Surgeon general defends embattled vaccine mandate

Surgeon general defends embattled vaccine mandate-politico:  Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration’s workplace rules on vaccine mandates after a federal court blocked a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy.

US to purchase 500M more vaccine doses for world

US to purchase 500M more vaccine doses for world-thehill:  President Biden will announce that the United States is purchasing an additional 500 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to donate to the world, as he seeks to boost the global vaccination effort.

Johnson & Johnson says booster shot provides strong protection against Covid-19

Johnson & Johnson says booster shot provides strong protection against Covid-19-politico:  Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine given two months after the first strengthens protection against moderate illness and severe disease.

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says it’s ‘moronic’ for conservatives to politicize the COVID vaccines

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says it’s ‘moronic’ for conservatives to politicize the COVID vaccines-saltlaketribune:  Sen. Romney's comments come days after an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference gathering in Texas cheered that the U.S. fell short of President Joe Biden’s vaccination goal.

Biden expected to announce US will buy 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses for the world

Biden expected to announce US will buy 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses for the world-rollcall:  The United States plans to purchase and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use overseas, a person familiar with the expected announcement confirmed.

White House outlines plans to donate coronavirus vaccines abroad

White House outlines plans to donate coronavirus vaccines abroad-rollcall: The Biden administration on Thursday announced it would send 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to other nations struggling with the pandemic by the end of the month and outlined a plan for allocating the first 25 million doses.

A shot at a million: Ohio offers vaccinated a chance to win big bucks

A shot at a million: Ohio offers vaccinated a chance to win big bucks, college scholarships-politico:  Ohio will give away $1 million each to five vaccinated adults within the coming weeks as an incentive for residents to get the shot, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Wednesday.

Biden urges at least 70 percent of US adults to get first shot by July 4

Biden urges at least 70 percent of US adults to get first shot by July 4-rollcall: President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he wants 70 percent of American adults to receive at least one COVID-19 vaccination and more than half of U.S. adults to be fully vaccinated by the Fourth of July.

COVID-19 vaccine boosters could present equity, pricing issues

COVID-19 vaccine boosters could present equity, pricing issues-rollcall:  Convincing Americans to take COVID-19 vaccines, distributing the shots, equitably prioritizing people for vaccinations and negotiating fair prices has been a herculean task. The federal government and states may need to do it all again for booster shots to stop the spread of contagious mutations — but the Biden administration has not yet released a plan, and experts warn that the United States could repeat past mistakes unless the country starts planning now.