Healthcare Updates
- Feds say pause in J&J Covid vaccine could last daysThe pause comes after six women between the ages of 18 and 48 developed severe blood clots days after receiving the single-shot vaccine.
- FDA lifts curbs on dispensing abortion pills during pandemicThe FDA concluded that allowing patients to receive abortion pills through the mail will not increase risks.
- The unlikely state setting the U.S. vaccination paceThe sprawling state, one of the nation's poorest, overcame the odds by keeping things simple.
Political Updates
- McConnell vs. Trump: Why the GOP Is Right to WorryFrom the history of these spats, it makes sense that Republicans are still kneeling to an out-of-power president.
- Blinken names State Department's chief diversity and inclusion officerGina Abercrombie-Winstanley served as a senior career diplomat for more than three decades.
- Biden offers measured response after viewing 'graphic' police footage of Daunte Wright's deathWright’s death occurred amid the ongoing trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd.