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Biden Promotes $100 Incentives to Encourage Unvaccinated to Get Their Shots
Presently, 97 percent of all people hospitalized for coronavirus in the U.S. are unvaccinated.
As Delta Variant Spreads, the “Honor System” for Masking Hasn’t Worked
The CDC has issued new guidelines suggesting that people resume wearing masks indoors as COVID cases rise worldwide.
Biden Faces Growing Pressure to Force Big Pharma to Share Vaccine Recipes
The U.S. government owns the patent for critical spike-protein technology utilized in the development of COVID vaccines.
COVID’s Taken 3 Million Lives as Rich Nations Blocked Vaccine Patent Waiver
It has become abundantly clear that current vaccine production levels are not sufficient to meet global needs.
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.