by Alicia Diaz | Feb 2, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured
WASHINGTON – The federal government has “critical gaps” in its COVID-19 vaccine distribution and vulnerabilities in the nation’s supply chain are “deeply troubling”, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report. However, GAO investigators said...
![Save Our Stages aid offers relief to local performing arts venues]()
by Jay Silver | Feb 2, 2021 | Business, Coronavirus, Featured
WASHINGTON — Local performing art venues are relieved to know help is on the way after Congress incorporated a $15 billion grant program for art and entertainment venues struggling financially from the pandemic into the most recent COVID-19 relief package....
by Alicia Diaz and Katie Livingstone | Jan 20, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured, Inauguration
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. crossed the threshold of 400,000 deaths from COVID-19, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke at the country’s first national memorial service for coronavirus victims. The service, which was shared via...
by Jay Silver | Nov 12, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — As the United State grapples with coronavirus surges, scientists at the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday presented an array of mask types that scientists have found to be effective. “From March of this year, we embarked on updating that...
by Cheyanne M. Daniels | Nov 10, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. announced Monday success with a vaccine against the virus, even as COVID-19 cases soar, hitting over 10 million and more than 230 thousand deaths last week. In a press release Monday, Albert Bourla, chairman...
by Dalia Faheid | Oct 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The federal government should require COVID-19 testing to be provided for all migrant and seasonal agricultural workers because they live and work in close proximity to each other, a top official on the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health said...
