Topic: Health Care

ACF Communications About Vaccination Information Protocols for Children Detained in Detention Centers

October 9, 2020
Email communications from the Administration for Children & Families regarding vaccination protocols for children detained at detention centers. These records were produced by the agency in response to American Oversight's request for records related to policies to diagnose, treat, and prevent the spread of infectious diseases at Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) facilities.

News Roundup: The Real Dangers

October 8, 2020
Trump’s three-day stay at the hospital and the outbreak at the White House have done little to moderate his antagonistic politics or even make him take the pandemic seriously.

CDC Records of Guidance, Decision Memos, or Directives Regarding the Coronavirus

October 8, 2020
Records released in response to American Oversight's request to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeking all decision memos, directives, policy interpretations, or guidance related to the coronavirus.

FDA Releases Covid-19 Vaccine Guidelines Following American Oversight FOIA Request

October 7, 2020
The new safety guidelines — strenuously opposed by the White House — make it unlikely that a vaccine will be authorized before Election Day.

Investigations Update: The White House Outbreak, the Administration’s Naturalization Policy, and Texas’ Ballot Drop Boxes

October 6, 2020
See the latest in our investigations into the administration’s immigration policy, absentee voting requirements, and voter suppression in the states.

The White House’s Covid-19 Outbreak

October 6, 2020
After spending three days at Walter Reed Medical Center, then-President Trump — still contagious with Covid-19 — returned to the White House, where lax safety measures had recently led to an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Questions remain about that outbreak, from how it began to how the administration traced those infected, and about how forthcoming the government was about the Trump's condition and when he first contracted the virus.

DOJ Records of Clinical Visits, Daily Logs, and Injury Claims During Brooklyn MDC 2019 Power Outage

October 6, 2020
Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons records on events during the power outage during January and February 2019 at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn (Brooklyn MDC). These records include clinical visit information, daily logs, temperature checks, and claims for damage, injury, or death related to the power outage.

Covid-19 Oversight News: Outbreak at the White House, Political Interference at the CDC

October 5, 2020
For the latest news on the pandemic, as well as updates on various oversight investigations, sign up for our weekly Covid-19 Oversight News email.

Secretary Azar Faces Lawmakers’ Questions About Mask-Wearing, Controversial Celebrity Ad Campaign

October 2, 2020
On Friday morning, as the nation reeled from the news that the president had tested positive for the coronavirus, the health secretary testified before a House subcommittee.

News Roundup: White Nationalism, Voter Suppression, and Trump’s Taxes

October 1, 2020
We’ve known about the administration’s cozy relationship with white nationalists, and that fear-mongering over “voter fraud” was a deterrent to voting. But this week’s news still drove those points home.