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Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said he's bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. But even as he expressed optimism about the pace of vaccinations, he warned Americans that the nation is not yet out of the woods when it comes to the pandemic.

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Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am launches high-tech face covering

LOS ANGELES - Will.i.am, known as the founder and frontman of the band Black Eyed Peas, has launched a new technologically advanced face mask.The musician teamed up with N95 manufacturer Honeywell and created a $299 face mask the features noise-canceling headphones.Will.i.am told Axios he believes people will splurge on the mask to make a fashion statement and for the wearable tech element.He told USA Today that he created to high-tech mask to solve a problem. "What I saw out there in the world was people had loose-fitted masks, and they had earbuds," the entertainer explained.

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Breyer says big Supreme Court changes could diminish trust

WASHINGTON – Justice Stephen Breyer on Tuesday said liberal advocates of big changes at the Supreme Court, including expanding the number of justices, should think “long and hard” about what they’re proposing.

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No new community cases; 7 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There are no new COVID-19 community cases to report today and 7 new positive COVID-19 border-related cases in managed isolation since our last update on Tuesday.

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Covid-19: US won't issue federal vaccine passports, says White House

coronavirus vaccine passport in the US, but said private businesses were free to explore the idea."The government is not now, nor will we be supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential.

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America’s COVID-19 vaccination rate surpasses global average

As COVID-19 immunizations surge by the millions in the United States, President Joe Biden has moved up his timeline for when all American adults will be eligible for the shot.

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Joe Biden makes all adults in US eligible for Covid vaccination from 19 April

Joe Biden has announced that he's bumping up his deadline by two weeks (earlier than May 1 deadline) for states to make all adults in the US eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by 19 April."By no later than 19 April, every adult aged 18 years and above will be eligible to be vaccinated. No more confusing rules.

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All adults in U.S. to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine on April 19, Biden says

Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he’s bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines.

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Auction of Japanese internment art pulled after protest

LOS ANGELES – The auction of a series of sketches purportedly drawn by an artist at the Japanese internment camp at Manzanar was canceled Tuesday after groups protested it was offensive and immoral to profit off the misery of incarcerated people.

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Guards stayed at Baylor, paving way for Drew's dream title

Becoming national champion was a far-fetched dream when Scott Drew first uttered that possibility during his introduction as Baylor’s coach after taking over a decimated and scandal-plagued program nearly 18 years ago.

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Global COVID-19 cases climb for 6th straight week

The world's number of new COVID-19 cases rose for the sixth week in a row, as vaccine experts continue to weigh reports of rare blood clot conditions in people who have received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine.

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New findings in COVID-related kids' syndrome, Kawasaki disease

Two studies today describe new findings in the COVID-19–associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and the distinct but similar Kawasaki disease (KD).

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Biden says American adults will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by April 19

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he will direct states to widen distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to all eligible American adults by April 19, two weeks earlier than the May 1 deadline he had announced previously.

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Nova Scotia campgrounds gearing up for another season of solid bookings amid COVID-19 pandemic

Provincial parks in Nova Scotia reopen next week with COVID-19 guidelines (June 12, 2020) Venter and his partner were just a few years into opening their Eastern Shore camping doors when the pandemic ground their bookings to a halt.“Initially, we thought it was a bit of a disaster because a lot of our clientele comes from out of the province and from Europe and the United States,” he said.“So, with the borders closing, we kind of lost 85 per cent of our clientele and that’s a big hit for us.”Typically, provincial campground bookings open in April for Nova Scotia. In 2020, bookings didn’t open until the first week of June because of COVID-19.

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President Biden Says All Adults Will Be Eligible for Coronavirus Vaccines by April 19

President Joe Biden is making a new announcement about the coronavirus vaccine.

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Biden moves up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility date to April 19

"We are going to open it up across the board," said President Joe Biden as he described his administration's new vaccine eligibility plan, which will now guarantee all US adults will be eligible to get in line for a COVID-19 vaccine on Apr 19

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US weighs Beijing Olympics boycott with partners, allies

WASHINGTON – The State Department said Tuesday the Biden administration is considering a possible boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to protest China’s human rights record.

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This baseball team is offering $10 tickets to fans who get vaccinated

CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Reds will offer fans a chance to get a ticket for $10 if they show the ticket office their vaccination card with at least one shot completed.

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U.S. expert says Canada is missing the chance to fight the P.1 COVID-19 variant

COVID-19 pandemic last year is now raising concerns about the spread of the P.1 variant in Canada, warning the country is acting too slowly.Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and adjunct senior fellow with the Federation of American Scientists, warned in January 2020 — two months before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic — that the novel coronavirus could become a “thermonuclear public health crisis.”“It’s not good,” he said. “We’ve known for quite a while how bad this variant is.

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US boosts aid to Palestinians as some in Congress cry foul

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is moving again to increase U.S. assistance to the Palestinians as it fires up a new Mideast policy that is directly opposite of the one pursued by its predecessor.

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Refugee families urge Biden to keep promise to up admissions

SAN DIEGO – The families of refugees and their supporters, including 124 elected officials, sent President Joe Biden a letter Tuesday urging him to make good on his promise to boost refugee admissions to the United States during the current budget year, replacing the record low number set by his predecessor.

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Biden administration will not mandate a COVID-19 vaccine passport system, White House says

UNITED STATES - MARCH 19: COVID-19 vaccination record card issued by the Centers for Disease Control (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) The federal government will not mandate a COVID-19 "vaccine passport" system in the United States, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in her daily press briefing Tuesday."Let me be very clear on this, I know there’s been lots of questions. The government is not now, nor will we be, supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential.

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COVID-19 Scan for Apr 06, 2021

Nearly 40,000 US children 17 or younger may have lost a parent due to COVID-19 infection, according to a statistical model in JAMA Pediatrics today.The results, published as a research letter, suggested that 1 in 13 CO

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Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just 5 states

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots.

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Doorman, concierge worker fired for response to hate-crime attack outside building

NEW YORK - A doorman and a concierge worker at a luxury apartment building in Hell's Kitchen have been fired after the building owner said they did not come to the aid of 65-year-old Vilma Kari, a Filipina woman who was brutally attacked in front of them in what is being called a hate-crime attack.Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersThe Brodsky Organization announced the firings in a letter to residents of the West 43rd St.

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UK variant a 'brand new ballgame,' infecting children in US 'very readily,' epidemiologist warns

Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, said Sunday on "Meet the Press.""In fact, right here in Minnesota, we're now seeing the other aspect of this B.1.1.7 variant that hasn't been talked much about, and that is the fact that it infects kids very readily," he added.To date, there have been more than 15,500 total cases of B.1.1.7 reported since it was first detected in the U.S. in December, data from the U.S.

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Study: Drought-breaking rains more erratic, rare in US West

BILLINGS, Mont. – Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according to a sweeping government study released Tuesday that concludes the situation is worsening.

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Philadelphia announces COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expansion

FILE - Nurses draw vaccine doses from a vial as Maryland residents receive their second dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at the Cameron Grove Community Center on March 25, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. PHILADELPHIA - As the Philadelphia region works to make the goal of President Biden's goal of having all American adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, Philadelphia officials announced new dates towards that mission. Currently, Philadelphia is partially in Phase 1C. Those included in Phase 1C include sanitation workers, maintenance and janitorial staff, utility workers, and postal and package delivery workers. As of April 12, Phase 1C will be expanded to include workers who cannot work remotely.

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Nearly 40,000 kids lost a parent to COVID-19, study suggests

WASHINGTON, D.C. - NOVEMBER 02: On the eve of the 2020 Presidential election, the last of the day's light falls on flags planted to remember some of the over 220,000 thousand Americans who died of COVID-19 on November 02, 2020 at the Armory in Washin An estimated 40,000 children in the U.S.

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Disney cancels US cruises through end of June

Disney announced Tuesday that is canceling all U.S. sailings through the end of June — including trips on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, which call Port Canaveral their homeport.

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Brazil's COVID-19 death surge set to pass the worst of record U.S. wave

RIO DE JANEIRO : Brazil's brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, climbing well beyond an average 3,000 fatalities per day, scientists predict, as contagious new variants overwhelm hospitals.Brazil's overall death toll trails only the U.S. outbreak, with nearly 333,000 killed, according to Health Ministry data, compared with more than 555,000 dead in the United States.But with Brazil's healthcare system at the breaking point, the country could also exceed total U.S.

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New Yorkers over 16 can now sign up for Covid jab as US expands eligibility

NEW YORK: New Yorkers over 16 years old can sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, a major expansion of eligibility as the state seeks to immunize as many people as possible.The State University of New York also announced plans to offer vaccines to tens of thousands of college students before they head home for the summer.Gov. Andrew Cuomo expanded eligibility to 30 and over last week and announced that people aged 16 to 29 would be eligible starting April 6.Teens aged 16 and 17 will be limited to receiving the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, since that is the only one that has been authorized for use by people under 18.

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All US adults to be eligible for Covid-19 vaccine this month

US President Joe Biden is to announce that all adults across the United States will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by 19 April - well ahead of the already ambitious previous target.

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Florida awarded $194 million to expand COVID-19 vaccine efforts

Florida has been awarded more than $194 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to further expand coronavirus vaccinations in the Sunshine State, the CDC announced Tuesday.

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US job openings in February reached highest rate on record

WASHINGTON – The pace of job openings reached the highest level on record in February, a harbinger of healthy hiring and a hopeful sign for those looking for work.

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FDA approves new ADHD drug for children, the first in more than a decade

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 9 - The outside of the Food and Drug Administration headquarters is seen in White Oak, Md., on Monday, November 9, 2015. The FDA is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and has been in U.S.

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US Navy: ‘Active shooter incident’ at Fort Detrick

FREDERICK, Md. – Police in Maryland responded to an active shooter on Tuesday and said there were at least two victims, and the U.S. Navy reported an “active shooter incident” at Fort Detrick involving sailors. Police said the suspect was “down.”

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Biden moving COVID-19 vaccine eligibility date for all US adults to April 19, official says

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to move his May 1 deadline for states to make all U.S. adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine up by about two weeks, according to the Associated Press. Biden on Tuesday plans to announce that every American adult will be eligible by April 19 to get vaccinated, a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity told the news outlet.The president is scheduled to visit a COVID-19 vaccination site in Virginia, followed by remarks at the White House updating the nation on the administration's progress against the coronavirus.Biden is also expected to announce that 150 million doses have been put into people's arms since his inauguration on Jan.

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Fauci: US will not require COVID-19 vaccine passports

ORLANDO, Fla. – Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday that the U.S. government will not require Americans to use vaccine passports to prove they’ve been immunized against COVID-19.

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Morgan Freeman appears in Covid vaccine PSA: ‘If you trust me, you’ll get the vaccine’

Morgan Freeman has starred in a public service announcement video urging people to get the coronavirus vaccine. The 83-year-old actor teamed up with The Creative Coalition and the National Blue Ribbon Task Force in a video intended to help “stem vaccine hesitancy”.

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Covid-19 vaccine developed by US Army begins human testing

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EXPLAINER: Why is North Korea skipping the Tokyo Olympics?

SEOUL – North Korea, citing the coronavirus, has become the world's first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics.

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As states expand vaccines, prisoners still lack access

This week, Florida expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to all residents 16 and older. But across the state, more than 70,000 people still don’t have access to the vaccine. Those men and women are Florida state prisoners.

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The Latest: S. Korea not ruling out curbing vaccine exports

SEOUL, South Korea — Health officials in South Korea are considering measures to prevent a shortage in coronavirus vaccines and haven't specifically ruled out curbing exports of AstraZeneca shots produced in the country.

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Americans' Worry About Catching COVID-19 Drops to Record Low

rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has surged, their concerns about getting the virus and about the availability of coronavirus tests and hospital services/treatment have fallen to record lows.Thirty-five percent of U.S. adults now say they are very or somewhat worried about contracting COVID-19, the lowest point in Gallup's trend since April 2020.

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US, Iran expected to begin indirect nuclear talks in Vienna

VIENNA – Efforts to bring the United States back into the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear program are to step up a gear on Tuesday as Iran and the five world powers remaining in the accord meet in Vienna while the U.S. is due to start indirect talks with Tehran.

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Covid-19 vaccine developed by Irish scientist begins trials in US

Clinical trials are under way of a new Covid-19 vaccine developed by the United States army.

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North Korea will not go to Olympics over Covid-19 fears

North Korea will not attend this year's Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pyongyang's sports ministry has said.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0