Coronavirus
Next Thursday, 4/1, California will expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents aged 50 and older, and everyone at least 16 years old will be eligible to make an appointment starting 4/15, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today, 3/25…
AstraZeneca may have included “outdated information” in touting the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in a U.S. study, federal health officials said Tuesday, 3/23, in an unusual public rift that could further erode confidence in the shot…
In early April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after 1/20/20 for COVID-19-related deaths to help ease financial stress and burden caused by the pandemic…
New jobless claims fell to their lowest levels amid the pandemic era, with a better-than-expected 684,000 being filed last week…
As of February, 76 percent of schools were open for full-time or hybrid learning, with classroom reopenings differing between student groups and locations, a federal survey finds…
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will visit school campuses in the coming weeks to highlight successful reopening efforts during the pandemic…
A coalition of 12 state attorneys general called on Facebook and Twitter yesterday, 3/24, to enforce their community guidelines and rid their services of misinformation spreading by accounts promoting anti-vaccine ideas…
D.C. Update
This afternoon, 3/25, President Biden held his first solo press conference…
President Joe Biden on Tuesday, 3/23, called for a federal assault weapons ban and strengthened background checks for firearms sales in the aftermath of a deadly supermarket shooting in Boulder, CO — hoisting the contentious issue of gun reform among the White House’s top legislative priorities…
Biden plans to unveil his initial 2022 spending requests next week to help shape congressional negotiations, and expects to release a full budget proposal in the coming months, the administration said Tuesday, 3/23…
The Biden administration is considering extending a soon-to-expire federal policy prohibiting landlords from evicting cash-strapped tenants, as the government seeks to buy more time for an estimated 10 million families behind on rent…
Biden put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of resolving a surge in migration on the U.S. southern border that’s overwhelming federal immigration authorities…