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Then-Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks at George Washington University Hospital, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Washington, before watching COVID-19 vaccines being administered to hospital workers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) ** FILE **

Trump’s health secretary says former president should have gotten COVID-19 shot on TV

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Operation Warp Speed and COVID-19 vaccine distribution, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

HHS Secretary Alex Azar to Trump: Capitol raid will ‘tarnish’ our health legacy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Evers calls lack of 2nd vaccine doses ‘slap in the face’

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A health care worker administers a COVID-19 vaccination at the new Alamodome COVID-19 vaccine site, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas. Officials say the site is providing 1,500 vaccinations per day. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

US asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back 2nd dose

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

An employee of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, receives one of the first COVID-19 vaccines at the medical center, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Wake Forest Baptist received its first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday morning. Ten employees received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine Tuesday. Additional employees will be given the vaccine in the coming days. (Walt Unks/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

US angling to secure more of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

In this May 1, 2018, file photo, former Donald Trump campaign official Michael Caputo, left, joined by his attorney Dennis C. Vacco, leaves after being interviewed by Senate Intelligence Committee staff investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Apology, no firing: Official said US scientists hurt Trump

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, second from left, is greeted as he arrives at a memorial for former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Wednesday is the last day of Azar's schedule during the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic ties between Washington and Taipei in 1979. (Wang Teng-yi/Pool Photo via AP)

China blasts US for Taiwan visit while virus spreads at home

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, is greeted by Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu prior to their meeting in Taipei, Taiwan Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Azar met with Wu on Tuesday during the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic ties between Washington and Taipei in 1979. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan says virus aid sent quietly to avoid Beijing protests

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, second left, waves to media as he arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei in 1979. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Azar visit to Taiwan is fresh thorn in prickly US-China ties

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, second left, waves to media as he arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei in 1979. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Alex Azar lands in Taiwan, escalating tensions with China

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a roundtable discussion with President Donald Trump on the coronavirus outbreak and storm preparedness at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla. When Azar arrives in Taiwan he’ll find a society that has managed to contain COVID-19 by doing things the U.S. has fumbled, such as having a national plan and citizens willing to wear masks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US health chief to visit Taiwan, a COVID-19 success story

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pauses while speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Planned Taiwan visit escalates tensions between U.S., China

By Lauren Toms, Lauren Meier and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2020, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who is also chairman of the President's Task Force on the Novel Coronavirus, speaks at the Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington. Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei in 1979. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

US sending highest official to Taiwan since ties cut in 1979

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks about protecting seniors, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Alex Azar, health secretary: Risky behavior, not reopenings, driving new COVID-19 outbreaks

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file pool photo Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing to discuss protecting scientific integrity in response to the coronavirus outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bright, a government whistleblower ousted from a leading role in battling COVID-19, alleged Thursday, June 25, that the Trump administration has intensified its campaign to punish him for revealing shortcomings in the U.S. response. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP, File)

Virus whistleblower alleges retribution has only intensified

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press