Mask Up! How Public Health Messages Collide With Facebook's Political Ads Ban Nearly two months after Election Day, Facebook still prohibits political ads. The ban is frustrating some elected leaders who say it makes it harder to get out information about the pandemic. Shannon Bond
Pfizer, BioNTech Reach Deal To Supply U.S. With More Vaccine Doses The drugmakers will add an additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the number that they are already supplying the government. They expect to deliver all the doses by July 31. Sydney Lupkin
U.S. Reaches Deal With Pfizer For 100 Million More Vaccine Doses The new deal effectively doubles the federal government's order from the company. Pfizer says the U.S. government has agreed to pay $1.95 billion for the additional doses. Merrit Kennedy
Seattle Now: I got vaccinated Nicole Johnson is an ICU nurse and has been treating Covid patients for months now. On Friday, she got her first injection of the Pfizer vaccine. Clare McGrane
We All Know Smoke Is Bad For Your Health. It Could Be Worse Than You Think Could smoke carry disease-causing microorganisms? "It's a very new idea to think of smoke as having a living component," says Leda Kobziar, co-author of an article that explores this theory. Joanne Lu
Congress Gets COVID-19 Vaccine, But Members Fight Over Who Should Have Priority Top leaders and rank-and-file members are getting the first wave of COVID-19 vaccines. It could speed up the return to business as usual. But some lawmakers say members should wait behind others. Claudia Grisales
December 22nd | Everything you need to know about the latest COVID-19 vaccines Your questions on COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on the latest round of federal pandemic relief. And this week's conversation with King County Executive Dow Constantine. Bill Radke
Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Coordinator, To Retire After Biden Transition "I will be helpful in any role that people think I can be helpful in, and then I will retire," Birx, who has spend more than three decades in public health service, told Newsy on Tuesday. Vanessa Romo
Demand For Temporary Nurses Surges During Pandemic The pandemic has intensified the U.S. nursing shortage, creating opportunities for nurses willing to take on the riskiest work. The booming gig economy has given some a chance to double their pay. Yuki Noguchi
Justice Department Sues Walmart, Alleging It Illegally Dispensed Opioids Damages could total in the billions. "Walmart had the responsibility and the means to help prevent the diversion of prescription opioids. Instead, for years, it did the opposite," the government said. Laurel Wamsley
