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White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Ashish Jha, the White House’s point person on the COVID-19 response, will depart from the administration next week. A White House official said Jha will return to Brown University, where he had served as the dean of the university’s school of public health before joining the White House as its COVID-19 coordinator in April 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden says COVID-19 Coordinator Ashish Jha is leaving post, as U.S. moves on from virus

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Ashish Jha, the White House’s point person on the COVID-19 response, will depart from the administration next week. A White House official said Jha will return to Brown University, where he had served as the dean of the university’s school of public health before joining the White House as its COVID-19 coordinator in April 2022.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, to leave post next week

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Vaccines sit at the ready at the Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lakewood. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

White House COVID-19 chief: Safer holiday season in sight after rough 2020-2021

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this file photo, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

White House COVID coordinator: Country can weather new BA.5 variant just fine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House COVID-19 coordinator: Vaccination of children under 5 could begin mid-June

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022. The White House is planning for “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19. In public comments and private meetings on Capitol Hill, Jha has painted a dark picture in which the U.S. could be forced to cede many of the advances made against the coronavirus over the last two years and even the most vulnerable could face supply shortages. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. sees risk of COVID supply rationing without more funds

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Patrons eat indoors at Philippe the Original restaurant in Los Angeles, Friday. Feb. 25, 2022. Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services, told The Associated Press, Thursday, April 14, 2022, that California has no plans to impose new statewide pandemic restrictions despite an anticipated rise in coronavirus cases primarily due to a new highly transmissible omicron variant. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

White House: Virus surge is ‘challenging’ but an uptick in Paxlovid use is stalling disease

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022. Speaking to the Associated Press, Jha said Americans' immune protection from the virus is waning and the virus is adapting to be more contagious, and that booster doses for most people will be necessary — with the potential for enhanced protection from a new generation of shots. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots: AP Interview

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 13, 2022. Biden will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, March 1. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

New White House coordinator not worried about BA.2 surge

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

They were experts in viruses, and now in pitfalls of fame

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

Study: Worst hospitals treat larger share of poor

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press