Tag: healthcare
US Signs Contract with Pfizer for COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
(Associated Press) The Trump administration will pay Pfizer nearly $2 billion for a December delivery of 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the...
To Survive Financial Storm of Virus, States Turn to Congress
(Associated Press) State governments trying to weather the financial storm brought on by the coronavirus are borrowing billions of dollars and desperately trying to...
GM CEO Expects Virus to Ebb, Economy to Recover by Early...
(Associated Press) The auto business used to be pretty simple. Crank out vehicles that people want to buy and collect profits.
It's gotten a whole...
Senate Democrats Seek Aid for Black Americans in Virus Bill
(Associated Press) As Senate Republicans prepare to roll out their next COVID-19 aid bill, the top Democrat said Thursday that he wants to shift...
White House Trade Adviser: Dr. Fauci ‘Has Been Wrong About Everything’
(Associated Press) The White House says an opinion piece by its trade adviser that’s critical of Dr. Anthony Fauci is the adviser’s opinion “alone.”
Alyssa...
Protective Gear for Medical Workers Begins to Run Low Again
(Associated Press) The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is...
Stimulus Money Could Pose Dilemmas in Nursing Homes
(Associated Press) Nursing home residents are among the Americans getting $1,200 checks as part of the U.S. government's plan to revive the economy. But...
Gilead’s $2,340 Price for Coronavirus Drug Draws Criticism
(Associated Press) The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a...
Bar Owners Worry as Virus Surges in Their Workplaces
(Associated Press) The din of conversation and music that normally fills The Cottonmouth Club in downtown Houston fell silent last Friday when the owners...
Melinda Gates: ‘Black People, Indigenous People’ Should Get Coronavirus Vaccine First
'It's going to be black people who really should get it first...and then elderly people.'
(Breitbart) Bill Gates’ wife, Melinda, said last week during a virtual Forbes philanthropy...
