By Joseph Choi - 12/22/20 05:22 PM EST
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said in a statement Tuesday that it would begin giving vaccinations to inmates, reversing a previously reported order that reserved doses for staff members.
The Associated Press reported in November that documents obtained from BOP revealed that although coronavirus rates were surging in inmate populations, vaccinations would be “reserved for staff” when they are received.
When explaining its vaccination process, BOP said earlier on Tuesday it planned to offer vaccines to full-time bureau staff members, saying doing so protects the staff member, the inmates at the facility, and the community.
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A House panel investigating the Trump administration s coronavirus response issued subpoenas to two top health officials on Monday after finding extensive evidence of Trump political appointees interfering in scientific coronavirus reports.
Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., the chairman of the select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis, issued subpoenas to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ordering them to turn over full and unredacted documents sought by the panel for months after finding that political appointees tried to alter or block at least 13 CDC reports on the coronavirus.
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After encouraging Americans to get vaccinated as soon as one of the COVID-fighting inoculations becomes available to them, Dr. Anthony Fauci used Tuesday (Dec. 22) morning to undergo the initial step in the vaccinations process, live in front of millions of viewers.
Fauci, who is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was accompanied by Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health Director, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, as well as several frontline workers in receiving Moderna s COVID-19 Vaccine as a part of a NIH Ceremonial COVID-19 Vaccine Kick-Off event.
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Probe: Trump officials attacked CDC virus reports
by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 21, 2020 10:04 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 10:14 am EDT
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020 file photo, Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government reports that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus, according to a House panel investigating the alleged interference. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
WASHINGTON Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government reports that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus, a House panel investigating the alleged interference said Monday.