WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators have instructed Maryland’s Emergent BioSolutions to scrap some batches of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine substance manufactured at the company’s troubled Baltimore plant, while clearing a small portion to be used in the U.S. or sent abroad.
Two batches of the J&J vaccine substance made...
Like many congregate facilities, Virginia’s state-run mental hospitals reported an increase in deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. But the “vast majority” of those deaths weren’t the result of COVID-19, according to a state watchdog group tasked with advocating for Virginians with disabilities.
The findings are raising concerns that patients are...
On a warm day in May, Garry Wakely strode vigorously down the streets of downtown Bristol, Virginia, stopping just short of flat-out run. In less than 15 minutes, a group of volunteers and employees with the Mount Rogers Health District would pack up the day’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at...
Prescriptions for getting Virginia back to work, written by two business leaders from Hampton Roads, are so tone deaf and offensive that I wondered if they were serious.
The leaders of their local chambers of commerce — one of whom has pocketed an annual compensation package of nearly $300,000 —...
WASHINGTON — Free child care during COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Late-night appointment slots on Fridays.
And free beer for everybody over 21 if President Joe Biden’s vaccination goal is reached next month.
These are some of the latest incentives and strategies lined up by the Biden administration to boost national vaccinations against COVID-19...
For years, prison officials in Virginia have focused on visitors as they sought to crack down on the flow of drugs and contraband to incarcerated people.
They strip-searched children, banned menstruating women from wearing tampons and limited the number of people prisoners could put on their visitors list.
So when the...
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee are pushing for Secretary of State Antony Blinken to declassify documents from a research facility in China relating to the origins of the coronavirus.
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, the top Republican on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, along with...
The number of children in foster care across Virginia has remained relatively stable throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But one of the state’s largest private foster care agencies has seen a major decline in parental inquiries — raising concerns over its ability to make new placements.
Nancy Toscano, the president and...
WASHINGTON — Angry U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday had one key question as they grilled executives of a Maryland biotech manufacturer forced to dump 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine: Has there been one usable vaccine dose produced as a result of the $271 million paid...
By Isabelle Brocas, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A growing number of states, cities and companies are offering incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated. And the sweeteners keep getting bigger and better.
New Jersey, for example, is picking up the tab for a free beer for anyone...
