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Here’s how filing your taxes early could cost you a $1,400 stimulus check

25.02.2021 / 20:34

ORLANDO, Fla. - American households could receive a $1,400 stimulus check in a matter of weeks as Congressional Democrats barrel ahead with passing President Biden's nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package. Lawmakers are hoping to send the legislation to Biden's desk before March 14, which means if the relief package is passed, the IRS could begin distributing the latest round of cash payments in the middle of tax season.

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25.02.2021 / 20:10

Mum's heartbreak as boy, 10, has hands and legs amputated after catching coronavirus

A mum has shared her heartbreak as her 10-year-old boy had his hands and legs amputated after rare complications set in when he caught coronavirus.

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The Latest: Marquette hoops to allow 1,800 fans at home

25.02.2021 / 20:04

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Target to open mini Apple stores in select locations

25.02.2021 / 19:58

Concept illustration of new Apple destination rolling out in Target locations. (Target)Target on Thursday announced plans to open mini Apple stores within select locations this month, effectively doubling the tech behemoth's footprint inside the stores.The so-called "dedicated Apple shopping destinations" will first roll out at 17 Target stores nationwide, spanning from San Jose, California to Miami, the retailer said.

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Quebec adds 858 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths as hospitalizations drop

25.02.2021 / 19:21

coronavirus and 16 additional deaths Thursday as the pandemic continues.Of those deaths attributable to COVID-19, five occurred in the past 24 hours while the others took place earlier in the month.The case count now stands at 285,330 in the province and recoveries have surpassed 266,000. The health crisis has to the deaths of 10,361 Quebecers, but the tally was changed to remove a fatality previously attributed to the virus following an investigation.

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Quebec’s registration for COVID-19 vaccines is now underway. Here’s what you need to know

25.02.2021 / 18:33

inoculation campaign to the general public, beginning with seniors aged 85 or older.Here’s what you need to know about how to register for the first dose.Quebecers are asked to register online by visiting this province’s registration website.Health Minister Christian Dubé says booking an appointment on the internet will be faster than by phone. He is urging anyone who can to do so or ask family for help if needed.Those who do not have access to the internet can, however, call 1-877-644-4545 to book their first dose.

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'QAnon Shaman' files motion to be released from jail

25.02.2021 / 17:30

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Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy declining among Quebec health-care workers, researchers say

25.02.2021 / 17:30

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]More than 10,000 Quebec adults participated in the survey, which was part of a two-year research project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, results of which have not yet been published.Seeing colleagues get vaccinated with no major side effects — and witnessing the number of new COVID-19 cases decline as the vaccination campaign continues — has helped change attitudes, Généreux said. She also credits educational efforts by the Health Department and regional public officials.At the west-central Montreal health board, much of the effort to encourage vaccination has focused on educating workers, Tremblay said.

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University of Delaware has seen over 140 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

25.02.2021 / 17:27

NEWARK, Del. - The University of Delaware is tightening its coronavirus restrictions and urging students to reduce time indoors with others amid an explosion of new coronavirus cases on campus over the last two days. According to the school's website, more than 140 new infections have been reported since Tuesday.

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25.02.2021 / 16:58

Coronavirus cases for your area as Nicola Sturgeon announces lockdown easing plan for Scotland

coronavirus case number in all local authority areas in Scotland has been published by health officials.Public Health Scotland said that in the week between February 15 and 21, Scotland recorded a total of 5,736 positive cases of Covid-19 - which represents 5.0% of people tested for the virus.Scotland’s seven-day positivity rate per 100,000 population in those seven days stood at 105.0, according to the latest data.Falkirk recorded the highest number of cases per 100,000 population during this period, with West Lothian, North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire all recording high figures.Shetland and Orkney recorded no new coronavirus cases over the seven days.Nicola Sturgeon said that Scotland is now seeing lower test

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A 3rd dose of Pfizer? Company testing booster of COVID-19 vaccine in new trial

25.02.2021 / 16:06

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Thursday they are testing a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine to better understand the immune response against new variants of the virus.They are also in talks with regulatory authorities about testing a vaccine modified to protect specifically against the highly transmissible new variant found in South Africa and elsewhere, known as B.1.351, as a second arm of the same study. Canada to receive over 640,000 vaccine doses from Pfizer, Moderna this week The companies believe their current two-dose vaccine will work against the South African variant as well as one found in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

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Active-duty military begins giving vaccines in New York area

25.02.2021 / 14:20

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25.02.2021 / 11:57

Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as SNP health chief gives hope on care home visits

long Covid for months. Dr Amy Small, 40, from Lothian is now working as a locum but 10 months after being diagnosed with Covid she admits she is still only 80 per cent back to fitness.

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The Latest: Alaska governor, state House member have virus

25.02.2021 / 09:52

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska House Speaker Louise Stutes says a member of the Alaska House has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.

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8 Toronto schools each have at least 1 possible COVID-19 variant case, public health reports

25.02.2021 / 07:13

Toronto Public Health (TPH) officials say they are currently working with eight schools in the city in which at least one person linked to the school has screened positive for a COVID-19 variant of concern (VOC).In a news release issued Wednesday, officials said affected individuals and cohorts at the schools have been dismissed “with guidance based on their level of risk.”Public health has followed up with close contacts and recommended testing, officials said.

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New coronavirus variant spreading in New York City, researchers say

25.02.2021 / 05:23

coronavirus variant that shares some similarities with a more transmissible and intractable variant discovered in South Africa is on the rise in New York City, researchers said on Wednesday.The new variant, known as B.1.526, was first identified in samples collected in New York in November, and by mid-February represented about 12% of cases, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said on Wednesday. ‘Minefield’ of variants: How the California strain is different from the others The variant was also described in research published online this week by the California Institute of Technology.

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Moderna begins clinical trials for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to combat South Africa variant

25.02.2021 / 05:23

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Moderna announced that it has shipped booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine booster designed specifically to offer better protection against the South Africa coronavirus variant to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a Phase 1 clinical trial. "While initial data confirms that the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (mRNA-1273) provides neutralizing activity against variants of concern, out of an abundance of caution, Moderna is pursuing two strategies against these variants," Moderna wrote in a press release on Wednesday.The company said that initial data confirms that its already-distributed coronavirus vaccine provides neutralizing activity for concerning variants.But Moderna said out of an abundance of caution, the NIH

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25.02.2021 / 04:47

Garth Brooks Says His 'Queen' Trisha Yearwood Has Tested Positive For Coronavirus

Garth Brooks has revealed that wife Trisha Yearwood has tested positive for coronavirus.

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CFL will have to appease more levels of government to get 2021 protocols approved

25.02.2021 / 04:13

CFL faces more challenges in its planned return for 2021 than it did last year when it was forced to cancel its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The CFL and CFL Players’ Association continue working on their return-to-play protocols. A league source estimates the final paperwork will be ready for submission in a week or two.

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COVID-19: Quebec to enforce elementary school students in red zones to wear masks in class

25.02.2021 / 03:51

COVID-19, the Canadian Press has learned from a reliable source on Wednesday.The provincial government will first implement the new measure to the greater Montreal region and then to other red zones across the province a week later, on March 15.Public health recommended that the government tighten sanitary measures in schools in order to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 variants that are showing to be more transmissible.Elementary school students — aside from those in grades 5 and 6 — are currently only required to wear masks in the bus and in the hallway.

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US military begins delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses to Texas, New York

25.02.2021 / 03:47

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. military on Wednesday began delivering shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and announced that service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week.The expanded vaccination effort came as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with military commanders overseeing the COVID-19 response effort.

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Florida vaccine supply about to get a boost, governor says

25.02.2021 / 03:05

Gov. Ron DeSantis said between the four FEMA mass vaccination sites, an increase in Pfizer vaccine, and Johnson & Johnson on the way, the state of Florida is going to start seeing more coronavirus vaccine very soon.

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Fauci: In country as ‘rich and sophisticated’ as US, 500,000 shouldn’t have died of COVID-19

25.02.2021 / 02:41

LOS ANGELES - As the United States reached another grim and devastating milestone of 500,000 deaths this week due to the coronavirus, Dr.

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‘It tastes like candy’: 105-year-old woman beats COVID-19 on gin-soaked raisin diet

25.02.2021 / 01:05

Lucia DeClerck beat the coronavirus at 105 years old. (Credit: Mystic Meadows Rehab and Nursing Center) LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Lucia DeClerck never thought she would survive COVID-19 and live 105 years on earth, but she credits her spiritual life — and her diet — to her longevity."I don’t have any secret other than pray, pray, pray...

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Florida’s theme park industry is bouncing back faster than most states’, IAPPA study says

25.02.2021 / 00:07

ORLANDO, Fla. – Though the theme park and attractions industry is still feeling the impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a new study shows Florida is doing comparatively better than most other states.

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West End BIZ hopes to prop up new businesses that have survived pandemic

24.02.2021 / 23:56

COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to businesses across Winnipeg, but the city’s West End is trying to generate interest in local gems that have weathered the storm with New Business Week — a celebration of the 60 businesses that took the risk of opening shop during the pandemic.West End BIZ executive director Joe Kornelsen said that while seeing the 60 new businesses take on the challenge and make it through the year despite all the struggles is a positive sign for the area, the neighbourhood also lost 90 businesses due to the pandemic’s effects.

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‘Minefield’ of variants: How the California strain is different from the others

24.02.2021 / 23:12

COVID-19 snakes through cities and countries, it has changed, morphed and mutated.The latest iteration of the respiratory disease making waves is one first identified in California. The Western state is now teeming with the variant, known as B.1.427/B.1.429.Its recent role in creating a heavily-mutated virus hybrid has raised eyebrows worldwide, but experts are growing increasingly concerned about its individual behaviours.Here’s what we know so far:“A lot of the variants have very common mutations,” said Gerald Evans, chair of the infectious diseases division at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.The N501Y mutation, for example, is found in the variants that arose in the U.K, South Africa and Brazil.

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Maitland woman becomes 100,000th person vaccinated at Orange County Convention Center

24.02.2021 / 22:53

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As Florida works to vaccinate people 65 and older, the Orange County Convention Center celebrated a new milestone: vaccinating its 100,000th person.

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Coronavirus: New Brunswick student starts petition to have prom reinstated

24.02.2021 / 22:34

COVID-19 pandemic.“We have had so much taken away from us and it is really not fair,” said Sophia Page, a Grade 12 student at Riverview High School.Page said she started an online petition after the Anglophone East School District announced last week that traditional graduation ceremonies, proms, safe grads and award ceremonies were all being canceled due to the pandemic. N.B.

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Student suing this Florida university for fees paid during coronavirus shut down

24.02.2021 / 21:39

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville University student has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville University.

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Better luck next year: Winter Park cancels annual St. Patrick’s Day parade

24.02.2021 / 21:38

WINTER PARK, Fla. – As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the City of Winter Park has called off yet another event: its annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.

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24.02.2021 / 21:23

Schools should have the flexibility to close if Covid rates are too high says Andy Burnham

here.If there are concerns about rising infection rates locally, as is currently the case in Bury, Mr Burnham believes heads and leaders should be able to make the judgement 'not to close the schools per se, but to take perhaps a more phased approach to the return'.He added: "What we wouldn't want to see is the overruling of councils and schools as we saw in London before Christmas.

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The Latest: West Coast Conference tourneys won't have fans

24.02.2021 / 20:38

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Central Florida lawmaker calls on Gov. DeSantis to open more vaccine sites

24.02.2021 / 20:33

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hundreds of seniors got their first dose of the vaccine at La Alianza Orlando church Wednesday,

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Quebec reports 806 new cases, 17 additional deaths linked to COVID-19

24.02.2021 / 19:25

coronavirus health crisis continues.The province’s COVID-19 case count has reached 266,138 since the pandemic began. Recoveries, meanwhile, have now topped 284,472.The death toll, which remains the highest in Canada, stands at 10,346.

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Alberta COVID-19 vaccine booking site ‘experiencing very high volumes’ as appointments open to those 75 and older

24.02.2021 / 19:21

COVID-19 vaccination appointments for Albertans 75 and older was extremely high when bookings opened Wednesday morning.Alberta Health Services opened its phone lines and online vaccination booking tool for community seniors born in 1946 or earlier at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

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States pass their own virus aid, not waiting on Washington

24.02.2021 / 19:09

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Not waiting for more federal help, states have been approving their own coronavirus aid packages, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help residents and business owners devastated by the the pandemic's economic fallout.

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine 'highly effective' against severe Covid

The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe Covid-19, including newer variants, according to documents released by the US Food and Drug Administration.

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Florida Technical College to host drive-up food distribution event

24.02.2021 / 18:24

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Technical College will host a drive-up food distribution event Thursday to help families struggling financially through the coronavirus pandemic.

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A shot in the arm: EU vaccine program struggles to speed up

24.02.2021 / 18:17

BRUSSELS – Two months after its first vaccine shots, the European Union is still struggling to get its COVID-19 inoculation drive up to speed. EU leaders are meeting Thursday to jump-start the process, fearing that new virus variants might spread faster than Europe’s response.

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Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine is safe, prevents COVID-19, U.S. FDA says

24.02.2021 / 18:09

Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help tame the pandemic.The Food and Drug Administration’s scientists confirmed that overall the vaccine is about 66% effective at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19.

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24.02.2021 / 18:06

Maharashtra sees record spike of over 8,800 new Covid-19 cases, total tally crosses 21.21 lakh

Maharashtra registered 8,807 new coronavirus cases and 80 deaths in a span of 24 hours. The numbers are significantly higher compared to Tuesday when the state had recorded 6,218 new infections.The state Health Department said the total count of cases reported in the state has gone up to 21,21,119, including 59,358 active cases.The state saw 2,772 recoveries in the last 24 hours and the total number of recoveries has gone up to 20,08,623.

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Judge bans enforcement of Biden's 100-day deportation pause

24.02.2021 / 10:33

HOUSTON – A federal judge late Tuesday indefinitely banned President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.

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Iraq's struggling Christians hope for boost from pope visit

24.02.2021 / 09:47

Nasser Banyameen speaks about his hometown of Qaraqosh in the historical heartland of Iraqi Christianity with nostalgia. Before Islamic State group fighters swept through the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. Before the militants shattered his sense of peace. Before panicked relatives and neighbors fled, some never to return.

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24.02.2021 / 05:35

Biden, Trudeau bypass tension for unity on coronavirus, China and climate change

Also Read | Bitter home truths for migrant workersHe called for China to release two detained Canadian citizens, saying that “human beings are not bargaining chips," and said that the US and Canada would “strengthen our shared commitment to provide safe haven for refugees and asylum seekers."Biden portrayed the relationship with the US’s northern neighbor and largest trading partner as reinvigorated, after strains over immigration, trade and defense under former President Donald Trump.

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Shaw back with Brews; Kennedy, Lamb, Teheran find new teams

24.02.2021 / 04:39

With spring training in full swing, third baseman Travis Shaw returned to the Milwaukee Brewers while former All-Star third baseman Jake Lamb and pitchers Ian Kennedy and Julio Teheran found new teams.

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More businesses to reopen Friday as Quebec COVID-19 restrictions relaxed ahead of spring break

24.02.2021 / 03:49

COVID-19 restrictions in place. Only recreational swimming with family members from the same household is allowed.

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