Joe Biden

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who will be sworn in as president and vice president today, called on Americans to unite through their mourning of lost loved ones.

Dr. Rachel Levine is currently the secretary of health in Pennsylvania, where she leads the state's fight against COVID-19.

The Biden transition team also announced that Dr. David Kessler will be the White House's chief science officer of COVID Response.

The relief plan includes $1,400 stimulus checks, additional benefits for the unemployed, as well hundreds of billions of dollars for struggling businesses and local governments.

The president elect on Thursday evening outlined his plan for coronavirus relief — one of the core issues he hopes to tackle in his first days of office.

Experts argue that pushing out more COVID-19 vaccine doses to states sooner may be a good idea, even if it means there's a chance some people's second dose gets delayed.

Democrats control the new Congress by such a slim margin that passing health laws will be daunting. Instead Biden may have to use executive authority to advance his health care vision.

The president-elect said the Trump administration "deserves credit" for getting the development and distribution of vaccines off the ground.

The rule would require Biden's team to review about 2,400 regulations on everything from Medicare benefits to prescription drug approvals. Those not analyzed within two years would become void.

Biden has said addressing the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority. Here are some of the people who he is putting in charge of that big task.