COVID-19, a White House official said on Thursday.While the duration of immunity after vaccination is being studied, booster vaccines could be needed, David Kessler, chief science officer for U.S.

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‘Increasingly severe’ penalties for convoy protesters who break law, feds warn

trucker convoy protesters who break the law will be “increasingly severe” as an occupation in Ottawa extends past two weeks and blockades spring up across the country.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened a meeting Saturday with ministers and senior officials to see how protests, occupations and blockades can be brought “under control.”“I convened the Incident Response Group again today – we went over the efforts underway to address the illegal blockades and occupations,” Trudeau said on Twitter.

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Meet the nurse from Montreal who vaccinated Joe Biden

COVID-19 vaccine.The chief executive nurse of ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital was tasked with giving the booster shot to then-president-elect Joe Biden in the midst of the pandemic that has killed millions.“You never really do know what to expect in life,” the former Montrealer said.Cuming found out a week before that he would be vaccinating Biden, who was about to be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Biden says U.S.

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in U.S. down over 70% among seniors

COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged more than 70 per cent since the start of the year, and deaths among them appear to have tumbled as well, dramatic evidence the vaccination campaign is working.Now the trick is to get more of the nation’s younger people to roll up their sleeves.The drop-off in severe cases among Americans 65 and older is especially encouraging because senior citizens have accounted for about 8 out of 10 deaths from the virus since it hit the U.S., where the toll stands at about 570,000. Over 5M Canadians given at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose as rollout picks up steam COVID-19 deaths among people of all ages in the U.S.

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COVID-19 vaccine milestone: US surpasses goal of 200 million shots administered in less than 100 days

WASHINGTON - The United States passed a milestone Thursday in the Biden administration's effort to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19: More than 200 million shots have been administered.President Joe Biden wrote on Twitter, "Today, we officially reached our goal of 200 million shots in my first 100 days. Make no mistake: This is an American achievement.

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Countering Biden, GOP pitches $568B for infrastructure

WASHINGTON – A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a public works proposal with a much smaller price tag and a narrower definition of infrastructure than what President Joe Biden has proposed, highlighting the stark differences between the two sides that will be difficult to bridge in coming months.

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Are vaccine incentives and mandates the right approach?

PHILADELPHIA - President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a tax incentive for businesses to give employees paid leave to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Drexel University says it will be a vaccinated campus in the fall. No COVID vaccine means no in-person learning, campus living, or school activities."Going next Thursday to get shot," Maryssa Erdman said.

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US offers business tax credits for Covid vaccinations

United States will offer tax credits to businesses that grant their employees time off to receive a Covid-19 vaccine or recover from its side effects, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.The credits are aimed at companies and tax-exempt organizations with fewer than 500 employees, as well as some government offices, and are paid for by the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan President Joe Biden signed last month."Eligible employers may claim tax credits for sick and family leave paid to employees, including leave taken to receive or recover from Covid-19 vaccinations, for leave from April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021," according to details of the credits published by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).Biden, who took office in

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Trudeau on conversation with U.S. President Joe Biden about when more COVID-19 vaccines will be coming to Canada

Following a conversation with U.S. President Joe Biden this week about more COVID-19 vaccines coming to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tells reporter Richard Zussman about what Canadians can expect.

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US administers 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

Today, on day 92 of his presidency, Joe Biden has reached his goal of administering more than 200 million vaccine doses to Americans, 8 days ahead of schedule.

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Biden says U.S. plans to offer Canada extra COVID-19 vaccines in future

Joe Biden says he’s planning to give surplus COVID-19 vaccines to other countries, including Canada, in the future as his country’s vaccination rollout hits another milestone.Biden said he spoke to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday about providing additional vaccine assistance to Canada, but also suggested some of the extra vaccines could go to Central America. He noted that the U.S.

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Biden says he spoke to Trudeau about helping procure COVID-19 vaccines, including offering Canada extra supply

U.S. President Joe Biden said he spoke to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday about helping procure COVID-19 vaccines including offering some of their extra supply, but that they’ll have to make sure they’re safe before sending.

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Call for 'political pressure' on vaccine rights waiver to increase supply

Former President and UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson has called for "political pressure" in support of an international campaign for intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines to be waived, so that production can be increased across the globe.

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Biden expects to meet 100-day COVID-19 vaccine goal: White House

According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, U.S. President Joe Biden is set to announce on Wednesday that he expects to meet his COVID-19 vaccination goal – 200 million shots administered in his first 100 days in office.

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Joe Biden to offer tax credits for COVID-19 vaccination paid time off

WASHINGTON : President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce tax credits to businesses that provide paid time off for some people to get COVID-19 shots as he seeks to get corporate America more involved in the vaccination campaign, officials said.Biden administration officials said the government plans to reimburse businesses for the cost of giving workers as many as 80 hours paid time off to get their shots or recover from any vaccination side effects.The tax credit of up to $511 per day through September for each worker would be given to businesses with fewer than 500 employees, officials said. Businesses of that size employ roughly half of the country's private sector workers.

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Biden expected to push for more COVID-19 vaccinations as administration nears 200M shots goal

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to give remarks Wednesday on the country’s COVID-19 vaccination effort as the U.S. approaches his goal of 200 million shots administered during his first 100 days in office.Biden, in his planned address, will note that the U.S.

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Hitting latest vaccine milestone, Biden pushes shots for all

WASHINGTON – The U.S. is set to meet President Joe Biden’s latest vaccine goal of administering 200 million coronavirus shots in his first 100 days in office, as the White House steps up its efforts to inoculate the rest of the public.

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Repeated Guard missions in DC trigger frustration, denials

WASHINGTON – Three months after more than 25,000 National Guard troops poured into the nation's capital to secure President Joe Biden's inauguration, Defense Department and Guard officials are losing patience and are denying some of the city's recurring requests for troops to protect D.C.

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Guantanamo prisoners now getting COVID-19 vaccine

The American flag flies over Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (U.S.

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AP source: Guantanamo prisoners now getting COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON – Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center can begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, a senior defense official told The Associated Press, months after a plan to inoculate them was scuttled over outrage that many Americans weren’t eligible to receive the shots.

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All adults in US now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON - All adults in the United States are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, another major milestone reached in the ongoing effort to vaccinate the population against the virus and defeat the pandemic.Adults are eligible to register for vaccination in every U.S. state, as well as in Washington, D.C.

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Asian shares rise amid cautious outlook for global economy

TOKYO – Asian shares rose moderately Monday amid cautious optimism about a global rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Asian shares mixed amid cautious outlook for global economy

TOKYO – Asian shares were mixed Monday amid cautious optimism about a global rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

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US is unlikely to ‘just cancel’ J&J covid-19 shots, Anthony Fauci says

Booster ShotsSouth Africa’s health regulator asked its government on Saturday to lift a pause on the Johnson & Johnson shots provided certain conditions are met.Separately, Fauci, a top adviser to President Joe Biden, said officials would determine “soon" -- likely by the end of summer -- whether people who’ve been vaccinated against Covid may need to get booster shots or new vaccines aimed at emerging strains.Officials with vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer have indicated that a booster dose may be required, or that the Covid vaccines become annual events like flu shots, but Fauci on NBC said that such a call would be a “public health decision."“It’s not going to be a decision that’s going to be made by a pharmaceutical company," he said.

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Fauci says he expects J&J vaccine to resume later this week

WASHINGTON – The United States will likely move to resume Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine this coming week, possibly with restrictions or broader warnings after reports of some very rare blood clot cases, the government’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.

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Japanese leader asks Pfizer for additional vaccine supply

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked the U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc. for additional supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine to speed up the inoculation drive that lags behind many other countries.

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Fore! Biden plays golf for the first time as president

WILMINGTON, Del. – President Joe Biden has taken his first swing at a presidential pastime: golf.

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China says US-Japan actions are stoking division

BEIJING – China hit back at the U.S.-Japan show of alliance during talks between President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, calling it an "ironic attempt of stoking division.”

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Celebrities make a stand for COVID vaccines on TV special

LOS ANGELES – President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama and a slew of celebrities including Billy Crystal, Jennifer Hudson and Lin-Manuel Miranda are part of a special aimed at boosting COVID-19 vaccination rates.

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US likely to up Afghanistan force to ensure safe drawdown

WASHINGTON – The U.S. will likely increase its troop presence in Afghanistan temporarily over the coming weeks and months in order to fulfill President Joe Biden's order to safely withdraw all forces from the country by Sept. 11, the Pentagon said Friday.

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Japan's prime minister meets with Biden, urges strong alliance to counter China

US President Joe Biden (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (2R) take part in an expanded bilateral meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 16, 2021.

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Some people may have to return their $1,400 stimulus check

WASHINGTON - Millions of Americans were sent a third round of stimulus checks last month in an effort to offset some of the financial burden that many families have endured during the coronavirus pandemic. It was part of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.While a lot of people who received the third stimulus check could really use it, unfortunately, some people may have to return the $1,400.

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Serum's Adar Poonawalla urges Joe Biden: Lift embargo on Covid vaccine raw material exports

@POTUS, if we are to truly unite in beating this virus, on behalf of the vaccine industry outside the U.S., I humbly request you to lift the embargo of raw material exports out of the U.S. so that vaccine production can ramp up.

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Senators to Biden: Waive vaccine intellectual property rules

WASHINGTON – Ten liberal senators are urging President Joe Biden to back India and South Africa’s appeal to the World Trade Organization to temporarily relax intellectual property rules so coronavirus vaccines can be manufactured by nations that are struggling to inoculate their populations.

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Indian vaccine maker asks US to ease export curbs

NEW DELHI – The chief executive of Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest maker of vaccines and a critical supplier of the U.N.-backed COVAX facility, asked President Joe Biden on Twitter to lift the U.S. embargo on exporting raw materials needed to make the the jabs.

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Maxine Waters Tells Rep Jim Jordan To ‘Shut Your Mouth’ After He Yells At Dr. Fauci Over COVID Rules

Even with a Democratic president in Joe Biden who supports him, Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Antothy Fauci is still taking heat from Republicans in Congress about COVID-19. During a Thurs. Apr. 15 House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee hearing, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) had to jump in and tell Rep.Jim Jordan (R-OH) to “Shut your mouth” after he ranted at Dr. Fauci well after his allotted time expired. Video of the exchange with Waters shutting Jordan down has gone viral, with stars applauding the 82-year-old political veteran.

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The problem within: Biden targets lead pipes, pushes equity

CHICAGO – In the modest bungalows and two-flats of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, there’s never a shortage of needed home repairs staring residents in the face. And then there is the less obvious but more ominous problem lurking in their pipes.

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'Red' states on U.S. electoral map lagging on vaccinations

SAVANNAH – With coronavirus shots now in the arms of nearly half of American adults, the parts of the U.S. that are excelling and those that are struggling with vaccinations are starting to look like the nation’s political map: deeply divided between red and blue states.

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NFL says more than 2M COVID-19 vaccines administered at its stadiums

Xiangheng Liu, 69, (L) of San Jose prepares to receive a COVID-19 vaccination on the opening day of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Levi's Stadium on February 09, 2021 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The NFL announced Wednesday that more than 2 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered at its stadiums and facilities since starting the campaign earlier this year.The league’s effort came after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter to President Joe Biden in February.

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Biden to address Congress under security, COVID restrictions

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress will look like no other in recent memory.

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Biden says pause on J&J shots shows gov't putting safety 1st

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign hit a snag when federal regulators recommended a “pause” in administering Johnson & Johnson shots. But the White House portrayed the action as important validation of his measured approach throughout the rollout.

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Biden says 'pause' on J&J shots shows wisdom of his approach

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign hit a snag Tuesday when federal regulators recommended a “pause” in administering Johnson & Johnson shots. But the White House portrayed the action as important validation of his measured approach throughout the rollout.

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Biden tells execs US needs to invest, lead in computer chips

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden used a virtual meeting with corporate leaders about a global shortage of semiconductors to push Monday for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, telling them that the U.S. should be the world's computer chip leader.

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Time to party? Events industry still uncertain about COVID

NEW YORK – Although weddings and other big celebrations are going back on the calendar in the U.S., business owners who make those events happen expect a slow recovery from the impact of COVID-19.

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White House issuing reports on US states' infrastructure needs amid push for $2.3T plan

WASHINGTON - The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package with the release of state-by-state breakdowns that show the dire shape of roads, bridges, the power grid and housing affordability.The figures in the state summaries, obtained by The Associated Press, paint a decidedly bleak outlook for the world's largest economy after years of repairs being deferred and delayed.

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White House issuing reports on states' infrastructure needs

WASHINGTON – The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package with the release of state-by-state breakdowns that show the dire shape of roads, bridges, the power grid and housing affordability.

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AP source: Electric vehicle battery firms settle trade spat

WASHINGTON – Two big South Korean electric vehicle battery makers have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow one of them to move ahead with plans to make batteries in Georgia, a person briefed on the matter says.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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