In the first weeks of the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history, Dr. Julie Vaishampayan has had a battlefront view of a daunting logistical operation. Her charge is to see that potentially lifesaving COVID-19 shots make it into the arms of 550,000 residents. And like her dozens of counterparts across the state, she is improvising as she goes.
States are ramping up their Covid-19 vaccination programs so more people can be protected against the virus, but some governors are confused and angry because they don't know how much vaccine the federal government will send them.
Azar's resignation came after U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, another Cabinet member, and several other Trump administration officials resigned.