Healthcare Updates
- CDC struggles to expand pandemic response team as morale plummetsStaff described a summer marked by demands to digest complex data in record time as the government raced to update policies in the face of Delta.
- Biden announces expanded booster rollout amid confusion over eligibility
- Booster confusion takes hold as Biden announces expanded eligibility"We have the tools to beat Covid if we come together as a country and use the tools we have," Biden said.
Political Updates
- Being a Woman in German Politics Still Isn’t Easy. Annalena Baerbock’s Rise and Fall Shows Why.The candidate's struggles reminded female politicians in Germany that even after 16 years of Angela Merkel, the country has a long way to go.
- DNC to host first in-person fundraiser of the Covid eraAfter going virtual for 18 months, the committee will once again raise cash indoors.
- Opinion | The Roots of Democratic DisarrayThe party never actually agreed on an agenda, even as Biden moved aggressively with the slimmest of margins in Congress.