UN vaccine plan is underway, but problems remain

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UN vaccine plan is underway, but problems remain

As the coronavirus pandemic exploded worldwide last April, global organizations banded together to help ensure that the world’s most vulnerable people would get vaccines amid the rush for shots. The…

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Biden team aiming for bigger vaccine numbers

WASHINGTON – It sounded so ambitious at first blush: 100 million vaccination shots in 100 days. Now, one month into his presidency, Joe Biden is on a glide path to…

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Cruz confirms his Mexican vacation after storm slammed Texas

DALLAS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz acknowledged on Thursday that he had traveled to Mexico for a family vacation this week, leaving his home state as thousands of constituents…

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Launch time nears for unprecedented UN program

GENEVA — It’s nearly launch time for COVAX, the United Nations’ unprecedented program to deploy COVID-19 vaccines for hundreds of millions in need around the globe. More than two months…

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Stock indexes hover near recent highs in more wobbly trading

Major U.S. stock indexes wavered between small gains and losses Friday, as the market closed in on its second straight weekly gain after a wobbly week of trading. Wall Street…

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Multiple people shot at Minnesota clinic, 1 in custody: police

BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — Multiple people were shot at a Minnesota health clinic on Tuesday and someone was taken into custody afterward, police said. The shooting happened at an Allina…

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Don’t let Super Bowl become superspreader

Kansas City Chiefs superfan Ty Rowton hugged strangers in the streets of Miami last year after watching his team win the Super Bowl and then joined hundreds of thousands of…

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Vaccine may reduce virus transmission

LONDON — Researchers from Oxford University say AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine does more than protect people from falling seriously ill, it also appears to reduce transmission of the virus. The study…

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Poland protesters take weekend off for fundraiser

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EU explores legal avenues amid AstraZeneca vaccine dispute

BRUSSELS – Amid a dispute over expected shortfalls, the European Union is looking at legal ways to guarantee the delivery of all the COVID-19 vaccine doses it bought from AstraZeneca…

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