Both Houses of Congress remain in session this coming week for floor voting and committee business.
Bloomberg reports that
New U.S. Covid-19 cases declined by almost 100,000 last week to the fewest since early October, while an average of 1,326 people died of the disease each day, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg show. The week’s death toll of 9,284 was the lowest since mid-November. U.S. immunization has expanded amid a growing supply of vaccines and a drive by President Joe Biden’s administration to help roll them out. The U.S. vaccination rate over the last week was about 2.5 million doses per day * * *.
Here’s a link to the CDC’s website on demographic characteristics of Americans who have received the COVID-19 vaccination(s).
HHS’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is holding its annual Patient Safety Awareness Week from March 14 to March 20.
From the FEHB front