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Nearly eight percent of the people who received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose — roughly 5 million Americans — didn't return for the second shot, according to a New York Times report. The report cites the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which only included people who got their first Moderna dose by March 7 or first Pfizer dose by March 14. Each of these

President Joe Biden had harsh words for "MAGA Republicans" and described the 2022 midterm elections as a "battle for the soul of the nation" in a speech from Philadelphia Tuesday night. 

In the 24-minute speech, Biden accused former President Donald Trump and his supporters of trying to create a country "where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception,

President Joe Biden called on Congress and state governments to suspend taxes on gas and diesel for three months. 

While Biden has faced strong pressure to do something about high gas prices, leaders from both parties in Congress have expressed skepticism or outright opposition to a gas tax holiday. Addressing these concerns, Biden said he understood that “the gas tax holiday alone is

The FDA updated its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to include updated booster shots designed to fight the highly contagious BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants. 

The updated booster shots came ahead of an expected fall or winter wave of COVID-19 cases. The U.S. currently has a seven-day average of about 90,000 daily new cases, but last