Topic: Andy Slavitt

California on Thursday unveiled a $116.5 million vaccine incentive program in an effort to boost vaccinations ahead of the state removing most COVID-19 restrictions on June 15.

The Biden administration has called on the World Health Organization to conduct a second investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic amid a renewed push for one from both scientists and politicians.

The White House has asked dating apps to add badges to profiles to indicate who has been vaccinated, the administration said Friday.

U.S. officials said Monday millions of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses will be released to other countries.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Wednesday that the so-called U.K. variant of the novel coronavirus has become the most dominant strain of the virus in the United States.

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he's moving up his national COVID-19 vaccine deadline, for all residents in all states to be eligible to receive the shots, by almost two weeks.

A highly contagious COVID-19 variant could soon become the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the United States even as spring break festivities ramp up, a top health official warned Monday.

President Joe Biden will make his first prime-time address to the nation this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, the White House said Monday.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that the White House plans to "rapidly catch up" and complete delivery of 6 million doses delayed by the winter storm that affected much of the nation this week.

COVID-19 cases in the United States passed 28 million and deaths were only few thousand from 500,000 as the nation ramps up vaccination distribution after bad weather hampered distribution.