LAS VEGAS - Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies on Tuesday, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the pandemic by failing to account for a drop in driving and crashes.The lawsuits acknowledge that some insurers provided discounts over the emptier roads and drop in accidents and claims, but the discounts did not offer "any meaningful relief that actually reflects the reduction in cars on the road and reduced driving during the pandemic," according to the court filings.

The rates that were charged violate state law against excessive premiums, the lawsuits contend.The lawsuits were filed on behalf of Nevada insurance customers against State Farm, USAA, Geico,.

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New covid variant found in UK after 16 cases spark investigation

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scientists have identified 16 cases of a new coronavirus variant in the UK, Public Health England (PHE) has announced.Cases of the variant, referred to as VUI-202102/04, were first identified on February 15 through genomic horizon scanning.PHE said on Thursday that all individuals who tested positive and their contacts have been traced and advised to isolate.The variant, which is understood to have originated in the UK, was designated a "variant under investigation" (VUI) on February 24.Variants of Covid-19 can be identified as VUIs or "variants of concern" (VOCs).New variants emerge regularly and experts are conducting frequent analysis to see which

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New research aims to discover how many teachers and staff contracted COVID-19 in Canada

COVID-19 pandemic is coming under researchers’ microscopes.Three new projects are aiming determine how many teachers and school staff in Canada have had COVID-19, to help inform prevention strategies in neighbourhoods, schools and daycares.About $2.9 million will be spent on the research in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec as part of the work of the national COVID-19 immunity task force.All three projects will ask teachers for blood samples to determine how many have antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, which would indicate a previous COVID-19 infection. Teachers may be bigger drivers of COVID-19 in schools than students: U.S.

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Ivermectin doesn't speed recovery from mild COVID-19, study shows

Early administration of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin didn't significantly shorten time to clinical improvement in 400 adults mildly ill with COVID-19, a clinical trial today in JAMA finds.

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Information About Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine

how COVID-19 vaccines work and get a better understanding of COVID-19 viral vector vaccines. 1 shot Shot in the muscle of the upper armFor a full list of ingredients, see the Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers for the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

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Coronavirus: Some Ontario universities plan for in-person learning in fall

COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up.The pandemic forced schools to quickly move classes online last year but several said ongoing immunizations have sparked hope that a return to physical classrooms in September will be possible.In London, Ont., Western University said it expects to return to face-to-face instruction and resume on-campus activities when the fall semester begins.

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Saskatchewan coronavirus hospitalizations below 150 for the 1st time in 2 months

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Waterloo’s 2nd COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens up on Boardwalk

COVID-19 vaccination clinic in the region opened its doors on Thursday on the Boardwalk in the city of Waterloo.The clinic, which follows on the heels of the first opened at Grand River Hospital in December, was expected to vaccinate 1,000 to 2,000 people on a daily basis.

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Health measures relaxed too early at Edmonton retirement home that now has a COVID-19 variant outbreak: family

Alberta’s first COVID-19 variant outbreak is at the Churchill Manor in Edmonton, where the family of a resident say health measures inside the retirement home were relaxed too early. Nicole Stillger has more on the noon news.

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Mark Wright's uncle and Elliott Wright's dad dies following coronavirus battle

TOWIE star Mark Wright's cousin Elliott Wright has revealed that his father and "idol" Edward has sadly died away after losing his battle with the deadly Covid-19.

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New coronavirus-related hospitalizations will mostly be in Montreal, projections show

COVID-19 will be concentrated in Montreal and surrounding regions in the coming weeks, according to new projections.The Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) estimates that 86 per cent of new patients requiring hospitalization for the novel coronavirus will be located in Montreal, Laval, Montérégie, Lanaudière and the Laurentians.The province’s hospitals aren’t expected to exceed capacity, however.

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2021 Penn Relays canceled due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic

A general view of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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B.C. health officials to provide live Thursday COVID-19 update

COVID-19 at 2 p.m. PT, Thursday.Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.

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Mark Wright’s uncle dies of Covid as heartbroken star says ‘I’ll never forget you’

FORMER TOWIE star Mark Wright today said he has been left "broken to pieces" following the death of his uncle from coronavirus.

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McIlroy, DeChambeau put on a show for fans at Bay Hill

ORLANDO, Fla. – Bay Hill was bustling Thursday morning, just like golf before the pandemic. The fans were limited in numbers but they all wanted the same dose of entertainment provided by Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.

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Audit finds major gaps in US bio weapons detection system

WASHINGTON – A U.S. program created after the 2003 anthrax attacks to help detect biological weapons provided protection in less than half the states and couldn't detect many of the known threats, according to a report released Thursday.

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Mississippi gov will sign bill limiting transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday he will soon sign a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams in the state's schools and universities.

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New Covid 'epicentre' as Midlands dominates top 20 worst-hit areas - see full list

An emerging Covid epicentre has formed in the Midlands where the majority of the worst hit areas now lie.

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New Brunswick reports 5 new coronavirus cases, confirms U.K. COVID-19 variant case

COVID-19 cases on Thursday and said that a recently reported presumptive case of a variant in Zone 7 (Miramichi region) has been confirmed by Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory as a U.K. variant.

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Saskatchewan to announce 4-month gap between first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine: Moe

COVID-19 vaccines to four months.The announcement comes on the heels of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommendation released Wednesday that provinces and territories extend the period between the first and second doses due to vaccine shortages.

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Roy Green: Proof of vaccination in exchange for mask freedom?

vaccinated against COVID-19.I miss what I couldn’t abide until recently, I wrote at the time, “things like a crowded elevator or sitting beside chattering and chewing patrons at sporting events or the movies. I detest the current reality of standing on spots while waiting to reach a cashier at the supermarket.” Roy Green — Why I will agree to be vaccinated (Dec.

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Ontario doctor cautioned by regulators for spreading COVID-19 misinformation

COVID-19 vaccines and lockdowns that could put the public at risk.Dr.

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Alberta, Saskatchewan premiers support 4-month gap in administering 2nd COVID-19 vaccine dose

Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is recommending provinces and territories extend the time between the first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses to four months amid vaccine shortages.

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Mel Gibson admits that parenting his four-year-old 'little son during the pandemic is a 'handful'

Mel Gibson recovered from a severe bout of COVID-19 last year.The 65-year-old opened up about battling the virus and what it has been like parenting his four-year-old 'little Viking' son Lars during the unprecedented lockdown.Mel's candid chat came while promoting his new project Boss Level alongside co-star Frank Grillo during an appearance with Extra's Terri Seymour.

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WHO ‘strongly’ against hydroxychloroquine use for COVID-19 prevention

Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.This guideline also offers patients the chance to consider their best treatment options. The WHO have called it a ‘living’ guideline because they will continuously update it to reflect new knowledge.To create this living guideline, experts, doctors, patients, and methodologists from around the world are assessing existing studies to produce a set of universal recommendations.On March 1, 2020, the panel released the first installment of the living WHO guideline on drugs to prevent COVID-19 in the British Medical Journal.

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Ivermectin doesn't speed recovery from mild COVID, study shows

Early administration of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin didn't significantly shorten time to clinical improvement in 400 adults mildly ill with COVID-19, a clinical trial today in JAMA finds.

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California Legislature OKs plan aimed at in-person learning

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California lawmakers on Thursday approved a $6.6 billion plan aimed at pressuring school districts to return students to the classroom before the end of the school year.

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U.S. CDC’s zombie apocalypse tips rise again for pandemic times

zombie outbreak — especially during a pandemic.A decade-old guide to preparing for a zombie apocalypse has resurfaced on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, amid fresh paranoia caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Social media and Google traffic surged around the topic on Wednesday and Thursday, after a handful of news outlets recirculated the CDC tips alongside a zombie-related “prophecy” supposedly attributed to Nostradamus, the 16th-century French astrology.

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City of Hamilton warning residents of scam offering COVID-19 vaccines for money

COVID-19 vaccine service for a fee.Officials say they’ve received reports of phone calls targeting seniors selling vaccination appointments via credit card or other form of electronic payment.“This is a scam – vaccines are free in Hamilton,” the city warned in social media post on Wednesday afternoon.We are noting reports of a new COVID-19 vaccine scam targeting Hamilton residents, asking them to pay to get to the front of the line for vaccinations. This is a scam – vaccines are free in Hamilton; please do not provide financial info.

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Guelph reports 13 new COVID-19 cases, active cases rise to 107

COVID-19 on Thursday, raising its total case count to 2,738 during the pandemic.Active cases increased by four from the previous day to 107 with another nine people recovering from the novel coronavirus. So you got a COVID-19 shot.

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Can I get a COVID-19 vaccine yet in Manitoba? How to book it and where to go

province’s Vaccine Queue Calculator.The province aims to have everyone who wants a vaccine inoculated by the end of September, however, that date will change based on vaccine supply.

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Canadian minister confident Covid-19 vaccination timeline will accelerate

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Powell: Higher inflation temporary, Fed will be 'patient'

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested Thursday that inflation will pick up in the coming months but that it would likely prove temporary and not enough for the Fed to alter its record-low interest rate policies.

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Deb Haaland nomination for interior secretary approved by key panel, moves to full Senate

WASHINGTON - A key Senate committee on Thursday approved the nomination of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to be interior secretary, clearing the way for a Senate vote that is likely to make her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Haaland's nomination, 11-9, sending it to the Senate floor.

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COVID-19 vaccine pilot at some Ontario pharmacies to begin next week with Oxford-AstraZeneca

COVID-19 vaccines next week.Health Minister Christine Elliott says many of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses expected to arrive in the province will go to the pharmacies for the pilot program.Canada received 500,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca this week and Ontario has said those doses will be given to people between the ages of 60 and 64.

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Two deaths, 51 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba Thursday

COVID-19 and two pandemic-related deaths have been reported on Thursday in Manitoba.Provincial health officials said a woman in her 20s and a woman in her 90s — both from Winnipeg — have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 903.

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CIOs see pandemic tools shaping post-covid enterprise

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How Sketch Comedy Brands Survived the Pandemic: "We Figured Teaching Improv on Zoom Would Be a Disaster"

In July, The Second City was facing an existential crisis. Its namesake improv theaters in Toronto, Los Angeles and Chicago had shuttered amid the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively eliminating all revenue overnight.

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Coronavirus: Kingston health unit limits gatherings to 5 people for St. Patrick’s Day week

COVID-19 in the city over the St. Patrick’s Day week.He has issued a Section 22 order that will limit all gatherings in the city to five people indoors and outdoors from March 13 to March 21.

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Port Coquitlam private school closed to in-class learning due to COVID-19 variant exposure

COVID-19 variant of concern.A letter sent to families at Archbishop Carney Secondary on Wednesday said the school has suspended in-class learning. There will be no classes on Thursday and online classes will take place from March 5 to 12.A variant exposure notice was sent out to parents earlier this week.According to the letter, Fraser Health said a significant number of students and staff have been asked to self-isolate.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 80 new COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases on Thursday, pushing key coronavirus indicators in the city closer to the threshold of Ontario’s red zone.There have now been 14,950 cases of COVID-19 locally since the start of the pandemic, with 517 of those cases currently considered active.One additional person has died in connection with COVID-19 in Ottawa, raising the city’s death toll of the pandemic to 442 as of Thursday. Ottawa to start administering COVID-19 vaccines in shelters The seven-day average of new coronavirus infections in Ottawa now stands at 58.3, up from 52.7 at the start of the week.Ottawa’s incidence rate of COVID-19 is now at 38.7 cases per 100,000 residents.

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Dr. Deena Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update for Alberta Thursday afternoon

COVID-19 Thursday afternoon.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is set to speak at 3:30 p.m.

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Bombardier expects business jet deliveries to begin gradual recovery this year

The company noted that its outlook assumes the continued successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, a gradual lifting of international border restrictions and a continued economic recovery.Bombardier recently completed a restructuring of the company that included the sale of its commercial aircraft and railway divisions.The company says it intends to use the proceeds from the sale of Bombardier Transportation to pay down debt with a priority on near-term maturities.

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine approval expected in ‘next few days’: feds

Johnson & Johnson one-shot coronavirus vaccine within a matter of days.Dr. Marc Berthiaume, director of the bureau of medical science at Health Canada, said during a press conference on Thursday that he expects there will be good news on the approval of that vaccine shortly.“The Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be available in the next few days,” he said, referring to the vaccine approval — officials said the specifics of any possible deliveries are still being worked out.“So we should have good news on that in the next few days.”Earlier in the week, Health Canada’s chief medical advisor Dr.

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Israel, Denmark and Austria join forces against COVID-19

TEL AVIV – Israel, Denmark and Austria agreed on Thursday to join forces in the fight against COVID-19 with an investment in research and roll-out of vaccines to protect people against new surges and mutations of the coronavirus.

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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Lawsuits filed against auto insurers over excessive rates amid COVID-19 pandemic

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