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Capitol Ink | The final frontier

By Robert Matson
Posted December 1, 2020 at 7:00am
A sign at the entrance to a pharmacy in Burbank, Calif., tells customers that a COVID-19 vaccine is not yet available. While multiple possible vaccines are nearing approval, several steps remain before they could be distributed.

FDA authorization of COVID-19 vaccines would set off a scramble

By Emily Kopp
Posted November 30, 2020 at 9:26am
Janet Woodcock of the FDA testifies before Congress in 2016. She spoke to reporters this week about COVID-19 treatments.

Drug touted by Trump may not alleviate pandemic’s toll on the poor

By Emily Kopp
Posted November 24, 2020 at 2:17pm
Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow is the chamber's fourth-ranking Democrat.

Stabenow says smaller coronavirus relief bill better than nothing

By Doug Sword
Posted November 24, 2020 at 11:44am
Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol Visitor Center on July 24, 2020.

Neal eyes massive coronavirus relief, climate and infrastructure package

By Doug Sword
Posted November 23, 2020 at 7:00am
Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Sept. 23, 2020.

Pressure for ‘targeted’ coronavirus relief bill grows as time dwindles

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 20, 2020 at 3:12pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the press after attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on May 19, 2020. Trump suspended U.S. contributions to the WHO on April 14.

Democrats: Trump WHO funding hold skirted federal budget law

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 20, 2020 at 2:47pm
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced that they will submit vaccine data Thursday to the FDA for an emergency authorization.

Virus vaccination timeline depends on variety of factors

By Emily Kopp
Posted November 20, 2020 at 10:37am
An area is set up at the Capitol Visitor Center for congressional members and staffers to be tested for the coronavirus on Nov. 17, 2020.

Front-line workers in Capitol keep getting COVID-19

By Chris Marquette
Posted November 19, 2020 at 4:50pm
The situation Steve Corman and his wife, Diane Rutherford, who has Alzheimer’s, faced when the pandemic forced her facility to halt in-person visits is emblematic of the dilemma facing long-term care facilities, their patients and regulators across the country.

Long-term care visitation policies vary as COVID-19 cases rise

By Lauren Clason
Posted November 18, 2020 at 6:30am