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    Four-year-old Lois Copley-Jones, the photographer's daughter, takes part in a livestreamed broadcast of "PE With Joe" on March 23, 2020, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. The popular fitness series ended Friday.
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    As Schools Reopen, Popular 'PE With Joe' Online Exercise Class Goes Bye-Bye

    Mar 05, 2021
    A year ago, as the pandemic began, fitness instructor Joe Wicks started a daily exercise class for kids on YouTube. The videos became popular with kids and their parents. Now the series is ending.
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    Signage requiring masks is on display outside of a H-E-B supermarket in Austin, Texas on March 3. Texas is one of the states lifting its mask mandate alongside other COVID-19 restrictions, against the warnings of public health experts.
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    Study: On-Premises Dining Linked To Increased COVID-19 Cases

    Mar 05, 2021
    A study published Friday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that cases and deaths decreased after states enacted mask mandates and increased after they reopened on-premises dining.
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    A health care worker in Sydney, Australia receives their COVID-19 vaccination this month. Italian authorities got the European Commission to block a shipment of 250,700 doses of vaccine destined for Australia from Europe this week.
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    Australia Asks European Commission To Review Italy's Block On Vaccine Shipments

    Mar 05, 2021
    The blocked shipment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines was the first intervention by the EU since the bloc approved rules that could restrict vaccine exports to non-member nations.
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    School desks make up an exhibit called "Pandemic Classroom" at the United Nations in New York City. Each of the 168 seats represents 1 million children living in countries where schools have been entirely closed almost a year.
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    Empty Desks At U.N. Represent Millions Of Children Who Have Missed School In Pandemic

    Mar 04, 2021
    The 168 school desks make up an exhibit called "Pandemic Classroom." Each of the seats represents 1 million children living in countries where schools have been closed for almost a year.
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    Data Show India's Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccine Works — 2 Months After It Was Approved

    Mar 04, 2021
    India's homegrown COVID-19 vaccine has been controversial because the Indian government approved its use before clinical trials showed it works. Now data is finally out.
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    A sign directs motorists to a drive-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Exeter, N.H., in February. White House officials announced on Wednesday that a new pilot program will aim to remove common barriers to vaccination for some 2 million seniors from vulnerabl
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    New Initiative By Health Insurers Aims To Help Vaccinate 2 Million Vulnerable Seniors

    Mar 03, 2021
    Officials said Wednesday that a coalition of health insurance providers will team up as part of a new "Vaccine Community Connectors" pilot program.
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    Forensic investigators search for evidence after an explosion on Wednesday at a coronavirus testing center in the town of Bovenkarpsel, The Netherlands.
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    Explosion Outside Dutch Coronavirus Testing Site, Police Say

    Mar 03, 2021
    Dutch police say the explosion went off outside of a coronavirus test center several miles north of Amsterdam. There were no injuries from the blast.
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    Dolly Parton, pictured performing in May 2014, shared a video of herself getting her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
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    From 'Jolene' To Vaccine: Dolly Parton Gets COVID-19 Shot She Helped Fund

    Mar 03, 2021
    The country music icon, who is 75, shares a video of herself getting vaccinated in which she riffs off her hit song "Jolene" and urges those eligible to get their shots, too.
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    President Biden delivers remarks on the coronavirus crisis on March 2.
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    Biden Says U.S. Will Have Vaccine Supply For All Adults By May, Prioritizes Teachers

    Mar 02, 2021
    President Biden moves his timeline up by two months while directing all 50 states and the District of Columbia to move school workers up in line for vaccinations, beginning next week.
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    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, seen here donning a mask in September, announced Tuesday he will lift the state's mask mandate.
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    Texas And Mississippi To Lift COVID-19 Mask Mandates And Business Capacity Limits

    Mar 02, 2021
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says his order ensures "that all businesses and families in Texas have the freedom to determine their own destiny." Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves tweeted: "It is time!"
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    A White House official tells NPR that pharmaceutical giant Merck will help manufacture Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.
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    Merck Will Help Manufacture Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine

    Mar 02, 2021
    Merck traditionally has been a leader in vaccines but has not had success with a COVID-19 vaccine. It's lending a hand to Johnson & Johnson, where production is running significantly behind schedule.
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    Palestinian elementary school students wearing protective face masks take their seats in their classroom amid the coronavirus pandemic on the first day of class in September at a United Nations-run school in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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    Israeli Health Officials To Government: Vaccinate All Palestinians

    Mar 01, 2021
    An outgoing high official told NPR that Israel has a public health imperative to protect all Palestinians from COVID-19, plus a humanitarian obligation.
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    The first box of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine departs from a facility in Shepherdsville, Ky., on Monday. The company is set to distribute its first 3.9 million doses across the U.S. this week.
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    Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Rollout Begins In U.S. As COVID-19 Cases Tick Up

    Mar 01, 2021
    Johnson & Johnson has started shipping its first vaccine doses across the U.S., adding a third vaccine to the country's arsenal as public health officials warn of an uptick in cases.
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    A health care worker holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Klerksdorp Hospital in Klerksdorp, South Africa, on Feb. 18.
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    FDA Authorizes Johnson & Johnson's One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine

    Feb 27, 2021
    The Food and Drug Administration gave Johnson & Johnson's vaccine the green light for emergency use Saturday, a day after a panel of advisers to the agency endorsed it in a unanimous vote.
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    A health care worker withdrew a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from a vial at the Klerksdorp Hospital in Klerksdorp, South Africa, on Feb. 18.
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    Panel Recommends FDA Authorize Johnson & Johnson Vaccine For Emergency Use

    Feb 26, 2021
    The Food and Drug Administration typically follows the advice of its expert advisers. A quick agency decision on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is expected given the state of the pandemic.
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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said on Friday that the says that the 7-day average of confirmed cases in the U.S. has ticked up for the past three days, warning that "now is not the time to relax restrictions."
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    'A Very Concerning Shift': CDC Head Warns Of Recent Uptick In COVID-19 Cases

    Feb 26, 2021
    Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a Friday briefing that infectious new variants may be threatening to derail the country's recent progress.
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    A British Airways plane comes in to land behind a tail fin at Heathrow Airport in London. On Friday, the head of the group that owns BA called for instituting an electronic health pass for passengers as the company announced steep losses due to COVID-19.
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    British Airways Owner Calls For Digital Health Passes For Passengers

    Feb 26, 2021
    Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group, wants "common testing standards and the introduction of digital health passes."
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    The Olympic rings displayed outside the National Stadium, a venue for the 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo last year. The Games have been delayed until 2021 because of the coronavirus.
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    'No Cheering': Tokyo Olympic Organizers Release Guidelines For Torch Relay

    Feb 25, 2021
    The Tokyo Organizing Committee are urging spectators to only clap, not cheer, when the Olympic torchbearers make their way through Japan starting March 25.
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    President Joe Biden, pictured on the campaign trail in Nov. 2020, has long encouraged Americans to mask up in the fight against COVID-19. On Wednesday, his administration announced it will provide 25 million masks to community health centers and food ban
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    Biden Administration To Deliver 25 Million Masks To Health Centers And Food Banks

    Feb 24, 2021
    Officials said Wednesday that the masks will be delivered in the coming months, and are expected to reach an estimated 12 to 15 million vulnerable Americans.
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    A medical worker gives a coronavirus vaccine shot to a patient at a vaccination facility in Beijing, in January. Two pharmaceutical companies in China announced Wednesday they are seeking market approval for new vaccines.
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    Chinese Pharmaceutical Makers Seek Approval For New Coronavirus Vaccines

    Feb 24, 2021
    If approved, the new vaccine candidates would give China a total of four OK'd for general distribution. Even so, the country's vaccine drive appears to be falling short.
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    A shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX global program arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Wednesday, as Ghana received the group's first vaccine shipment.
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    Ghana Becomes First Country To Get COVAX Vaccine Doses

    Feb 24, 2021
    The shipments are the start of "what should be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history," the WHO and UNICEF say.
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    A health care worker looks away as she's immunized with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine at Klerksdorp Hospital in Klerksdorp, South Africa, on Feb. 18.
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    FDA Analysis Of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Safe, Effective

    Feb 24, 2021
    The Food and Drug Administration released an analysis of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning that appears to support its authorization for emergency use.
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    People wait in front of the hospital of the Military Medical Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Feb. 21 for a COVID-19 vaccination.
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    Bulgaria Begins Mass-Vaccination Effort; All Welcome To Line Up In 'Green Corridors'

    Feb 23, 2021
    In an effort to boost vaccination rates among a skeptical public, Bulgaria has opened up COVID-19 inoculations to all who want them — with many waiting in line for hours to receive a first dose.
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    States Must Test Student Learning This Spring, Biden Administration Says

    Feb 23, 2021
    Annual state testing was canceled last year because of the pandemic. Many states want to skip it again, but the Education Department says no.
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    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine in Edinburg, Texas, last year. The Rio Grande Valley, a four-county region that stretches across Texas's southernmost tip, remains one of America's most afflicted areas, with the highest hospit
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    Texas Vaccination Site Apologizes For Refusing COVID-19 Shots To 2 Eligible People

    Feb 22, 2021
    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley turned away people because they could not prove they live in the United States. Proof of residency and citizenship are not required under state rules.

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