[The stream is slated to start at 3:00 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will hold a press conference Wednesday afternoon. The briefing comes after the Biden government announced on Wednesday that $…

A vial of the Oxford University / AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be seen at the Lochee Health Center in Dundee, Scotland, UK on January 4, 2021. Andy Buchanan | Pool | Reuters LONDON – France and Italy stand ready to resume vaccination programs with the AstraZeneca vaccine quickly once regulators confirm that it is still…

Andy Slavitt, White House Senior Advisor on Covid Response, predicted a growing number of Americans will continue to take the Covid vaccine based on news and evidence from trusted sources. “In Israel, where they are a little ahead of us, 89% of seniors have chosen the vaccine,” Slavitt said. “We believe we can achieve these…

Countries phasing out AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine appear to be responding to citizens’ personal fears, not scientific data to support such a move, said Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel told CNBC on Tuesday. Germany, France and a growing list of other European nations have stopped using AstraZeneca’s vaccine, which was co-developed with Oxford University, in recent days due…

As more and more countries lift travel restrictions on vaccinated people, the world is slowly opening up to travelers again. So travelers without children. To date, no Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in children, said Dr. Sharon Nachman, director of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Department at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Clinical trials vary…

Passengers arrive for American Airlines flights at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois on February 05, 2021. Scott Olson | Getty Images The US could still see a renewed spike in coronavirus – even if vaccinations against Covid-19 surge across the country – as states relax restrictions and more Americans travel to spring break, the…

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) on September 30, 2020 in Berlin. Michele Tantussi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party collapsed after losing two important state elections on Sunday, which put the leadership in even more distress as the country appears to be facing a “third wave” of coronavirus infections. The ruling…

A healthcare professional will prepare a dose of the Oxford / AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccine center at the Brighton Center in Brighton, southern England on January 26, 2021. Ben Stensall | AFP | Getty Images LONDON – The European Union has asked AstraZeneca to do more to meet its contract with the bloc…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo listens to speakers at a vaccination site in New York on March 8, 2021. SETH LITTLE | AFP | Getty Images Larry Schwartz, director of New York vaccine rollout and longtime advisor to Governor Andrew Cuomo, has called some district officials over the past few weeks to rally their support…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday he thinks many Americans will hold group meetings long before President Joe Biden’s goal of celebrating Independence Day. In an interview on Squawk Box, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said he believed the schedule Biden set out in his prime-time speech on Thursday is too conservative…