Biden makes his economic case in deep-red South Carolina, says his policies add jobs in GOP states
President Joe Biden visited South Carolina on Thursday to make the argument that even Republican-led states are gaining factory jobs under economic measures he pushed through Congress despite stiff GOP opposition.
The Latest: Brazil high court says vaccine can be mandatory
(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)RIO DE JANEIRO โ Brazilโs Supreme Court says coronavirus vaccination can be made mandatory, delivering a blow to the nationโs nascent anti-vaccine movement. Public health officials have issued daily appeals for people to remain cautious over the Christmas holidays, as hospitals in high-infection areas remain close to capacity. At a press conference Thursday, Abbott said he had not yet been vaccinated but planned to do so after front-line health care workers are inoculated. Intensive care units in some regions were at or near full capacity, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. State health commissioner Dr. Lance Frye said no one in the second phase to receive vaccinations will be removed.
The Latest: Alaska reports 2nd adverse reaction to vaccine
Nurse Banu Mufale administers a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to physical therapist Becca Mamrol on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP, Pool)JUNEAU, Alaska -- Health officials in Alaska have reported that a second health care worker had an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine. ___THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:A health worker in Alaska suffered a severe allergic reaction after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. โ-JUNEAU, Alaska โ Health officials in Alaska reported a health care worker had a severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine within 10 minutes of receiving a shot. The governorโs office announced Wednesday that the state has received all of its initial allotment of coronavirus vaccine doses.