Religion, Politics, Opposition To Vaccines

Why Some White Evangelical Republicans Are So Opposed To The COVID-19 Vaccine by Natalie Jackson.  FiveThirtyEight.  August 28, 2021.  

Fastest-Growing States Consistently Rank Last When It Comes To Health And Health Care

The Fastest-Growing U.S. States Have The Worst Health Care by David Blumenthal and David C. Radley.    Harvard Business Review.  June 2, 2021.   

Political Vaccine Resistance Growing Harder to Turn Off

 "I'm Still A Zero":  Vaccine-Resistant Republicans Warn That Their Skepticism Is Worsening by Dan Diamond.  The Washington Post.  April 20, 2021.  

Athens-Clarke County Will Get $60 Million From Rescue Plan

Athens-Clarke County Will Get $60 Million From Rescue Plan by Blake Aued.  Flagpole.  March 17, 2021.   

Georgia To Challenge Revocation Of Medicaid Waiver/Georgia Medicaid Eligible For Up To $700 Million Under New Incentives

 Georgia Vows To Continue Fight If Feds Kill Medicaid Waiver Plan by Andy Miller.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  March 17, 2021.  

Uncertainty About Trump's Position On Covid Relief Bill Is Delaying $9 Billion In State Vaccine Funding

 Trump's Threat To Veto Covid Relief Bill Is Holding Up $9 Billion In State Vaccine Funding by Noah Higgins-Dunn.  CNBC.  December 24, 2020.  

Misinformation Messengers Pivot From Election Fraud To Peddling Vaccine Conspiracy Theories

Misinformation Messengers Pivot From Election Fraud To Peddling Vaccine Conspiracy Theories by Davey Alba and Sheera Frenkel.  The New York Times.  December 16, 2020.   

Presidential Elections May Be Bad For Your Health

 Presidential Elections May Be Bad For Your Health by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  October 20, 2020.  

Not Just Obamacare: How Supreme Court's Conservative Majority Could Remake American Health Care

 Not Just Obamacare:  How Supreme Courts Conservative Majority Could Remake American Health Care by Susannah Luthi.  Politco.  October 15, 2020.  

Faced With Possibly 400,000 Deaths By Inauguration Day, Biden Drafts Far Reaching Plans

 Biden's Covid Response Plan Draws From F.D.R.'s New Deal by Abby Goodnough and Sheryl Gay Stolberg.  The New York Times.  October 14, 2020.  

New England Journal Of Medicine: Current Political Leaders Dangerously Incompetent To Deal With Health Crisis

 Dying In A Leadership Vacuum.  The Editors.  The New England Journal Of Medicine.  October 8, 2020.  

Pandemic Is Reducing Freedom Worldwide

 COVID-19 Is Also A Crisis For Democracy And Human Rights by Michael J. Abramowitz & Jeremy Rosner.  RealClear Poltics.  October 2, 2020.  

Death Of Ginsburg Increases Possibility That Obamacare Could Be Abolished: What Are The Implications?

 If The Supreme Court Ends Obamacare, Here's What It Would Mean by Reed Abelson And Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  September 22, 2020.  

Right-Wing Editor Spread Misinformation About Coronavirus While Working For Dr. Fauci's Agency

 N.I.H Official Departs After Anonymous Post Attacking Public Health Leaders by Zach Montague.  September 21, 2020.  

C.D.C Undermined: Guidance On Aerosols Vanishes From Website

 Advice On Airborne Virus Transmission Vanishes From C.D.C. Website by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  September 21, 2020.  

Food And Drug Administration Barred From Signing Rules Regarding Foods, Medicines, Medical Devices AND Vaccines

In "Power Grab"  Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over F.D.A. by Sheila Kaplan.  The New York Times.  September 19, 2020.  

177 New York Public Transit Workers Have Been Harassed Or Assault By Riders Who Refuse Masks Or Social Distancing

Whe  A Bus Driver Told A Rider Two Wear A Mask, "He Knocked Me Out Cold" by Christina Goldbaum.  The New York Times.  September 18, 2020.   

CDC Response To COVID-19 Hampered by Communication, Coordination, Political Pressure, Confusion, And Distrust

 How The CDC Failed Local Public Health Officials Fighting The Coronavirus by Brett Murphy and Letitia Stein.  USA TODAY.  September 16, 2020.  

CDC's Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Reports Being Subjected To Political Review To Align With White House Statements

 Trump Officials Interfered With CDC Reports On Covid-19 by Dan Diamond.  Politico.  September 11, 2020.  

Public Comment Function Broken On Kemp Proposal To Block ACA Website

 Public Comment Function Broken On Kemp Proposal To Block ACA Website by Ariel Hart.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  September 8, 2020.