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A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Biden aides pressed Amazon on ‘vaccine misinformation,’ reducing ‘visibility’ of COVID-related books

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

First lady Jill Biden, looks to a young person getting a COVID-19 vaccine as she and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, tour a COVID-19 vaccination site at Isaac Middle School in Phoenix, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool) ** FILE **

Andy Slavitt: Full FDA licenses, global threat to the young may boost lagging COVID-19 vaccine rates

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Registered nurse Anna Yadgaro inoculates Juana Mejia with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

White House says half of U.S. adults will be fully vaccinated after Tuesday

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks on updated guidance on mask mandates, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Andy Slavitt, Biden adviser, insists mask guidance based on science, not political pressure

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

US setting up $1.7B national network to track virus variants

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this March 19, 2021, photo, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leads President Joe Biden into the room for a COVID-19 briefing at the headquarters for the CDC Atlanta. Walensky is making an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19. She warned on March 29 of a potential “fourth wave” of the virus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Next slide, please: Inside wonky White House virus briefings

By NANCY BENAC and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office after traveling to Georgetown University to receive ashes for Ash Wednesday, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden defends progress on COVID as weather delays 6M shots

By ZEKE MILLER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

President Joe Biden tours the COVID-19 vaccine center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, with Col. Andrew Barr, director of Walter Reed, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon approves 1,000-troop deployment to support COVID-19 vaccine effort

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A person wearing face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks near a sign advertising a rapid COVID-19 testing site in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

White House to invest $230 million in rapid coronavirus test

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Firefighter Henry Hsieh receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a fire station in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Biden team: Exploring DPA to increase COVID-19 vaccine-production sites

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A new report released Thursday found that the Obamacare co-ops, once seen as a key part of the president's national health care law, have not repaid a single dollar of the combined $1.2 billion they received in federal loans, and Senate Republicans are arguing that the U.S. Treasury will never be made whole. (Associated Press)

Obamacare failed co-ops haven’t repaid any of $1.2B in taxpayer loans: GOP

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Andy Slavitt, acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Image: http://www.cms.gov)

Top Obamacare official eyes stability on exchanges, a $40 billion market

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this May 12, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo, File)

Top Obamacare official pledges action on failing co-ops

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Andrew Slavitt, group executive vice president for Optum/QSSI, left, and Lynn Spellecy, corporate counsel for Equifax Workforce Solutions, listen to questioning during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with contractors that built the federal government's health care websites in Washington, in this Oct. 24, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Health official insists Obamacare exchanges are sustainable; GOP critics skeptical

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, photo, a laptop shows the HealthCare.com web site during an Affordable Care Act enrollment event at the Fort Worth Public Library in Fort Worth, Texas. For the second year in a row, millions of Americans have signed up for subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama's law. But as the 2015 sign-up season draws to a close Sunday, the future of the Affordable Care Act remains in doubt. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Obamacare officials admit blunder: 800K got faulty tax info from federal website

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obamacare hits 2.5 million enrollees; officials say that doesn’t count ‘extremely busy’ weekend

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks on the phone in the Oval Office in this undated photo. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obamacare sticker shock fears: Government pleads with Americans to shop around

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, Blue Bridge Benefits LLC agent Patricia Sarabia helps customers interested in Obama Care at a kiosk at Compare Foods in Winston-Salem, N.C. Such atypical approaches to selling health insurance policies are playing out across the country since the second round of open enrollment under the federal Affordable Care Act opened in mid-November. Insurance companies and some states are focusing heavily on signing up eligible Hispanics, a group that accounts for a large share of the nation's uninsured but largely avoided applying for coverage during the first full year the health care reform law was in effect. Hispanics accounted for just 11 percent of those who enrolled in the private policies sold during the initial sign-up period, which ended in March. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Obamacare customers need to shop around to find deals, HHS says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Timothy Murphy, Pennsylvania Republican. (Associated Press)

Rep. Tim Murphy: GOP knew HealthCare.gov would be an ‘unmitigated disaster’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times