Supervisors hear four options for removing Sheriff Alex Villanueva from office but seem willing to wait to see how state attorney general investigation plays out.
Introduction
In December 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was
announced to be President-Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. s
pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The
California Attorney General s Office is the second largest
Justice Department in the United States, second only to the U.S.
Department of Justice, and California Attorney General Xavier
Becerra was the first Latino Attorney General in California s
history. Before becoming the Attorney General of California,
Becerra had a 24-year career in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
1 In 2017, Governor Jerry Brown
appointed Becerra to the last two years of Kamala Harris s term
Remdesivir, given to half of hospitalized covid patients in U.S., is big win for Gilead boosted by taxpayers
It was the end of April just as the U.S. confirmed its millionth covid-19 case and 50,000 deaths when White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci announced highly significant news about a drug called remdesivir.
That was surprising because the antiviral drug, owned by Gilead Sciences and developed with investment from the federal government, had languished for years with no apparent commercial use. It had struck out as a treatment for hepatitis C and Ebola.
But early in 2020, when the first global cases of a new pneumonia-like viral illness emerged in China, Gilead resurfaced the compound, branded as Veklury, and shared it with scientists across the globe. From the Oval Office, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said remdesivir would be the standard of care for treating coronavirus disease.
COVID-19 drug remdesivir has been a big win for Gilead - with a boost from taxpayers
Sarah Jane Tribble
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Remdesivir, owned by Gilead Sciences of Foster City, was developed with investment from the federal government.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whom President Biden has named as his pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, has looked into remdesivir pricing.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press 2019Show MoreShow Less
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky became director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday. She has looked into the pricing of remdesivir.Susan Walsh/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
Advocates Fear Biden Policies Could Undo Trump-Era Protections for Religious Liberty
President Joe Biden’s first day in office was marked by a flurry of executive orders. Among those was an order addressing discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. It augurs measures that would expand transgender access in areas such as the locker room and school sports, but fails to mention protections on the grounds of religious belief.
Biden’s order earned praise from civil rights activists but for many religious liberty advocates and groups, the trajectory of the new administration’s policies are presenting concerns and questions over what they could mean for the constitutionally enshrined freedom to exercise one’s religion.