50 percent of vaccines held back by Trump administration for unknown reason

January 7th, 20210 LANSING — Governor Whitmer has joined several other state governors to call on the federal government to release millions of COVID-19 vaccines held back by the Trump administration for unknown reasons. Whitmer joined Gavin Newsom (CA), Laura Kelly (KS), J.B. Pritzker (IL), Tim Walz (MN), Andrew Cuomo (NY), Tony Evers (WI) and Jay...

Trump nominates Arab American Alex Azar as U.S health secretary

November 13th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.—On November 13, Alex Azar was nominated to be the next United States Health and Human Services secretary. If the nomination goes through, Azar will be the second Arab American to serve in this position. Previously, Donna Shalala served eight years in the position during former president Bill Clinton’s...