President Biden inherited a disaster, and we’re not even referring to the pandemic that’s killed 400,000 Americans and is on track to kill 100,000 more by mid-February. No, this is about the vaccine rollout. Almost 20 million doses are sitting unused in America, while you desperately scramble to sign up […]
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The great polio vaccine mess and the lessons it holds about federal coordination for today’s COVID-19 vaccination effort
Elementary students initially received polio vaccines at school. PhotoQuest/Archive Photos via Getty Images I nervously fell into a long line of fellow first graders in the gymnasium of St. Louis’ Hamilton Elementary School in the spring of 1955. We were waiting for our first injection of the new polio vaccine. […]
2020 was a mess but online dating on Tinder thrived more than ever
There is no doubt that it has been a strange, sad, and difficult year but where dating is concerned, the world never slows down. Online dating apps such as Tinder not only survived, but thrived in 2020. It makes sense with so many restrictions in place that people would turn […]
Trump’s Regeneron Treatment Is a Tangled Ethical Mess
Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg President Donald Trump is illustrating the ethical perils of the “compassionate use” of unapproved medical products in real time. The president’s use of an experimental drug outside of a clinical trial, and the company’s offer of the product to the president’s political rival, raise questions about […]
Opinion | Frenzied speculation over Trump’s health only feeds the misinformation mess he created
Experts warn that last week’s revelation is fertile soil for all sorts of opportunists to plant lies, especially ahead of an election. Adversaries abroad could attempt to destabilize democracy by suggesting, for example, an elite plot to replace the president on the ballot; domestic actors might cook up tales to […]
Gov. DeWine explains testing mess; US surpasses 5 million confirmed cases
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was bullish on coronavirus tests Sunday despite his own testing hiccup as the U.S. reached another astonishing milestone by surpassing 5 million confirmed cases. The U.S. is home to about one-quarter of cases reported worldwide. And our numbers continue to roar higher: More than 56,000 new U.S. cases were reported Sunday, with […]
Inside The Coronavirus Data Mess The Trump Administration Created
Earlier this week, critical data about the availability of ICU and hospital beds around the country vanished from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website. Independent researchers who rely on the data to track and forecast the toll of the virus no longer had quick access. Members of the […]