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With discussions ongoing, President Joe Biden's plan for a national mask standard for workplaces will miss its deadline. In other news the White House is rolling back covid tests for its own staffers, and the administration comments on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's vaccine czar controversy.
The Biden administration has raised the average figure Medicare pays providers giving out covid vaccines from $28 to $40 for single-dose shots and $45 to $80 for double doses. The move is to encourage providers to give more vaccinations.
The president will crisscross the nation on a “Help is here” tour to cheer passage of his covid-relief legislation and the nearly-there inoculation of 100 million Americans.
As polls show strong hesitancy among Republicans, some Biden administration officials call on former President Donald Trump to more forcefully encourage his supporters to get vaccinated. President Joe Biden says that education efforts by doctors and preachers could be more effective though.
In addition to testing its existing coronavirus vaccine on young children, Moderna is also starting to test a next-generation version of the vaccine that is storable at a higher, more refrigerator-friendly temperature.
Mississippi, Georgia and California are adding millions of new places in their vaccination lists. But areas like the suburbs of Philadelphia are still struggling with supply of the vaccines, and some groups are still reluctant to be vaccinated.
Concerns over reports of blood clots in people who received that particular shot have led Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden to join the list of nations to stop using it. Other countries, like Canada and Thailand, take steps to reassure their citizens that the AstraZeneca jab is safe.
While investigations are underway, there is yet no evidence of a link to severe adverse effects and many health experts say nations are reacting prematurely. And they worry that even if AstraZeneca's vaccine is proven safe, the damage is done to public confidence.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Genetic sequencing has shown that a man who survived Ebola during the 2014-16 outbreak in West Africa has almost certainly started the new outbreak in Guinea that has killed at least nine people. The discovery has profound implications, The New York Times reports.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic topics and others.
Drug overdose cases are reportedly up during the pandemic, a fact reflected in record CDC figures for overdose deaths in the year up to May 2020. At the same time, reports suggest fewer smokers are quitting and research says more than 50% of covid survivors suffer depression disorders.
As the U.S. rollout expands, members of an NBA team get vaccinated while Yo-Yo Ma plays for the waiting area of another site after getting his shot.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social media company will be labeling all posts that contain information about covid-19 vaccines as well as launching a tool to help people find available vaccine sites nearby. The news comes as a study shows some non-rule-breaking content shared on Facebook helped spread vaccine mistrust.
With more people around the world vaccinated, scientists and disease experts are encouraged by how well the shots are performing, even with emerging virus variants.
Despite public health officials' warnings, many college students are traveling to popular spring break locations and largely neglecting to take covid precautions.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says President Joe Biden's goal of a more normal Fourth of July holiday is realistic, but only if state governments and the American public do not prematurely abandon precautions. He points to plateauing infections in the U.S. and spikes in Europe as warning signs.
A recent PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll found that half of U.S. Republican men have no plans to be vaccinated -- a trend that means the U.S. could fall short of herd immunity to covid-19. Dr. Anthony Fauci said the resistance "makes absolutely no sense" and believes former President Donald Trump could convince his supporters to get the shot.
The Biden administration is rushing to roll out a new website to help with vaccine registrations and unveiling an outreach campaign to increase public confidence in the covid shot.
The CDC's updated rules highlight the importance of mask-wearing for kids ages 2 and older, maintaining social distancing and air circulation. Meanwhile, Fauci says the CDC is considering data about dropping social distance spacing to just 3 feet.
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