Reports job growth slowed with only 266,000 jobs added. The Department of Labor released its economic indicators of the job market on Friday. The report found that the…
Read MorePandemic Recovery
USDA Launches Summer Nutrition Program
Over 30 million children to receive food assistance . On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that, as a part of the American Rescue Plan, the department…
Read More
CDC Resumes Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Use
Pause for evaluation lasted 11 days. The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, approved by the FDA for emergency use in the U.S. months ago, was paused after tests…
Read More
First Lady Visits Navajo Grade School
Largest Native American reservation communicates pandemic challenges. The first lady visited with the Navajo Nation for three days last week, stopping by a reservation grade school on her…
Read More
President to Meet With Canada’s Prime Minister
They will focus primarily on the shared goal of ending the COVID-19 pandemic White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced on Saturday that President Joe Biden will be…
Read More
Unemployment Drops Below 780,000
Restaurants and bars hiring as COVID restrictions ease. The Labor Department released their most recent data on unemployment in the United States. The findings of the report were…
Read More
President Meets with Senators on Virus Aid
Lawmakers propose one-third stimulus that President Biden supports. As the first month of 2021 came to a close with no new stimulus payments approved since December, President Biden…
Read More
NIH Releases Phase 3 Results on New Vaccine
Johnson and Johnson’s one-dose vaccine “appears to be safe and effective.” The National Institutes of Health within the U.S. Health and Human Services Department has announced that “investigational…
Read More
COVID-19 Economic Stop-gap Proposed
Would increase federal aid programs for struggling Americans. On Friday, President Biden announced his approach to continuing the federal response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Read More
President Signs Executive Orders on Pandemic
President says his intent is to “build the trust of the American people.” There have been over 24 million reported cases of COVID-19 nationwide and estimates say that…
Read More