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A nurse fills out a vaccine card at an L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College.

The Biden administration will pay community groups to help boost trust in vaccines

2:15pm February 08, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Health Resources and Services Administration is distributing $66.5 million to community groups working across 38 states and Washington, D.C. to help with local vaccine outreach.

First lady Jill Biden listens as President Biden speaks during a "Cancer Moonshot" event at the White House on Wednesday. According to the White House, her advocacy for cancer education and prevention began in 1993, when four of her friends were diagnosed

Here's how the Biden administration says it will halve cancer death rates by 2047

5:56pm February 02, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

President Biden is relaunching "Cancer Moonshot," an initiative he led as vice president. It aims to dramatically reduce cancer deaths and improve the experience of patients, survivors and families.

President Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response on Thursday. Experts say his administration's efforts have yielded mixed results in the first year Biden's been in office.

A year in, experts assess Biden's hits and misses on handling the pandemic

6:57pm January 18, 2022

When he came into office, Biden launched an ambitious seven-point plan for defeating the virus. Here's how experts score his results.

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A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out last month in Youngstown, Ohio. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden adminis

How to get insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests, according to the White House

9:59pm January 10, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The Biden administration says Americans should be able to order COVID-19 tests online later this month. Those who are eligible can get eight free over-the-counter at-home tests a month.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies at a Senate hearing. The agency has come under criticism for not holding regular briefings. This week, Walensky pledged to hold regular briefings moving forward.

CDC is criticized for failing to communicate, promises to do better

5:14pm January 08, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held only two telebriefings in 2021. That lack of transparency has prompted criticism — and a pledge from director Dr. Rochelle Walensky to be more open.

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A new executive order from President Biden calls on the State Department to create a system through which passports can be renewed online.

You may soon be able to renew your passport online, instead of sending in documents

3:50pm December 16, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

A new executive order from President Biden is designed to streamline the process for things like contacting the IRS, enrolling in Social Security online and, yes, renewing your passport.

Claudio Rojas, who was deported from the U.S. in 2019, is silhouetted against a curtained window of his home in Moreno, Argentina, on May 8, 2021. He was able to return to the U.S. in August.

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An immigrant activist says ICE deported him in retaliation. Now he's back in the U.S.

10:40am December 15, 2021

by Joel Rose

The Biden administration has allowed several prominent immigrants' rights activists back into the U.S. after they charged that immigration authorities were retaliating against them for speaking out.

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves his office after speaking with President Biden about his long-stalled domestic agenda, at the Capitol on Monday.

Where things stand with the monthly expanded child tax credit payments

1:31pm December 14, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Because an extension of the child tax credit is tied in with President Biden's Build Back Better social spending plan, it remains unclear whether the monthly payments will continue beyond this year.

Why is the Biden administration increasing the cost of building houses?

6:30am December 07, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

The Biden administration has doubled duties on lumber imported from Canada. Critics argue it hurts the goal of affordable housing.

A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day earlier this year in Los Angeles. According to the Centers for Disease Control

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Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000 for the first time

3:24pm November 17, 2021

by Brian Mann

The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.