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Trump's former Surgeon General Jerome Adams says Biden officials must be more transparent to combat vaccine hesitancy
After leaving government in January, Adams has continued to be outspoken about public health issues…
John L. Dorman
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Deborah Birx thought about quitting the COVID-19 task force because the Trump administration would 'misrepresent reality,' but George W. Bush talked her out of it: book
"You've got to do this. You need to finish. You can never quit," Bush told Birx, according to her n…
Oma Seddiq,Kimberly Leonard
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Trump called the White House Coronavirus Task Force 'that f---ing council that Mike has': book
The book "Nightmare Scenario" describes the task force as "a mess" when Dr. Birx first arrived, "in…
John L. Dorman
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Pence was more worried about COVID-19 privately than in his public appearances and was 'rattled' by his press secretary contracting the virus: book
According to the book "Nightmare Scenario," a close advisor's infection gave Pence "a firsthand gli…
John L. Dorman
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Ex-White House aide reveals 'inside story' of what happened when Trump claimed injecting disinfectant could cure COVID-19
Olivia Troye, who served on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, shared how then-President Donal…
Joshua Zitser
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Deborah Birx says there were 'definitely' COVID-19 deniers in the Trump White House
"When you have a pandemic where you're relying on every American to change their behavior, communic…
John L. Dorman
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The White House coronavirus response chief said the winter surge will be the worst event in US history, 'not just the worst public health event'
The US added 1 million COVID-19 cases in the first five days of December, and exceeded 100,000 curr…
Allana Akhtar
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Controversial Trump advisor Dr. Scott Atlas resigned from the White House coronavirus task force
Atlas joined the task force in August as a special government employee, meaning his role was tempor…
Lauren Frias
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White House COVID-19 task force officials reportedly took personal offense to a Trump admin report that lists 'ending the COVID-19 pandemic' as one of Trump's major first term accomplishments
"The White House is operating on a completely different speed than the rest of the health agencies,…
Lauren Frias
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A White House coronavirus task force member says Trump barely meets them anymore, and is only getting updates from Mike Pence and anti-lockdown advisor Scott Atlas instead
Dr. Francis Collins suggested that the president is more focused on campaigning for his reelection …
Mia Jankowicz
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Coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx reportedly says she is 'distressed' at direction of White House COVID-19 task force
Birx told people close to her that she felt her role was diminished after Dr. Scott Atlas joined th…
Lauren Frias
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Fauci says he knew the ex-Pence aide who blasted Trump and called her 'a good person'
Ex-Pence aide Olivia Troye spoke in a scathing ad, released Thursday, condemning the Trump administ…
Lauren Frias
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Trump spent 45 minutes 'going off' on Tucker Carlson instead of sticking to critical agenda during coronavirus meeting, a former aide says
The president derailed a critical agenda item about cruise ship evacuation procedures by criticizin…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Top US coronavirus testing czar defends public health officials after Trump shared a tweet accusing them of lying about the pandemic
"None of us lie," Assistant Secretary of Health Adm. Brett Giroir said. "We are completely transpar…
Lauren Frias
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Bill Gates says there's 'way above' a 5% risk we haven't seen the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Microsoft cofounder told the FT the pandemic could yet generate a coronavirus variant "even mor…
Sam Tabahriti
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'No easy task': Trump campaigns on a return to normalcy during a pandemic that's killed 80,000 on his watch
Trump is facing an uphill battle as the death toll rises, job losses deepen and polling shows most …
Kayla Epstein,Sonam Sheth,John Haltiwanger
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Trump says White House coronavirus task force will continue 'indefinitely,' one day after he flirted with disbanding it
The president's announcement the task force will continue came less than a day after Trump and the …
John Haltiwanger
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Supreme Court sets up a 12-member National Task Force to facilitate public health response to the pandemic
The top court said in its order passed on May 6 uploaded on Saturday that the Secretary of th…
PTI
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Trump says he holds a grudge against Mitt Romney and doesn't want his advice on restarting the US economy
Romney is the sole GOP senator who voted to convict Trump in the impeachment trial. He is also the …
Sam Fellman
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Leaders on Trump's COVID-19 task force are sounding the alarm as the infections rise across the US
Drs. Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci are among them, countering Trump's efforts to dismiss the threa…