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Month: January 2021

Experts say Biden administration’s vaccine strategy could benefit from good timing

As President Joe Biden takes steps to try to ramp up vaccine production, experts say the biggest boon to his administration’s vaccine strategy could simply be good timing. The President on Thursday directed federal agencies to use “all available legal authorities, including the Defense Production Act” to boost vaccine supply, but experts tell CNN that

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Japón está resuelto a celebrar los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, dicen los organizadores pese a rumores de cancelación

(CNN) –– El gobierno de Japón está decidido a continuar con los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, señalaron los organizadores este viernes, hora local, tras un reporte no confirmado acerca de que la cancelación del evento podría ser inminente. El viernes, el diario Times of London, informó que las autoridades japonesas habían concluido en privado que

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Evacuation order lifted after residents of Washington State town were told to flee due to explosion threat

Residents of a Washington State town were told to flee Thursday night due to the threat of a potential explosion, but the order was lifted early Friday by officials. Local police and fire agencies responded to a commercial structure fire at Washington Potato Company in Warden, Washington, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. There

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Descartan que incendio en edificio del mayor fabricante de vacunas del mundo afecte producción de vacuna contra coronavirus

Nueva Delhi, India (CNN) — Un incendio que estalló en un edificio del mayor fabricante de vacunas del mundo y dejó cinco muertos no afectaría la producción de vacunas, dijo el jueves el director de la compañía. El incendio en el Serum Institute of India (SII), en la ciudad occidental de Pune, fue controlado el

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Four people charged in Portland after demonstrators vandalized federal ICE building, Democratic Party state headquarters

Demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday vandalized the state Democratic Party headquarters and a federal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, according to police. Four people have been charged Thursday in connection with those demonstrations. At least four demonstrations were planned in the city, Sgt. Kevin Allen, spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau, said in

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‘The Simpsons’ seemed to get it right again — by predicting part of the inauguration

First things first: No, “The Simpsons” cannot actually predict the future. Yet, as the longest-running sitcom in US history, the timeless series often finds itself aligning with “life imitates art” moments that happen years after airing. This week, for example, users on social media couldn’t help but wonder at the latest coincidence between Vice President

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The huge stakes of Biden’s new Covid-19 plan

President Joe Biden is so far as good as his word to “manage the hell” out of the pandemic, driven by urgency to revive a sickened, struggling nation and the certainty that his entire presidency rests on eradicating Covid-19. Until now, it’s been easy for the new President to criticize the Trump administration’s obviously negligent

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January 21 coronavirus news

THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Expert panel says both China and the WHO should have acted faster to prevent the pandemic — Surging infections give Spain’s new emergency hospital in Madrid a second chance to prove its worth — Germany’s Merkel meets with state leaders to ponder tougher virus restrictions — High numbers of new infections are making the virus genetically diverse

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The Kamala Harris you don’t know

On Wednesday, Kamala Harris became the 49th vice president of the United States, the first woman, first Black and first South Asian person to hold that office. Since Harris announced her presidential bid in early 2019, she was met with pushback and reservations from progressives in the country due to her law enforcement record. People

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Southern New Mexico sees triple-digit case increase, 5 new virus deaths

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Triple-digit increases in Las Cruces’ Doña Ana County (125) and Albuquerque’s Bernallillo County (232) were among the latest confirmed Covid-19 cases reported Thursday by state health officials. New Mexico reported an additional 997 cases for the day, pushing the statewide total since the pandemic began to nearly 167,000 cases. Another 35 deaths

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Biden unveils Covid-19 plan based on ‘science not politics’ as he signs new initiatives

President Joe Biden’s first full day in office on Thursday focused on rolling out his national strategy to get the coronavirus pandemic under control and signing several executive actions, including ramping up vaccination supplies and requiring international travelers to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test prior to traveling to the US. “Our national strategy

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