Tag Archives: COVID-19

House Democrats are asking President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to lower the Medicare eligibility age and expand its benefits in the American Families Plan. Congressman Joe Neguse, Representative Pramila Jayapal, Representative Conor Lamb, and Representative Jared Golden are leading Democrats in their efforts to expand Medicare. The …

West Virginia will give $100 savings bonds to residents ages 16 to 35 who get vaccinated against Covid-19. The state’s Republican Governor, Jim Justice, announced the program as part of his ongoing initiative to get more younger residents vaccinated. “We have vetted this in every way that we possibly can …

Caitlyn Jenner has announced that she will challenge Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election. “California has been my home for nearly 50 years,” Jenner wrote on her campaign website. The Olympic gold medalist and reality television star says she moved to California because it was a place where …

The Senate passed an anti-Asian hate crime bill after a series of attacks against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Racism has always existed in America unfortunately and the legacy of anti-Asian sentiment goes back centuries to dark chapters in our history, like the Chinese-exclusion act and the internment of …

President Joe Biden wants employees to receive paid leave for getting vaccinated. “I’m calling on every employer, large and small, in every state to give employees the time off they need with pay to recover if they’re feeling under the weather after the shot,” President Biden said. “No working American should …

45% of Republicans say that they do not plan on getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll. “Republicans are more skeptical of government; when the government comes out and says, we think you ought to take the vaccine, some people’s natural reaction is, ‘let me think about …

Just a little over a year after the coronavirus was first identified, the world has recorded more than 3 million deaths Saturday from the disease. More than 140 million people around the world have contracted COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the most COVID-19 …

Vice President Kamala Harris announced that $39 billion from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan would be released to help the child-care industry. “The strength of our country, the resilience of our economy, depends on the affordability and availability of childcare,” Vice President Harris said. “When it comes to childcare …

The White House says that the pause on Johnson & Johnson‘s COVID-19 vaccine will not affect the administration’s national vaccination plans. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention interrupted the Johnson & Johnson vaccine distribution after the emergence of a rare blood clotting disorder in six …

Nearly 40% of United States Marines who have been offered the COVID-19 vaccine have declined it, according to the Pentagon. Of the 123,500 Marines that have had access to the vaccine, 75,500 Marines are either fully vaccinated or have only received one dose while about 48,000 have declined it, Communication …

On Friday, Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration to expand its emergency use authorization to include children between the ages of 12-15 in the United States. The company is working to be approved to distribute the vaccine to children around the world. “These requests are based on data from …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the state of Florida filed a lawsuit against the federal government. Florida is looking to get cruise ships back on the waters immediately. “We don’t believe the federal government has the right to mothball a major industry for over a year based …

President Joe Biden is expediting the eligibility date for the COVID-19 vaccine. The President announced on Tuesday that the vaccine would be available to all adults on April 19. “Let me be deadly earnest with you: We aren’t at the finish line. We still have a lot of work to do. …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is planning on banning foreclosures until 2022. According to the bureau, 3 million households are behind on their mortgage payments and almost 1.7 million will run out of their forbearance periods in September. “We are at really an unusual point in history,” Diane Thompson, a …

Chief Medical Adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said that the federal government will not mandate vaccine passports. “I doubt that the federal government will be the main mover of a vaccine passport concept,” Dr. Fauci said. “They may be involved in making sure things are done fairly and equitably, but I …