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covid vaccines
J&J Takes Over Plant Where Contractor Error Led to Loss of 15M Vaccine DosesNew reports detail past batches of discarded vaccines and doubts that Johnson & Johnson can correct the course at the plant in Baltimore.
By Chas Danner
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biden cabinet
Biden Will Nominate Xavier Becerra for HHS SecretaryAs California’s attorney general, Becerra helped lead the legal charge against Trump, but he lacks the health-policy experience of other contenders.
By Chas Danner
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Trump Administration Shelves COVID-Vaccine Santa ClauseSanta Claus performers would have been offered early vaccinations in exchange for their help promoting the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Chas Danner
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misinformation
Trump Aide Michael Caputo Takes Leave of Absence After Facebook RantThe former Trump campaign official baselessly accused CDC scientists of “sedition.”
By Chas Danner
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misinformation
HHS Officials Altered CDC COVID-19 Reports to Help TrumpTrump-appointed officials have been interfering to protect the president’s deliberately misleading COVID-19 spin.
By Chas Danner
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trans rights
Judge Blocks HHS Rollback of Trans Health Care ProtectionsOnce again, the Trump administration is seeking to define sex discrimination on the basis of biological sex.
By Claire Lampen
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2020 elections
Disgraced Former Trump Cabinet Member Wants to Be Appointed to the U.S. SenateTom Price flew his way out of his job as HHS Secretary with travel expenses, but is applying for an open Senate seat.
By Ed Kilgore
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Who Will Replace Tom Price at Health and Human Services?HHS Secretary Price embarrassed Donald Trump and went down the tubes. Finding a suitable replacement won’t be easy.
By Ed Kilgore
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HHS: Tom Price Spent $300K on Private Jets Because He’s a Man of the PeopleWhen asked why he took 24 flights on private charter planes since May, HHS said Price is “focused on hearing from Americans across the country.”
By Margaret Hartmann
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Tom Price at HHS Is Just What the Doctors OrderedOut of the spotlight, HHS secretary Tom Price has been busily dismantling regulations that hold his fellow physicians accountable for results.
By Ed Kilgore
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Did the ‘Kodiak Kickback’ Buy Lisa Murkowski’s Vote for Trumpcare?No state has gotten more special treatment from the Senate (and the administration) than Murkowski’s Alaska. If it’s not enough, Trumpcare’s dead.
By Ed Kilgore
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How Many Millions Losing Health Coverage Will GOP ‘Moderates’ Find Acceptable?Soon Republican centrists will have to decide if big insurance losses due to Medicaid cuts are okay after all.
By Ed Kilgore
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Trump’s HHS Pick Stumbles in Hearing Over Questionable Purchase of Biotech StockHe admitted something that poked a hole in the incoming administration’s official line on the controversy.
By Ed Kilgore
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