Tag: COVID-19

Colorado looks to wastewater for answers to COVID-19

Washington Examiner · January 4, 2021 8:00 pm

A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys.

Beltway Confidential

We’re getting the vaccine hysteria we should have expected

Eddie Scarry · January 4, 2021 7:59 pm

‘We are way behind’: FDA commissioner says US has backlog of 35M vaccines

Mica Soellner · January 4, 2021 7:54 pm

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had been seeking a waiver of $10 billion since 2012, said in a statement that an "agreement in principle" had been reached. The agreement with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius still has to be finalized.

Beltway Confidential

Andrew Cuomo is to blame for New York’s vaccine distribution chaos

Kaylee McGhee White · January 4, 2021 7:43 pm

In this image taken from SKY video, emergency services attend the scene of incident in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday June 26, 2020. Police in Glasgow say emergency services are currently dealing with an incident in the center of Scotland's largest city and are urging people to avoid the area.

Scotland to enter monthlong coronavirus lockdown

Mica Soellner · January 4, 2021 6:57 pm

US starts 2021 with record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations

Tyler Van Dyke · January 4, 2021 6:37 pm

Signs point out quantity limits on certain types of ammunition after Dukes Sport Shop reopened, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in New Castle, Pa. Ammo shortages are national.

Washington Secrets

Historic: FBI logs 40% jump in gun checks in 2020, a record 39M

Paul Bedard · January 4, 2021 5:52 pm

900,000 excess deaths expected over next 15 years from pandemic rise in unemployment

Cassidy Morrison · January 4, 2021 5:30 pm

Despite pandemic, Illinois’ legal marijuana sales skyrocket, but tax revenue not panacea

Washington Examiner · January 4, 2021 5:00 pm

500M fewer people flew in 2020, TSA says

Anna Giaritelli · January 4, 2021 4:46 pm

Lawmakers mourn COVID-19 death of Virginia state senator

Washington Examiner · January 4, 2021 4:00 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

New York Democrat revives bill allowing governor to medicate people suspected of contagious illness

Emma Colton · January 4, 2021 3:43 pm