Summoning seniors: Biden steps up vaccine outreach for older Americans
‘It’s simple: Seniors, it’s time for you to get vaccinated now. Get vaccinated now,’ said President Joe Biden.
By Associated Press - April 10, 2021‘It’s simple: Seniors, it’s time for you to get vaccinated now. Get vaccinated now,’ said President Joe Biden.
By Associated Press - April 10, 2021President Joe Biden stays away. The core players stick to their expertise. Data rules.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2021The ‘We Can Do This’ campaign features television and social media ads to spread the word about the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
By Associated Press - April 01, 2021The Biden administration doesn’t have any plans to require people to carry so-called ‘vaccine passports.’
By Emily Singer - March 30, 2021Experts see reason to worry as more Americans start traveling and socializing again.
By Associated Press - March 25, 2021Some of them claimed they had to take their share of the relief package to stop blue states from getting extra.
By Josh Israel - March 22, 2021Vaccines are slowly becoming available to immigrants in US custody. Whether they trust authorities enough to take them is another question.
By Amy Lieu - March 22, 2021‘I just don’t believe we need vaccinations. I don’t think it is the way God intended for us to be,’ said one Virginian.
By Associated Press - March 16, 2021Stereotypes about what illness looks like are feeding into doubts about people’s eligibility.
By Associated Press - March 14, 2021‘We are in the fields getting the work done to feed all the families.’
By Associated Press - March 13, 2021The effort showed how social media and other technology can be leveraged to spread misinformation so quickly that those trying to stop it cannot keep up.
By Associated Press - March 08, 2021‘Everybody is working toward equity, yet it doesn’t look equitable. At all,’ the leader of a Southern California health association said.
By Associated Press - March 06, 2021‘There’s no question: We do want to immunize children.’
By Associated Press - March 06, 2021‘I thought it would be a priority when you’re 88 years old and that someone would inform me.’
By Associated Press - March 05, 2021Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis stands accused of favoring wealthy constituents over ordinary Floridians.
By Associated Press - March 04, 2021‘The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking,’ the president said.
By Associated Press - March 03, 2021Amid the global clamor for more vaccine doses, the largest pharmaceutical companies are helping manufacture doses for less-experienced rivals.
By Associated Press - March 02, 2021‘We stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground that we have gained,’ said the head of the CDC.
By Associated Press - March 02, 2021In Idaho, state Rep. Heather Scott opened the 2021 legislative session by declaring, ‘The pandemic is over.’
By Associated Press - March 01, 2021‘I think they just kind of feel like there is no end in sight,’ said the executive vice president of one local union protecting grocery store workers.
By Donna Provencher - February 26, 2021President Joe Biden predicts that by late spring there will be enough vaccine to administer to anyone that wants it.
By Associated Press - February 26, 2021‘The trajectory of the economy is predicated on the effectiveness of the vaccine and its distribution,’ Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist of the National Retail Federation, said this week.
By Donna Provencher - February 25, 2021Experts say many vaccination sites have not received sufficient support from state, local, and federal governments.
By Donna Provencher - February 24, 2021Many vaccination sites are far away from underserved, high-exposed communities.
By Associated Press - February 21, 2021‘Apparently we are not front-line workers when it comes to getting the vaccine.’
By Associated Press - February 20, 2021Democratic lawmakers say using the vaccines as leverage ‘is vile.’
By Amy Lieu - February 18, 2021Donald Trump planned just 200,000 a day.
By Josh Israel - February 08, 2021Health officials say vaccinating everyone — including inmates — is the only way to achieve herd immunity.
By Donna Provencher - February 02, 2021Trump officials actively hampered state and local efforts to get people vaccinated, a new report shows.
By Amy Lieu - February 01, 2021The administration has also promised more openness and said it will hold news briefings three times a week about the outbreak.
By Associated Press - January 26, 2021