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Halting the use of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine could hinder the U.S.’s inoculation drive.Credit.Rob Engelaar/Agence France-Presse, via Anp/Afp Via Getty Images
New worries about J.&.J.’s Covid vaccine
Federal health officials have called for an immediate halt in using Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, after recipients in the U.S. suffered blood clots within two weeks of vaccination. It could mark a hurdle for America’s inoculation efforts.
Six women between age 18 to 48 developed a rare disorder involving blood clots. One died and another is hospitalized in critical care. Over all, nearly seven million people in the U.S. have received the J.&J. one-shot vaccine, and nine million more doses have been shipped to states.
Statement By US Treasury Secretary Yellen On The Presidentâs FY22 Discretionary Funding Request - President Outlines Proposals To Support Fairness And Equity In Our Tax System, Invest In Communities And Small Businesses, And Safeguard The U.S. Financial System From Illicit Actors Date
09/04/2021
The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President’s priorities for fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending. The funding request invests in the core foundations of our country’s strength and advances key Treasury Department priorities, including ensuring that all Americans are treated fairly by our tax system, expanding programs that offer loans to start-ups and small businesses to promote affordable housing and community revitalization projects, and closing loopholes that allow illicit actors to evade scrutiny, mask their dealings, and shield illegal activity.
America Needs a new normal : Equitable credit access to build wealth – Capital Outlook capitaloutlook.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitaloutlook.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Black America Needs a ‘New Normal’: Equitable Credit Access to Build Wealth
By Charlene Crowell
Charlene Crowell
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed dual crises. Over 542,000 Americans lives were lost and continue to increase. At the same time, the rippling effects of a massive economic downturn has caused the nation to lose 9.5 million jobs – more losses than even those of the Great Recession, finds the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy.
Although many officials have called for a ‘return to normal’, millions of small businesses and communities need something new instead. In Black America especially, the ‘old normal’ never delivered equitable access to wealth-building opportunities as those that well-served served much of white America. Instead, a lengthy history of public policies designed to create and sustain a burgeoning middle class systemically excluded Blacks and other people of color.