{"id":109663,"date":"2021-03-16T13:14:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=109663"},"modified":"2021-03-16T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:14:59","slug":"violence-against-women-act-astrazeneca-vaccine-wintry-weather-5-things-to-know-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/violence-against-women-act-astrazeneca-vaccine-wintry-weather-5-things-to-know-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence Against Women Act, AstraZeneca vaccine, wintry weather: 5 things to know Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Democrats want to renew expired Violence Against Women Act, again<\/h2>\n<p>The Democratic-led House hopes to revive a Clinton-era law to strengthen domestic violence and sexual violence protections for women.\u00a0The Violence Against Women Act\u00a0has been in a legislative limbo since it expired in 2018 over disputes from some Republican lawmakers.\u00a0Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas,\u00a0Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., and\u00a0Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., one of the only Republicans publicly supporting the legislation thus far,\u00a0introduced\u00a0the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021 at the beginning of March, which is\u00a0Women&#8217;s History Month.\u00a0\u00a0It will be considered in committee on Tuesday morning.\u00a0The act has been updated and reauthorized three times \u2014\u00a0in 2000, 2005 and 2013. Updates over the years have had bipartisan backing and included new programs to protect elderly women and women with disabilities; mandatory funding for rape prevention and education; and new protections for victims of trafficking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>26 years in<\/strong>, the Violence Against Women Act hangs in limbo \u2014 while COVID-19 fuels domestic violence surge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prefer to listen? Check out the 5 things\u00a0podcast:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>WHO discusses AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine<\/h2>\n<p>The World Health Organization scheduled a meeting with\u00a0safety experts on Tuesday to address\u00a0AstraZeneca\u2019s coronavirus vaccine after Germany, France, Spain and Italy suspended its use.\u00a0Sweden on Tuesday\u00a0also suspended use of the , citing a link to blood clots the company and other experts say likely are unrelated to the vaccine.\u00a0The WHO\u00a0is urging countries to continue using the vaccine, saying there&#8217;s no evidence of\u00a0a connection to blood clots.\u00a0Dr. Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, told Reuters that data on the vaccine was being reviewed by independent U.S. monitors to determine whether the shot is safe and effective.\u00a0The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could complete its reviews and issue an emergency use authorization next month if all goes well, he\u00a0said. AstraZeneca has said there is no cause for concern and\u00a0that there were fewer reported cases of clotting in those who received the shot than in the general population.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>In more vaccine news:\u00a0<\/strong>Mississippi on Tuesday will join Alaska in\u00a0allowing all adults to get vaccinated. Gov. Tate Reeves tweeted: &#8220;Get your shot friends \u2014 and let\u2019s get back to normal!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>All living ex-U.S. presidents, <\/strong>except Trump, appear in ad touting COVID-19 vaccine<\/li>\n<li><strong>People with immune issues <\/strong>remain hesitant about vaccination. Here&#8217;s what experts say<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thousands of Latinos<\/strong> were sterilized in the 20th century. Amid COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, they remember<\/li>\n<li><strong>What to expect before and after<\/strong> getting a COVID-19 vaccine, an illustrated guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Thunderstorms forecast in the South, wintry weather in the West<\/h2>\n<p>Thunderstorms are expected to stall over the South on Tuesday,\u00a0&#8220;leading to rounds of downpours from Louisiana to the Carolinas throughout the day,&#8221; according to\u00a0AccuWeather. At the same time, a snowstorm is pressing east in California and the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0That system will bring more mountain snow and rain, and by Wednesday morning, &#8220;intensify over the southern Plains,&#8221;\u00a0the weather service warned.\u00a0It said that could mean more thunderstorms, tornadoes\u00a0and &#8220;torrential downpours&#8221; by midweek in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi\u00a0and Alabama. The weather follows a winter storm in the Rocky Mountains, which closed\u00a0roads, canceled\u00a0flights and prompted\u00a0avalanche warnings over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8216;Historic and crippling&#8217; winter storm<\/strong> dumps over 25 inches of snow in Cheyenne, Wyoming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2021\/03\/16\/violence-against-women-act-astrazeneca-vaccine-5-things-know-tuesday\/4666384001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats want to renew expired Violence Against Women Act, again The Democratic-led House hopes to revive a Clinton-era law to strengthen domestic violence and sexual [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":109662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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