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South Florida will represent in Washington, as part of President Biden's COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force.

South Florida will represent in Washington, as part of President Biden's COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force.

Fundamental Change: 69 Executive Orders and Actions Already Put into Place by Joe Biden (Updated) 8 Feb 2021 President Joe Biden campaigned on promises to govern by “consensus.” He devoted his Inaugural Address to “unity.” Yet he has issued more executive orders and actions in the first three weeks of his presidency than any president in U.S. history. As the Democrats prepare for the circus side show of impeachment focusing on the past, it’s interesting to look at what he’s already...

Nearly half of adult Americans say they intend to receive a Covid vaccine, CDC study finds CNBC 2/9/2021 Noah Higgins-Dunn Confidence in the coronavirus vaccines grew among U.S. adults late last year, with nearly half of Americans indicating in December that they would likely get vaccinated, according to a new CDC study. When people who said they were somewhat likely to get vaccinated were included in the count, confidence grew to as high as 68% in December. However, confidenc...

An NPR analysis of COVID-19 vaccination sites in major cities across the Southern U.S. reveals a racial disparity, with most sites located in whiter neighborhoods.

Listen • 7:42 Georgia Washington has lived in Southern Heights, a predominantly Black neighborhood in the northern part of Baton Rouge, La., since 1973. After falling ill with COVID-19 last year, Washington was eager to get vaccinated, which is in line with federal health recommendations. But Washington again had difficulty finding a local provider, this time to get a vaccine. Georgia Washington, 79, cant drive. Whenever she needs to go somewhere, she asks her daughter or ...

An NPR analysis of COVID-19 vaccination sites in major cities across the Southern U.S. reveals a racial disparity, with most sites located in whiter neighborhoods.

Chairs Thompson and Demings Write White House COVID-19 Equity Task Force to Urge Equitable Vaccine Distribution Congressional Documents & Publications February 3, 2021 ( Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Emergency Preparedness, Response, & Recovery Subcommittee Chairwoman Val Demings (D-FL) sent a letter to the White House COVID-19 Equity Task Force regarding the lack of equitable distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines. Initial reporting indicates African American and Hispanic popu...

Jenna Malandro, Gina Guarneri, and Kylie Williard enjoy a lunch on the patio at Meat and Cheese in Aspen on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The three are from New York and are partnering with the St. Regis for their hair salon pop-up, Suite Reyad. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) At the rate Pitkin County has been receiving vaccines from the state, it could take another two months just to vaccinate county residents 70 years old and older, an official said Tuesday. “We’re a little concerned,” Pitk...

February 2, 2021 6:13 AM By Brandon Lee More Americans have taken at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine than have tested positive for the coronavirus, an early but still hopeful milestone in the race to end the pandemic. As of yesterday evening, 26.5 million Americans had received one or both doses of the current vaccines, data gathered by the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker show. Since the first patient tested positive in the U.S. nearby Seattle a year ago, 26.2 million people in the ...