Patricia H. Vance is a Republican politician. She served as a Pennsylvania State Senator from the 31st district from 2005 to 2016. Prior to that,she served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 87th district from 1991 to 2004.
Valerie Anne Hoyle is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district since 2023. Until 2023,she served as the commissioner of Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI).
Janice Kyes McGeachin is an American far-right politician and businesswoman who served as the 43rd lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she was previously a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 2002 until 2012.
Deborah Leah Birx is an American physician and diplomat who served as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under President Donald Trump from 2020 to 2021. Birx specializes in HIV/AIDS immunology,vaccine research,and global health. Starting in 2014,she oversaw the implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program to support HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs in 65 countries. From 2014-2020,Birx was the United States global AIDS coordinator for presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump and served as the United States special representative for global health diplomacy between 2015 and 2021. Birx was part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from February 2020 to January 2021. In March 2021,Birx joined ActivePure Technology as Chief Medical and Science Advisor.
Elissa Blair Slotkin is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 7th congressional district since 2019. The district,numbered as the 8th district from 2019 to 2023,is based in Lansing,and stretches into Detroit's outer western suburbs.
Susan Wild is an American attorney and politician from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A Democrat,she is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. The district is in the heart of the Lehigh Valley,and includes Allentown,Bethlehem,Easton,and Bangor. Wild spent the last two months of 2018 as the member for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district after Charlie Dent resigned in 2018. From September 2022 to January 2023,she was chair of the House Ethics Committee. She continues to sit on the committee as ranking member. She also co-chairs the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force and is vice chair of both the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa,Global Health,Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Wild is the first woman to represent the Lehigh Valley in Congress.
Maria Collett is a Greek-born American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who represents the 12th District. Her district includes portions of eastern Montgomery County and southern Bucks County. Collett is the first Greek American woman to serve in the Pennsylvania State Senate.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in March 2020. As of October 7,2021,the Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed 1,464,264 cumulative cases and 29,814 deaths in the state. As of September 1,2021,Pennsylvania has administered 6,238,812 partial vaccinations,and 5,983,128 full vaccinations.
Anne Dauphinais is an American politician. She is a Republican currently serving Connecticut House of Representatives District 44,comprising the towns of Killingly,Plainfield,and Sterling. Dauphinais grew up in Killingly and graduated from the Northern Maine Vocational Technical Institute and from Eastern Connecticut State University. She worked in nursing,sales,and for the Connecticut Department of Correction before being elected to the House in 2016,2018 and 2020. Beginning in 2019,Dauphinais was a prominent leader opposing vaccine legislation in Connecticut and later protesting public safety measures put in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UPMC Presbyterian is a 900-bed non-profit research and academic hospital located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,providing tertiary care for the Western Pennsylvania region and beyond. It comprises the Presbyterian campus of the combined UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside hospital entity. The medical center is a part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center health system and is the flagship hospital of the system. UPMC Presbyterian also features a state verified Level 1 Trauma Center,1 of 3 in Pittsburgh. Although UPMC Presbyterian has no pediatric services,Presby has the equipment to stabilize and transfer pediatric emergency cases to the nearby UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Rachel Leland Levine is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26,2021. She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Dr. Jessica L. Benham is an American politician and disability rights activist serving as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 36th District. She is the first openly LGBTQ+ woman and first openly autistic person elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Benham is one of the only autistic state lawmakers in the United States. She cofounded the Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy in 2014.
The COVID-19 vaccination program in the Philippines is an ongoing mass immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country. The vaccination program was initiated by the Duterte administration on March 1,2021,a day after the arrival of the country's first vaccine doses which were donated by the Chinese government.
Marie R. Griffin is an American vaccine researcher. She is a Professor of Medicine and holds the Endowed Directorship in Public Health Research and Education at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The 2019 Pennsylvania elections was held on November 5,2019 to fill judicial positions on the Superior Court,allow judicial retention votes,and fill numerous county,local and municipal offices,the most prominent being the Mayor of Philadelphia. The necessary primary elections were held in May 2019. In addition,special elections for legislative vacancies were held at various times in 2019.
Jennifer Gross is an American politician and nurse serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 45th district. Elected in 2020,she took office in 2021. During her tenure in the state House,she has been a leading supporter of anti-vaccine legislation.
Leah Cushman is an American politician from New Hampshire. She is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a member of the New Hampshire Republican Party. She represents district 2. Cushman is a member of the Health,Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee.
Heidi Hilgartner Sampson is a Republican politician,anti-vaccine activist and member of the Maine House of Representatives. Sampson represents Maine House District #21,consisting of the towns of Alfred and Newfield and parts of the towns of Limerick,Parsonsfield and Shapleigh. Sampson's prominence in the anti-vaccination movement in Maine began with her 2019 opposition toward legislation eliminating religious and philosophical exemptions to childhood vaccinations in the state. Sampson was active in a campaign for a failed people's veto of the legislation,and spoke at anti-vaccine rallies and events throughout the United States. During the COVID-19 pandemic,Sampson was a vocal opponent of public health measures taken to limit the spread of the pandemic in Maine,participating in rallies and demonstrations against business closures,gathering limits,mask wearing and vaccinations. Sampson has made comparisons of vaccine and mask mandates to Nazi atrocities during the Holocaust.
Ala Stanford is an American pediatric surgeon. She is the founder of R.E.A.L. Concierge Medicine and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. She is also the first African-American female pediatric surgeon to be trained entirely in the United States.
COVID-19 vaccination in Ontario began in December 2020,when the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine were administered. In February 2021,shipments for both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines increased significantly. By May 2021,over 50 percent of Ontarians had received their first dose.
