials rescind Trump’s okay for Texas’s $100 billion-plus Medicaid plan

Friday letter is seen as an effort to push Texas officials toward expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

Biden picks former New Jersey attorney general to lead DEA

Anne Milgram, critic of criminal-justice system, would shape drug enforcement amid a worsening opioid crisis, if she is confirmed.

Trump officials celebrated efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus, emails show

Political appointees also tried to blunt scientific findings they deemed unfavorable to Trump, according to new documents from House probe

‘A moment of peril’: Biden sees infections climb on his watch

Possible ‘fourth wave’ could erase hard-won gains.

‘We can do this’: Biden unveils pro-vaccine TV ads, network of grass-roots leaders to push shots

Administration to spend more than $10 million on ad campaign in April.

Top Trump adviser warned then-president on virus supply shortage, then pursued controversial deals

Democrats probe more than $1 billion in “haphazard” supply contracts, citing new documents.

Feuds, fibs and finger-pointing: Trump officials say coronavirus response was worse than known

‘That’s what bothers me every day’: Former coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx and others admit failures that hampered the White House response.

‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won’t be easy

The effort has taken on momentum amid President Biden’s pledge that the nation will start to regain post-pandemic normalcy this summer, and with a growing number of companies saying they will require proof of vaccinations before reopening their doors.