U.S. needs more Covid vaccine doses and it needs to be easier to get them, local officials say

Scientists and health officials told Congress Friday the federal government needs to ramp up its supply of Covid-19 vaccine doses as they work to streamline the process for getting the shots.

Those two changes are key if federal officials want to increase the number of people who will get the shots, scientists and public health officials testified before the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology.

“Even people who are motivated and excited about the…