Sixteen more populous California counties received nearly twice as much federal Covid relief money than counties with fewer than 500,000 people — even though the smaller counties often saw far higher rates of transmission.
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A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner.
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The Amazonian city of Manaus in Brazil began administering vaccines against the coronavirus, providing a ray of hope for the rainforest’s biggest city whose health system is collapsing amid an increase in infections and dwindling oxygen supplies.
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In a dig at the outgoing Trump administration, President-elect Joe Biden said the team of scientific advisers he introduced Saturday will lead with “science and truth. We believe in both.”
Read moreFour out of five recall charges filed against Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney are legally sufficient, the Supreme Court of Washington ruled. Fortney stated that he would not enforce Governor Jay Inslee’s Covid-19-related “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” proclamation.
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Asked a second time to rule on the constitutionality of California’s pandemic-induced ban on indoor worship in as many weeks, the Ninth Circuit Friday considered whether churches should be treated as “essential services.”
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A new CDC report models how the new strain and existing ones will spread over the next several months, showing explosive numbers without widespread vaccination.
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During a Friday speech, President-elect Joe Biden called for more federal involvement in creating vaccination sites, mobile clinics and getting more shots in the arms of frontline workers and people over the age of 65.
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Los Angeles health officials hope mass vaccination sites like the one opened Friday at Dodger Stadium will turn the tide in a county ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed 2 million on Friday and the World Health Organization warned the global health crisis may get even worse as people weary of restrictions let down their guard and contagious strains of the virus spread around the globe.
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As states across the U.S. roll out the Covid-19 vaccine to people 65 and older, senior citizens are scrambling to figure out how to sign up to get their shots.
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Britain’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that insurers must compensate small businesses forced into last year’s initial coronavirus lockdown, potentially a total payout of $1.6 billion.
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President-elect Joe Biden wants Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus package that will include $1,400 checks for every American and money for vaccination programs and the effort to reopen schools.
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Ten months into the coronavirus pandemic, the spread of Covid-19 shows no signs of slowing down in Georgia, with cases and deaths reaching record highs over the past week.
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Following months of slow recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. reported a spike in claims for jobless benefits.
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The number of people killed on the nation’s highways rose 4.6% in the first nine months of 2020 despite coronavirus lockdowns that curtailed driving early in the year.
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Tunisia on Thursday commemorated the 10th anniversary since the flight into exile of iron-fisted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, pushed from power in a popular revolt that foreshadowed strife and civil war in the region, known as the Arab Spring.
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A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.
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