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Lawmakers push pandemic probe modeled on 9/11 Commission
The fate of the bipartisan effort, which must pass both chambers and get Biden’s signature, is uncertain amid GOP- and Democrat-led investigations.
U.S. covid response may be scaled back amid congressional inaction, White House says
With $15.6 billion in coronavirus aid stripped from a deal to fund the government, Democrats are scrambling for how to fund the effort.
Congress weighs permanent daylight saving time in a debate as regular as clockwork
Nearly two-thirds of Americans want to stop shifting their clocks twice a year, according to polls.
White House must go further on new pandemic response, say former Biden advisers, outside experts
The group’s road map for ‘living with covid’ focuses on boosting indoor air quality, helping those with long covid and broadening the focus to other respiratory diseases.
U.S. to share some coronavirus technologies with World Health Organization
Plan would allow other countries to replicate American scientific breakthroughs, intended to boost supplies to fight pandemic.
Ukraine conflict could spark surges of covid, polio, other diseases, say experts
As many as 5 million people could flee the country in coming weeks, a movement that some health officials fear will fuel covid and other outbreaks.
Biden vows to crack down on poorest-performing nursing homes
More than 200,000 nursing home residents and staff have died from covid since the start of the pandemic, data shows.
U.S. will ‘surge’ vaccine support to 11 African countries
Ramped-up initiative is aimed at protecting Americans, as well as the world, from new coronavirus variants.
White House frustrations grow over health chief Becerra’s handling of pandemic
Critics blame him for health officials’ conflicting messages; defenders say the administration gave him an unclear role.
Government watchdog says HHS is at ‘high risk’ of botching a future crisis
GAO criticizes the response to emergencies over four administrations, including coronavirus, Ebola and Zika, as well as extreme weather events.
