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Tom Howell Jr.

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.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pfizer coronavirus vaccine deal touted by Trump

Pfizer will provide 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine if and when it is approved later this year under a "historic" deal with the government, President Trump said Wednesday, as three states and D.C. scrambled in the meantime to stanch the virus by mandating masks outside the home. Published July 22, 2020

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by, from left, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, Vice President Mike Pence, and Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reacts to a question during a news conference on the coronavirus in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington. Redfield said his faith had helped orient him toward the potential for “greater good” to arise from tragedy. Faith and science have never been in tension for him, Redfield said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ari Fleischer to Trump: Here’s how to survive your virus briefings

President Trump's decision to resume coronavirus briefings Tuesday is prompting advice from both corners of the political spectrum, with a former press secretary saying the president needs to "talk personally" and avoid spats with reporters. Published July 21, 2020

In this May 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday, July 17, 2020, that most counties will start the school year online due to soaring coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, but counties that have seen little of the virus, mostly towns and rural communities in California's north and east, can bring students and teachers back to campus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California to delay school sports for months

California announced Monday it is delaying the start of school athletics until December or January, pushing traditional fall sports like football into the spring as the coronavirus pandemic continues to upend American life. Published July 20, 2020

In this handout photo released by the University of Oxford, a doctor takes blood samples for use in a coronavirus vaccine trial in Oxford, England on Thursday, June 25, 2020. (John Cairns, University of Oxford via AP) ** FILE **

AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine shows ‘robust’ immune response to the coronavirus

A front-runner in the pursuit of a coronavirus vaccine said doses sparked a "robust" immune response in human trials, but the pandemic continued to exact a toll from coast to coast, with California pushing football and other sports from the fall to spring and President Trump announcing he will resume daily briefings about the worsening crisis. Published July 20, 2020

Citizens are tested by healthcare workers at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing center at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens as the coronavirus pandemic continues on Sunday, July 19, 2020. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)

NIH ‘Shark Tank’-style helps develop RADx easier coronavirus test

Americans pining for better COVID-19 tests should see relief by the fall thanks to a $500 million federal effort to deliver rapid and portable tests, including a lunchbox-sized machine that reads pop-in cartridges and sample tubes that plug into computer tablets and spit out results. Published July 19, 2020

Registered Nurse Jill McFall talks to a patient before taking a swab for a COVID-19 test on Thursday, July 16, 2020, at Gritman Medical Center's drive-through testing site in Moscow, Idaho. Gritman has been testing an average of 50-60 patients a day since the sight opened on July 2, 2020. (Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)

Coronavirus test result delays makes it near useless as public health tool

From coast to coast, demands are straining capacity as Americans looking to travel or return to normal life try to get checked for infection from the coronavirus. Even as President Trump boasts about the volume of testing, getting a result can take a week or so, making it almost useless as a public health tool. Published July 16, 2020

A young woman gets tested for COVID-19 at a health center in Salesiano park, in the Miguel Hidalgo district of Mexico City, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Coronavirus wreaks havoc on Mexico, Brazil, Chile

The Sun Belt is grappling with flare-ups of COVID-19, but the disease is causing havoc across the southern border, too, with Mexico surging to fourth on the death list and eclipsing former hot zones Italy and Spain. Published July 15, 2020

A chain-link fence lock is seen on a gate at a closed Ranchito Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles on Monday, July 13, 2020. Amid spiking coronavirus cases, Los Angeles Unified School District campuses will remain closed when classes resume in August, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Pfizer coronavirus vaccine fast-tracked by FDA

The Trump administration fast-tracked trial vaccines for the coronavirus Monday as states across the South and West buckled from the rapid spread of COVID-19, forcing California to close indoor dining, museums and theaters while Miami considers another lockdown. Published July 13, 2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo removes a mask as he holds a news conference to announce the opening of a bicycle and pedestrian path across the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Andrew Cuomo: N.Y. schools will get green light or red light in August

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will determine by the first week in August if regional infection rates are low enough to reopen schools, saying he refuses to use the state's children as "guinea pigs" as President Trump makes a hard push to resume in-person learning. Published July 13, 2020