No indication White House will overhaul vaccine distribution despite widespread problems
4 years ago

No indication White House will overhaul vaccine distribution despite widespread problems

CNN  

CNN — Trump administration officials admit Operation Warp Speed fell well short of its target to get coronavirus shots to 20 million Americans in 2020, but there’s no sign of an aggressive federal push to address the problem. “Your headline today really should be: ‘Surgeon General tells states and governors to move quickly to other priority groups,’” Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams told NBC News Tuesday. Video Ad Feedback Surgeon General defends Trump vaccine rollout 04:34 - Source: CNN Adams said states felt beholden to guidelines from a CDC advisory committee recommending that states vaccinate all health care workers and long-term care residents before moving on to other populations. “We are looking at what’s working currently, and we will be helping states course correct,” a senior administration official said. Video Ad Feedback Biden says Trump administration far behind on vaccinations 02:16 - Source: CNN In a late December tweet, the President blamed states for the slow vaccine rollout, saying, “The Federal Government has distributed the vaccines to the states.

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White House: Without Funding U.S. Will Lose COVID Treatments
2 years, 8 months ago

White House: Without Funding U.S. Will Lose COVID Treatments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — For much of the past two years, America has been first in line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Hong Kong have all placed orders for treatments and vaccine doses that the U.S. can’t yet commit to, according to the White House. “We know companies are working on additional, promising life-saving …

White House announces 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

White House announces 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate

CNN  

CNN — The White House on Monday announced that 95% of the federal workforce is in compliance with the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. “Ahead of tonight’s deadline, the federal government has achieved 95% compliance, and 90% of the 3.5 million federal workers are already vaccinated,” White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said during a press briefing, confirming previous CNN …

US outlines plans for vaccinating children against COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

US outlines plans for vaccinating children against COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

The White House initiative comes as New York City became the latest jurisdiction to mandate vaccines for employees. Biden has also announced plans to use an array of executive orders and rule-changes to require workers at hospitals that receive federal reimbursements and federal contractors to receive the jab, as well as a change to Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy …

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
3 years, 4 months ago

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal contractors — in an all-out effort to curb the surging COVID-19 delta variant. Henry McMaster of South Carolina said in a …

FDA vaccine approval is a shot in arm for President Biden’s COVID campaign
3 years, 4 months ago

FDA vaccine approval is a shot in arm for President Biden’s COVID campaign

LA Times  

FDA’s approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine comes at a key time for Biden, with Americans growing disenchanted with his handling of the pandemic. The battle against COVID-19 passed a regulatory milestone Monday when the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to Pfizer’s vaccine, a decision that could boost President Biden’s effort to control the pandemic. Although Americans may …

US to send more COVID-19 vaccines to Mexico amid Delta surge
3 years, 5 months ago

US to send more COVID-19 vaccines to Mexico amid Delta surge

Al Jazeera  

The announcement comes as both the US and Mexico grapple with rising infections and slow vaccination rates. The United States will send up to an additional 8.5 million coronavirus vaccine doses to Mexico, as both countries continue to grapple with a spike in infections fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, meanwhile, said the US would …

White House developing a plan to require that all foreign visitors prove they're vaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

White House developing a plan to require that all foreign visitors prove they're vaccinated

Daily Mail  

The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The move would be part of eventually lifting travel restrictions that bar much of the world from entering the United States, a White House official told Reuters on Wednesday. President Joe Biden 's administration is developing a …

Governors pin hopes on full vaccine approval as cases climb
3 years, 5 months ago

Governors pin hopes on full vaccine approval as cases climb

Associated Press  

— As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain COVID-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit by the pandemic hope the move will help persuade the many holdouts in their states to finally get the shot. “Anytime you have low vaccination rates, you want to eliminate every objection that people have, and one of the objections …

Vaccinations rise in some states with soaring infections
3 years, 5 months ago

Vaccinations rise in some states with soaring infections

Associated Press  

Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where COVID-19 cases are soaring, White House officials said Thursday in a sign that the summer surge is getting the attention of vaccine-hesitant Americans as hospitals in the South are being overrun with patients. Edwards, a Democrat, added: “There’s no doubt that we are going in the wrong direction, and we’re going …

White House doubles down on Covid-19 strategy as pressure from Delta variant rises
3 years, 6 months ago

White House doubles down on Covid-19 strategy as pressure from Delta variant rises

CNN  

CNN — The White House is doubling down on vaccinations as the main focus of its strategy to fight Covid-19 as the Delta variant and undervaccinated clusters of Americans threaten the nation. “We’re going to stay at it and continue to make progress,” White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters on Thursday. US Centers for Disease Control and …

Vaccination disparities reflect ‘two Americas’ this July 4th
3 years, 6 months ago

Vaccination disparities reflect ‘two Americas’ this July 4th

CNN  

CNN — Millions of Americans have their lives and livelihoods back and are basking in a summer of freedom. But this progress is testament to our commitment to grow this economy from the bottom up and the middle out.” Disparities in vaccine uptake raise concern about ‘two Americas’ But for all of Biden’s optimism about a full recovery from the …

US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses
3 years, 8 months ago

US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

Associated Press  

— Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. Some people just don’t want it,” said Stacey Hileman, a nurse with the health department in rural Kansas’ Decatur County, where less than a third of the county’s 2,900 residents have received at least one vaccine dose. “And I mean no one.” In Barber County, …

Drop in COVID vaccine demand — and willingness — has some places turning down doses
3 years, 8 months ago

Drop in COVID vaccine demand — and willingness — has some places turning down doses

LA Times  

Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. Some people just don’t want it,” said Stacey Hileman, a nurse with the health department in rural Kansas’ Decatur County, where less than a third of the county’s 2,900 residents have received at least one vaccine dose. “And I mean no one.” In Barber County, Kansas, …

Biden to rush vaccinators to Michigan as gov urges limits
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden to rush vaccinators to Michigan as gov urges limits

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Washington will rush federal resources to support vaccinations, testing and treatments, but not vaccines, to Michigan in an effort to control the state’s worst-in-the-nation COVID-19 outbreak, the White House said Friday. “We’re going to stick with the allocation system of allocating by state adult population,” said White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients, calling it “the fair and equitable …

The CDC is tracking a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases. Its chief says spring breakers and eased restrictions concern her
3 years, 9 months ago

The CDC is tracking a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases. Its chief says spring breakers and eased restrictions concern her

CNN  

CNN — Top US health officials say they’re encouraged by the accelerating Covid-19 vaccinations. “What concerns me is the footage of what’s happening in spring breakers, in people who are not continuing to implement prevention strategies while we get fully scaled up,” US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House Covid-19 briefing. …

Lack of equity within priority groups leaves Covid-19’s most vulnerable without vaccine, analysis suggests
3 years, 10 months ago

Lack of equity within priority groups leaves Covid-19’s most vulnerable without vaccine, analysis suggests

CNN  

CNN — As demand for Covid-19 vaccines continues to outpace supply, there’s still not sufficient supply to cover everyone within even the top priority groups. Around the United States, there are various plans in place to prioritize distribution of the limited supply of vaccines – in December, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued …

US to ramp up vaccination efforts amid decline in COVID-19 cases
3 years, 10 months ago

US to ramp up vaccination efforts amid decline in COVID-19 cases

Al Jazeera  

The White House coronavirus task force said weekly supply of doses to states is up by 70 percent, with more on the way. Jeffrey Zients, the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator, said the weekly supply of vaccines to states is now 14.5 million, up from 8.6 million five weeks ago – a 70 percent increase. “We’ve nearly doubled weekly of …

Senior White House Covid-19 adviser on vaccine distribution: ‘Saturday, we’re going to be shipping more doses than states have ever received before’
3 years, 10 months ago

Senior White House Covid-19 adviser on vaccine distribution: ‘Saturday, we’re going to be shipping more doses than states have ever received before’

CNN  

CNN — States will receive more doses of Covid-19 vaccines than they “have ever received before” in the coming days, Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser to the White House Covid-19 response team, said Friday. “Starting tomorrow, Saturday, we’re going to be shipping more doses than states have ever received before,” Slavitt said. “And we’re going to do our part by …

More doses, fewer ‘blind spots’: What states say they want from the federal government on vaccines
3 years, 10 months ago

More doses, fewer ‘blind spots’: What states say they want from the federal government on vaccines

CNN  

CNN — The Covid-19 vaccine rollout started as a trickle. On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced it’s again increasing the weekly Covid-19 vaccine supply sent to states to about 13.5 million doses per week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. “We have a good plan how to get the doses into people’s arms, we just need more vaccine.” ‘Unnecessary …

Dr. Fauci shifts the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a coronavirus vaccine
3 years, 10 months ago

Dr. Fauci shifts the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a coronavirus vaccine

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Anthony Fauci said vaccines won’t be available to the “general public” before mid- to late May or early June, he told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on Tuesday. “You can say, let’s say in May, vaccines are going to be widely available to almost anybody May, June, but it may take to June, July and August to finally get …

Governors tell Biden in letter some Covid vaccine efforts are creating confusion and inefficiency
3 years, 10 months ago

Governors tell Biden in letter some Covid vaccine efforts are creating confusion and inefficiency

CNN  

CNN — A bipartisan group of governors expressed concern Monday at the Biden administration’s vaccine rollout, writing in a letter to the White House that better coordination is needed between the federal government and states on distributing doses to prevent confusion and duplicative efforts. The executive committee of the National Governors Association, comprised of Democrats and Republicans, raised alarm over …

States take back hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses held in federal long-term care program
3 years, 11 months ago

States take back hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses held in federal long-term care program

CNN  

CNN — Hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 vaccine doses are shifting to states after they weren’t used by the federal program to vaccinate long-term care facility residents and staff. “ On Tuesday, Walgreen’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kevin Ban told CNN’s Chris Cuomo, “We found ourselves in a situation where we had more vaccine than we needed – the last …

These ‘vaccine hunters’ are getting their shots ahead of schedule by gaming the system
3 years, 11 months ago

These ‘vaccine hunters’ are getting their shots ahead of schedule by gaming the system

CNN  

CNN — If she’d waited to get vaccinated until it was her “tier’s” turn, Isabela Medina wouldn’t have gotten the Covid-19 vaccine until late summer. But their gain is also a symptom of a lack of coordination in the US vaccination plan – the initial rollout was much slower than expected, delaying President Joe Biden’s plan for “100 million vaccinations …

Trump administration leaves Biden with ‘confusing’ Covid-19 vaccine numbers and states in limbo
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump administration leaves Biden with ‘confusing’ Covid-19 vaccine numbers and states in limbo

CNN  

CNN — States across the country say they’re running low on coronavirus vaccine supply, with many officials insisting the vaccine delivery numbers reported by the Trump administration don’t align with what they are seeing on the ground. “With the change of administration happening at this very moment, they don’t appear to totally know yet what vaccine numbers we’re talking about …

January 14, 2021 coronavirus news
3 years, 11 months ago

January 14, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, is part of President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board. Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS/Sipa USA The Trump administration’s move to expand Covid-19 vaccine access may have set unrealistic expectations that local health departments will have to manage, Michael Osterholm, a member of President-elect Joe …

January 14, 2021 coronavirus news
3 years, 11 months ago

January 14, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, is part of President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board. Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS/Sipa USA The Trump administration’s move to expand Covid-19 vaccine access may have set unrealistic expectations that local health departments will have to manage, Michael Osterholm, a member of President-elect Joe …

Trump Administration Urges States To Open COVID-19 Vaccination To Everyone Over 65
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump Administration Urges States To Open COVID-19 Vaccination To Everyone Over 65

NPR  

Trump Administration Urges States To Open COVID-19 Vaccination To Everyone Over 65 Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images Updated 2:20 p.m. ET The Trump administration is making several big changes to its COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy, officials announced Tuesday, in a bid to jump-start the rollout and get more Americans vaccinated quickly. gives states a …

Local health officials doubt federal pivot on Covid-19 vaccines will help in time
3 years, 11 months ago

Local health officials doubt federal pivot on Covid-19 vaccines will help in time

CNN  

CNN — The federal government’s about-face on vaccine policy may be too little, too late, local health officials told CNN Tuesday. The US Department of Health and Human Services changed course on Tuesday in its Covid-19 vaccine rollout guidelines for states, which then get passed down to local health departments. Local health officials are moving to get health care workers …

US CDC Says Priority Coronavirus Vaccination Groups May Overlap
4 years ago

US CDC Says Priority Coronavirus Vaccination Groups May Overlap

News 18  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said phases of vaccinating priority groups against COVID-19 may overlap, clarifying guidance that many states are already applying as a way to get shots to as many Americans as possible. On Friday, the CDC changed its website to underscore that these phases may overlap, essentially greenlighting what many states are already …

As ‘messy’ US vaccine rollout continues, states begin to prioritize more people for vaccination
4 years ago

As ‘messy’ US vaccine rollout continues, states begin to prioritize more people for vaccination

CNN  

CNN — The US coronavirus vaccine rollout has been slow, and some states eager to move more doses are beginning to vaccinate more than the health care workers and nursing home residents initially at the front of the line. Last Thursday, Louisiana announced residents in its Phase 1b group, people 70 and older and additional health care workers, could start …

Column: Unsurprisingly, Trump’s rollout of the COVID vaccine is an utter fiasco
4 years ago

Column: Unsurprisingly, Trump’s rollout of the COVID vaccine is an utter fiasco

LA Times  

For some mysterious reason, people are shocked — shocked! On Dec. 10, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar promised that 20 million Americans would be vaccinated in “the next several weeks.” It is up to the States to distribute the vaccines once brought to the designated areas by the Federal Government. Based on the judgment that 80% of Americans, …

Moncef Slaoui: White House vaccine chief explains why states haven’t received number of vaccines promised
4 years ago

Moncef Slaoui: White House vaccine chief explains why states haven’t received number of vaccines promised

CNN  

CNN — The chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed explained Sunday that an unpredicted “two-day lag period” is the reason why many states have not received the number of vaccines promised. “We all made the error or mistake of assuming that vaccine that’s actually produced and being released is already available for shipment, when, in fact, there is a …

Top US officials expected to get COVID-19 vaccine this week
4 years ago

Top US officials expected to get COVID-19 vaccine this week

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. officials will begin receiving coronavirus vaccines this week as part of updated federal continuity of government plans that now include terrorism and pandemics as threats to the nation, and its leaders. The effort comes after President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that White House aides should receive the COVID-19 vaccine “somewhat later in the program.” Still, …

Covid vaccine distribution: States face tough questions about who should get Covid-19 vaccines after the initial groups
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid vaccine distribution: States face tough questions about who should get Covid-19 vaccines after the initial groups

CNN  

CNN — With the first shipments of a coronavirus vaccine poised to go out as early as this week, the plan to get the shots from the manufacturers into hospitals, assisted living homes, pharmacies and – ultimately – Americans’ arms, is still riddled with unknowns. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images The challenges of distributing the vaccine to the …

States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows
4 years, 1 month ago

States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — States faced a deadline on Friday to place orders for the coronavirus vaccine as many reported record infections, hospitalizations and deaths, while hospitals were pushed to the breaking point — with the worst feared yet to come. The state expects to get enough doses of new coronavirus vaccines by the end of the year to inoculate more …

States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in US history
4 years, 1 month ago

States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in US history

Associated Press  

With a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history — a monumental undertaking that must distribute hundreds of millions of doses, prioritize who’s first in line and ensure that people who get the initial shot return for the necessary second one. “If you get 10,000 doses, …

Medicare finalizing coverage policy for coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 2 months ago

Medicare finalizing coverage policy for coronavirus vaccine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Medicare will cover the yet-to-be approved coronavirus vaccine free for older people under a policy change expected to be announced shortly, a senior Trump administration official said Tuesday. It’s questionable under normal circumstances if Medicare can pay for a drug that receives emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, as expected for the eventual coronavirus vaccine. …

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