Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

Biden pushing federal workers 鈥� hard 鈥� to get vaccinated

July 29, 2021 at 12:13 p.m.

President Joe Biden is announcing strict new testing, masking and distancing requirements for federal employees who can鈥檛鈥� or won鈥檛鈥� show they鈥檝e been vaccinated against the coronavirus, aiming to...

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Vaccinations rise in some states with soaring infections

July 22, 2021 at 3:41 p.m.

Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where COVID-19 cases are soaring, White House officials said Thursday, and hospitals are running out of space because of the delta variant,...

Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

June 22, 2021 at 7:18 a.m.

Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet...

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Feds provide $7.4 billion for public health; plan includes hiring school nurses

May 13, 2021 at 9:27 a.m.

The government will provide $7.4 billion to expand the nation's public health capacity by hiring school nurses to vaccinate kids and creating a service corps around health care as well...

Reversing Trump, U.S. restores transgender health protections

May 10, 2021 at 8:28 a.m.

The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of...

Democrats seek narrow path to rein in cost of medicines

May 2, 2021 at 10:41 p.m.

President Joe Biden’s call for authorizing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices has energized Democrats on a politically popular idea they've been pushing for nearly 20 years only to...

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More than a half million Americans gain coverage under Biden

April 7, 2021 at 2:26 p.m.

More than a half million Americans have taken advantage of the Biden administration鈥檚 special health insurance sign-up window keyed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government announced Wednesday in anticipation that...

COVID-19 law sparks dialogue on nursing home alternatives

March 24, 2021 at 11:43 a.m.

With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an...

Solid sign-ups for Biden鈥檚 new “Obamacare” coverage offer

March 3, 2021 at 8:17 a.m.

More than 200,000 people signed up for coverage in the first two weeks after President Joe Biden re-opened HealthCare.gov as part of his coronavirus response, the government said Wednesday.

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Pentagon deploys troops to fuel COVID-19 vaccine drive

February 5, 2021 at 11:20 a.m.

The Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 troops to five vaccination centers in what will be the first wave of increased military support for the White House campaign to get...

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