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A women-focused recovery, Nikki Haley’s choice and a farewell RULING THE WEEK Hi, everyone! I have some news: Today will be my last day as the writer of the Women Rule newsletter. I’ve been so honored to helm the newsletter over the past nearly two years as we reinvented it and nearly doubled our reach. Working on this project has changed the way I view the world — and not just because I know it’s “don’t marry your glass ceiling” in the back of my mind everytime I go on a date. I...

White House senior advisor Symone Sanders told WFMY News 2 the federal government promises a 5% increase in NC vaccine distribution as it works to combat mistrust.

Johnson Newspaper Corp. ALBANY — The state will partner with the federal government to open a series of mass vaccination sites across New York to help immunize underserved communities against the novel coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Federal Emergency Management Agency will partner with the state to open two mass vaccination sites at York College in Jamaica, Queens, and Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn the week of Feb. 24, to help vaccinate minority, low-income and other soci...

Just not equal at all: Vaccine rollout in Chicago a microcosm of racial disparities nationwide People of color have suffered most from COVID-19. Now that vaccines are here, they are far less likely to have received a first dose for many of the same reasons. Nada Hassanein, Grace Hauck, Jayme Fraser and Aleszu Bajak, USA TODAY Published 5:43 pm UTC Feb. 15, 2021 CHICAGO – Angelina Zayas turned her Grace and Peace Church, which serves the greater Belmont Cragin community on the citys northwest ...

In Harris’ first national sit-down interview since becoming vice president, she discusses her focus on an equitable response to the COVID-19 crisis with...

Just not equal at all: Vaccine rollout in Chicago a microcosm of racial disparities nationwide Nada Hassanein, Grace Hauck, Jayme Fraser and Aleszu Bajak, USA TODAY © Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Patients enter and exit the vaccination and testing site at Roseland Community Hospital on Chicagos far south side on Feb. 8, 2021. Many receiving vaccinations at the hospital were not locals and hailed from neighborhoods across the city. CHICAGO – Angelina Zayas turned her Grace and Pea...

Monthly Yearly Eligible Black and Hispanic residents getting COVID vaccine at about half the rate as eligible white residents Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org Madeline Fall, 25, of Vernon, receives the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine from Lizmary Reyes, LPN, at Connecticut’s largest drive-through vaccination clinic administered by Community Health Center, Inc. “I’m the first one in my family to get this so I kind of feel like the guinea pig,” said Fall, a health care worker. Concerns that ...

February 11, 2021 GMT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two of the 12 members of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force are from Tennessee. The panel announced on Wednesday includes Dr. James Hildreth, President and CEO of the historically Black Meharry Medical College in Nashville. Also included is Bobby Watts, of Goodlettsville, who is CEO of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council. Hildreth is an immunologist whose work has focused on several human viruses including HIV....

Lessening the Pandemic’s Burden on LGBTQ Workers and Families February 11, 2021, 9:00 am For more on how the government can support LGBTQ people during the pandemic, see "Government Strategies To Address the Coronavirus Must Include Targeted Assistance for LGBTQ Communities." Mitigating the coronavirus pandemic’s detrimental impacts on the lives of LGBTQ people will require a strategically coordinated policy effort at all levels of government. Read the column Up...

Thursday, February 11, 2021 This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases. POTUS’ Schedule * 9:30 a.m. EST – The President and The Vice President receive the President’s Daily Brief | Oval Office 2:00 p.m. EST – The President and The Vice President meet with the Secretary of Defense and other senior military and civilian leadership | The Pentagon 2:50 p.m. EST – The President, The Vice President...