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    In Nashville, Tenn., a sign reminds visitors to wear masks at Belmont University, which is preparing to host Thursday's presidential debate. Federal health officials say a new study highlights the need for masks.
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    CDC Reduces Consecutive Minutes Of COVID-19 Exposure Needed To Be A 'Close Contact'

    Oct 21, 2020
    Health officials used to advise going into quarantine and being tested for the coronavirus if you were near an infected person for 15 minutes. Now the rule is a total of 15 minutes during one day.
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    Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar attended the Legislative BBQ at Colorado State Fair on August 23, 2019 in Pueblo, Colorado.
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    Colorado Mayor Dealing With Rise In COVID-19: 'This Is Going To Be A Lost Year'

    Oct 21, 2020
    Nick Gradisar, mayor of Pueblo, Colo., reflects on a spike in coronavirus cases in his town, contact tracing and how he's asking residents to prepare for the upcoming holidays.
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    Disneyland and other California theme parks remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic... even as theme parks in Florida have been open for months.
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    California's Theme Parks Won't Reopen Anytime Soon

    Oct 21, 2020
    Thousands of workers at California's theme parks won't be able to get back to work anytime soon. New guidelines from the state require coronavirus numbers to be at "minimal risk."
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    Goblins mix with elves in less scary times, celebrating Halloween in Salem, Mass., in 2007.
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    Salem, Mass., Says Stay Away If You Know What's Good For You This Halloween

    Oct 21, 2020
    The witchcraft capital of the U.S. usually courts October visitors but is worried about the coronavirus this year. Officials are taking steps to repel out-of-town goblins.
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    The University of Michigan football stadium is shown in Ann Arbor, Mich., this summer. Health officials in Michigan say infections among university students account for over 60% of local infections.
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    U. Of Michigan Students Under Stay-In-Place Order, But Football Can Still Kick Off

    Oct 21, 2020
    The public health order does not apply to varsity sports such as the football team, which plays University of Minnesota on the road Saturday. The two-week order was prompted by surging virus cases.
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    Artist Don Becker creates automatons after being laid off from his job during the pandemic. This mechanical sculpture features a woodcutter being thwarted by trees.
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    Automatons Keep Gears Turning In D.C. Artist's Brain During The Pandemic

    Oct 21, 2020
    An artist in Washington, D.C., who got laid off during the pandemic, fills his days by making automatons — mechanical sculptures that come to life with the turn of a crank.
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    Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, is pictured on Sept. 9 on Capitol Hill. Collins says a vaccine would not be approved for emergency use before late November at the earliest.
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    NIH Director 'Guardedly Optimistic' About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval By End Of 2020

    Oct 20, 2020
    But Dr. Francis Collins says it's unlikely a vaccine will be approved before late November. He also urges people to trust health experts like Anthony Fauci who "don't really have an ax to grind."
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    Shoppers buy face masks on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday. Ireland's government is putting the country at its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks in a bid to combat a rise in infections.
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    Ireland To Impose 6-Week National Lockdown, Estimates 150,000 Job Losses

    Oct 20, 2020
    Under the lockdown, nonessential retail businesses will be closed, and restaurants and bars will be takeout only. Residents are to stay within about a 3-mile radius of their homes.
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    The study is still awaiting final regulatory approval. If given the green light, a study in which human volunteers will be infected with the coronavirus will begin in January at a biosecure unit at London's Royal Free Hospital.
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    U.K. Preparing COVID-19 Vaccine Trials That Deliberately Expose Study Subjects

    Oct 20, 2020
    Proponents say that such controversial "human challenge" studies can speed up vaccine development. But others cite ethical concerns.
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    Passengers enter a checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport on Monday. The TSA reports it screened over 1 million passengers on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus crisis began.
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    Air Travel High: TSA Screens 1 Million For First Time Since March

    Oct 19, 2020
    The agency screened more than one million travelers at airport security checkpoints Sunday, the most since the start of the pandemic. But the modest air travel increase may be short-lived.
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    The U.S.-Canada border at Pittsburg, N.H., in 2017. The U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico will stay closed to nonessential travel through Nov. 21.
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    U.S. Borders With Canada And Mexico Will Stay Closed Another Month

    Oct 19, 2020
    "The situation in the United States continues to be of concern. So we're going to make sure we're keeping Canadians safe as best as we can," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
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    UNICEF said Monday it plans to stockpile 520 million syringes in its warehouses in preparation for an eventual COVID-19 vaccine. This warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, is part of the agency's infrastructure to deliver medical supplies around the world.
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    UNICEF To Stockpile Over Half A Billion Syringes For Future COVID-19 Vaccine

    Oct 19, 2020
    The agency, also known as the United Nations Children's Fund, plans to distribute up to 1 billion syringes by 2021.
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    People wearing face masks walk on a street Sunday in the Hongdae district of Seoul, South Korea.
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    South Korea Eases Coronavirus Restrictions, Touts 'Exceptional' Success

    Oct 19, 2020
    Churches resume in-person services and stadiums welcome sports fans as the country once again manages to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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    More than 40 million coronavirus infections have now been reported worldwide. Here, a staff member at a school in Moscow uses an infrared thermometer on Monday to screen students.
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    40 Million Coronavirus Cases Are Now Reported Worldwide

    Oct 19, 2020
    With the flu season looming, the rate of new cases in the U.S. and other countries is rising at rates not seen in months.
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    Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and chief Palestinian negotiator, talks to reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah in March. Erekat is being treated in a Jerusalem hospital after contracting COVID-19.
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    Top Palestinian Official Receiving COVID-19 Treatment In Israeli Hospital

    Oct 19, 2020
    Palestinian politician Saeb Erekat is in critical but stable condition in Hadassah Hospital, where he has been moved after reportedly testing positive for coronavirus earlier this month.
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    A Thailand-based oil and gas company had offered to pay for a new school in Shadyside, Ohio. But with its local project now on hold, superintendent John Haswell says all he can do is "wait and wait."
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    Appalachian Town Must 'Wait And Wait' As Pandemic Puts Plastics Plant On Hold

    Oct 17, 2020
    For a decade, growing American gas production has fueled a petrochemical boom. There are big plans for more plants in Appalachia, but the pandemic — and an oversupply of plastics — may crush them.
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    President Trump announced a partnership with two national pharmacy chains to administer coronavirus vaccines to nursing homes at an event in Fort Myers, Fla.
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    Trump Announces Partnership With CVS, Walgreens For Nursing Home COVID Vaccination

    Oct 16, 2020
    The federal government is offering nursing homes the chance to opt in to the new program, in which pharmacy staff would deliver and administer a future vaccine on site.
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    The government shortfall for the fiscal year that just ended is far greater than was seen during the height of the Great Recession. The national debt now exceeds the size of the U.S. economy.
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    $3.1 Trillion: Pandemic Spending Drives The Federal Budget Deficit To A Record

    Oct 16, 2020
    The government shortfall for the fiscal year that just ended was more than triple that of 2019. The national debt of $21 trillion now exceeds the size of the U.S. economy.
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    Ultra-Orthodox Jews watch a funeral for Rabbi Mordechai Leifer from their balconies in the port city of Ashdod, Israel, on Oct. 5. The rabbi, who had been the spiritual leader of a small ultra-Orthodox community founded a century ago in Pittsburgh, died
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    Israel To Relax Its 2nd Nationwide Coronavirus Lockdown On Sunday

    Oct 16, 2020
    The number of infections dropped significantly during the lockdown. People will again be allowed to move without restriction. Jerusalem's three main holy sites will reopen to the general public.
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    The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore receives an injection in May.
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    Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Won't Be Ready By Election Day

    Oct 16, 2020
    Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said in a public statement Friday that the company won't have data showing that the vaccine is safe before the third week of November at the earliest.
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    Shoppers stroll through the newly reopened Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia, Calif., on Oct. 7.
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    Shoppers Came Back To Department Stores In September, Lifting Retail Sales

    Oct 16, 2020
    U.S. retail spending grew 1.9% last month, delivering a slight boost of confidence amid a recent spate of signs that the economic recovery has lost momentum from the pandemic's toll.
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    In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents line up for COVID-19 tests in Qingdao this week. China says it has carried out 10 million tests in the northern port city, with no new cases found.
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    City In China Tests 10 Million People After 13 COVID-19 Cases Are Found

    Oct 16, 2020
    Qingdao city officials say no new infections were identified. The extraordinary testing effort followed the appearance of a small cluster of COVID-19 cases centered in a city hospital.
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    United Airlines' nearly empty terminal at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in April.
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    United Airlines Reports $1.8 Billion Loss But Looks Ahead To Friendlier Skies

    Oct 15, 2020
    United is the latest airline to report a huge third-quarter loss blamed on the coronavirus pandemic, but the CEO says he sees improvement ahead.
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    People wear face masks as they leave a store in Vernon Hills, Ill., last week. State health officials say the number of coronavirus cases and COVID-19 deaths in the state are hitting worrisome new highs.
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    Single-Day COVID-19 Deaths In Illinois At Highest Level In Months

    Oct 15, 2020
    Health officials said Thursday that 53 people had died from the disease in the most recent daily tally, the highest number since June. Confirmed cases have also been trending up in recent days.
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    Wells Fargo has fired more than 100 employees whom it says personally defrauded a pandemic relief program from the Small Business Administration.
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    Wells Fargo Fires More Than 100 Employees Accused Of Coronavirus Relief Fraud

    Oct 15, 2020
    The employees' alleged actions were outside of their work responsibilities and do not involve Wells Fargo's customers, the company said. The bank says it's cooperating with law enforcement.

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