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Bidens Virus Response Marked by Larger Federal Role © Alex Brandon/Associated Press WASHINGTON—In his first month in office, President Biden has positioned the federal government squarely at the front of the battle against Covid-19, tapping the military to staff mass-vaccination centers, joining with state and local officials to accelerate the pace of vaccinations, and requiring masks on buses, planes and federal property. “We’re doing everything we can within the power of the presiden...

Biden’s American Rescue Plan, like the Affordable Care Act, does not move us any closer toward a single-payer system.

Vaccine rollout has been choppy so far. And newly released numbers show Wisconsin hasnt been successful yet in vaccinating its diverse population evenly.

Biden Moves to Jump-Start Covid Fight With Slew of Orders Stephanie Armour, Sabrina Siddiqui © jonathan ernst/Reuters President Biden spoke about the Covid-19 response before signing executive orders intended to combat the coronavirus. WASHINGTON—President Biden signed 10 executive orders on his first full day in office to combat the coronavirus, seeking Thursday to jump-start the U.S. response to the pandemic while warning it will take “many months to get where we need t...

Biden Moves to Jump-Start Covid Fight With Slew of Orders Stephanie Armour, Sabrina Siddiqui © jonathan ernst/Reuters President Biden spoke about the Covid-19 response before signing executive orders intended to combat the coronavirus. WASHINGTON—President Biden signed 10 executive orders on his first full day in office to combat the coronavirus, seeking Thursday to jump-start the U.S. response to the pandemic while warning it will take “many months to get where we need t...

A new poll finds that most Americans back an expansive government effort to combat COVID-19 and to shore up the nation’s sluggish economy.

POLITICO-Harvard poll: Public strongly backs Bidens demand for Covid aid The vast majority of Americans are eager for sweeping legislation that could end the pandemic and rescue the ailing economy. President-elect Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 6, 2021. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo Link Copied Americans just want the pandemic to be over — and President-elect Joe Biden will take office with overwhelming support for government action to make that happen. The vast majority of Americans ...

One in five in U.S. report delayed health care during pandemic Roughly 20% of U.S. adults who were polled about health care during the coronavirus pandemic said that they or their household members delayed receiving medical care or were unable to get care at all due to the crisis, according to a recent study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and National Public Radio. “We were really shocked,” said Mary Gorski Findling, lead study author and...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A Hasidic man and medical workers cross paths near the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., in November. When public health messaging comes from community leaders, its much more likely to be adopted, research on diverse groups finds. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services booked an unusual guest interviewer for one of its public health events ...

Spencer Platt / Getty Images The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services booked an unusual guest interviewer for one of its public health events this fall: Shulem Lemmer, the first Hasidic singer to sign with a major record label. Lemmer has no particular expertise in public health, but he grew up in Brooklyn, home to many ultraorthodox Jews like himself. Hes seen as a trusted messenger in parts of the Hasidic community that, despite suffering a disproportionate number of hospitalizat...