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Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr. covers politics and the White House for The Washington Times. He can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, a pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle. The U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 stood on the verge of a major new phase as government advisers Thursday, Sept. 23, recommended booster doses of Pfizer's vaccine for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans despite doubts the extra shots will do much to slow the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

CDC panel backs COVID-19 boosters for seniors, those with underlying conditions

By Shen Wu Tan and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this Dec. 10, 2020, file photo, Food and Drug Administration building is shown in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) ** FILE **

FDA deploying ‘fast-track’ arsenal against COVID-19

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Bottles of organic and biodynamically produced wine, whiskey and liquor line the shelves at Barbès, a popular neighborhood music venue and bar that was converted into a bottle shop to survive the winter during the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

States see liquor shortages amid high demand, supply problems in pandemic

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual COVID-19 summit during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden to global leaders: Time to ‘step up’ efforts on vaccines, oxygen, treatments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met on Wednesday, Sept. 22, to decide who should get COVID-19 booster shots and when. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk persons

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden meets with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Intercontinental Barclay Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden: U.S. will buy and donate 500M more COVID-19 vaccine doses for the world

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this April 13, 2021, file photo, a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccines are shown by pharmacist Zsolt Szenasi at a warehouse of Hungaropharma, a Hungarian pharmaceutical wholesale company, in Budapest, Hungary. Johnson & Johnson released data showing that a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP) ** FILE **

‘Jack up the stock’: Vaccine profit PR flusters scientists, inflates public expectations

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a news conference at The National Press Club in Washington, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

DHS chief Mayorkas pledges investigation into horseback incident in Texas

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Eric Clapton, center, performs during his "70th Birthday Celebration" concert at Madison Square Garden on Friday, May 1, 2015, in New York. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Eric Clapton plays arena with COVID-19 vaccine requirement, despite anti-mandate stance

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this March 26, 2021, file photo, a member of the Philadelphia Fire Department prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site setup in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

J&J says a second dose greatly enhances protection against COVID-19

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: Biden will get COVID-19 booster vaccine on camera

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden leaves St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Del., after attending a Mass, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. Biden is spending the weekend at his Rehoboth Beach home. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

U.S. to allow vaccinated travelers from all countries, bows to pressure from Europe

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this Sept. 13, 2021, photo, a girl passes a "Welcome Back to School" sign as she arrives for the first day of class at Brooklyn's PS 245 elementary school in New York. COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to where they were over the winter, fueled by children now back in their classrooms, loose mask restrictions and low vaccination levels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Schools look to testing, technology for a leg up against COVID-19

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Ohio Senate Finance Chairman Matt Dolan, a Republican from Chagrin Falls, discusses details of the Senate version of the state's $75 billion budget after passage by the Finance Committee, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Dolan said the budget helps Ohioans across the state by providing a 5% tax cut, more education funding, money for publicly funded child care, and funding for rape crisis and domestic violence centers and Boys Girls clubs and YMCAs, among other measures. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins) ** FILE **

Matt Dolan, Ohio state senator, leaps into U.S. Senate race

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this March 2, 2021, photo, Hollie Maloney, a pharmacy technician, loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ** FILE **

Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is safe in kids 5 to 11, will send data to FDA as soon as possible

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

‘Story is not over’: Fauci, others say booster push is just starting

By Tom Howell Jr. and Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., center, and other Senate Republicans negotiating a $1 trillion infrastructure bill with Democrats, announce they have reached agreement on the major outstanding issues and are ready to vote to take up the bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cassidy: GOP must build positive agenda, avoid 2020 quagmire

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Chairman Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks as Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell testifies on the Federal Reserve's response to the coronavirus pandemic during a House Oversight and Reform Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Rep. James Clyburn: ‘We’re going to get there’ on spending plans

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks about the state contracting with four vendors to provide over 1,000 medical personnel to multiple hospitals statewide to meet the staffing shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a news briefing Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Miss. Gov. Tate Reeves: Biden using vaccine mandates as a distraction

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Dr. Anthony Fauci: ‘Story not over yet’ on boosters after FDA vote

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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