What You Need To Know About Chicago’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan
If you’re not a health care worker, don’t line up for your shots just yet.
If you’re not a health care worker, don’t line up for your shots just yet.
Bipartisan negotiators are trying to finalize a coronavirus deal with money for businesses, jobless Americans and vaccine distribution. The top Republican says they should vote on items they agree on.
As Illinois awaits its first shipment of vaccine, Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is working to convince communities of color that it’s safe.
Civil rights and advocacy groups have been lobbying Joe Biden over his cabinet picks; Biden has promised to have the most diverse cabinet in history. Retired general Lloyd Austin, Biden’s pick for Defense Secretary, will be the first Black man in that role — if he can overcome objections tied to civilian control of the military.This episode: correspondent Scott Detrow, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Dec. 8 is known as the “safe harbor” deadline for states to certify their results. Past the deadline, Congress has significantly less latitude to intervene in the election results.
The decision could delay the delivery of a second batch of doses until manufacturer Pfizer fulfills other international contracts.
Joe Biden has named his picks for top health posts as the nation faces a post-Thanksgiving pandemic surge. And Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus. A vaccine could receive emergency use authorization as soon as this week.This episode: White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, health correspondent Allison Aubrey, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Washington lawmakers may be close to passing a second COVID-19 relief Bill.
After being hit by GOP criticism, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ousted LaSalle administrator Angela Mehlbrech following fatal a COVID-19 outbreak at the home.
Chicago officials are launching a racial healing initiative after a year that amplified long-standing inequities.