Biden health chief endures Fox News grilling over mixed Covid messaging

As supreme court ponders workplace vaccine mandate, CDC director Rochelle Walensky seeks to set record straight

Facing accusations of confusing messaging about the Omicron Covid surge, a senior Biden administration official was forced on to the back foot on Sunday by a supreme court justice's mistaken remark about hospitalisations among children.

During oral arguments over a vaccinations mandate for private employers, the liberal justice Sonya Sotomayor said on Friday the US had over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators".