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Florida Accounts for 1 in 5 New COVID Cases as DeSantis Sells Anti-Fauci Shirts
Florida physicians have attributed the state's COVID surge to the governor's rush to end public health restrictions.
Many Elder Care Workers Still Refuse to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
More than 40 percent of nursing home and long-term health care workers in the U.S. have yet to receive vaccinations.
GOP Legislators in Missouri Oppose Vaccine as State Becomes COVID Hotspot
State Rep. Bill Kidd contracted COVID-19 after joking that he didn’t get a vaccine because he’s a Republican.
The Delta Variant Is Feasting on the Unvaxxed — and It’s Getting Worse
Donald Trump says vaccine refusal is due to people's distrust of the 2020 election results. Whose fault is that?
Biden-Merkel Meeting Fails to Move Forward Vaccine Patent Waiver
Biden's support for the waiver garnered applause, but he's since failed to convince other world powers to follow suit.
Republicans Force Tennessee Health Department to Stop Vaccine Outreach to Youth
The decision was made after Republicans threatened to dissolve the Tennessee Health Department.
Pfizer Is Upholding Global Vaccine Apartheid. Today We Risk Arrest to Stop It.
Billions of people still haven’t received their first dose due to their inability to access a COVID vaccine.
Census Data Show Half of Unvaccinated Americans Live in Lower-Income Households
While the GOP has politicized the vaccine, issues of access may be barring many from having the choice to get the jab.
Conspiracy Theories Aren’t the Only Thing Holding Back US Vaccination Efforts
Structural barriers are at play. If we want more people vaccinated, we must give guaranteed sick leave to all workers.
Data Show Far Right Media Could Be Fueling Growing Partisan Vaccination Gap
The vaccination gap between counties that voted for Trump versus those that went for Biden is a stark 11.7 percent.