"No Reason to Let Up" on Masks as U.S. COVID-19 Deaths & Infections Skyrocket During Vaccine Rollout & Congress's COVID Relief Bill Includes Direct Checks. It's Still Not Enough to Help Most Vulnerable
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As Wealthy Countries Hoard Vaccine Supply, Pandemic Could Rage in Poor Countries Until 2024 ([link removed])
Health experts are raising concerns that wealthy countries have reserved enough coronavirus vaccine doses to immunize their populations multiple times ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"No Reason to Let Up" on Masks as U.S. COVID-19 Deaths & Infections Skyrocket During Vaccine Rollout ([link removed])
As the "very exciting" rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution gets underway in the United States, Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Congress's COVID Relief Bill Includes Direct Checks. It's Still Not Enough to Help Most Vulnerable ([link removed])
After months of inaction, Congress finally appears close to passing a second, $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package. The agreement is likely to include additional ... Read More → ([link removed])
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U.S. Shatters COVID-19 Daily Record with 3,656 Deaths & Quarter-Million New Cases ([link removed])

WHO’s COVID-19 Plan to Vaccinate Poorer Nations Faces “Very High” Risk of Failure ([link removed])

FDA Panel to Vote on Emergency Use Authorization for Moderna Vaccine ([link removed])

Trump Appointee Pushed COVID-19 Herd Immunity Strategy: “We Want Them Infected” ([link removed])

Chris Christie on COVID-19: “How Wrong I Was to Remove My Mask at the White House” ([link removed])

French President Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Meetings with European Leaders ([link removed])

Brazil’s Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Top 7 Million ([link removed])

Lawmakers Near Deal on $900B Coronavirus Relief Bill as U.S. Poverty Surges ([link removed])

Poverty on the Rise Across the Globe, as 2.7 Billion People Saw No Public Assistance Amid Pandemic ([link removed])

U.N. Warns Locust Swarms Threaten Food Security for Millions in Horn of Africa and Yemen ([link removed])

Top U.S. General Holds Unplanned Talks with Taliban and Afghan President ([link removed])

France Delivers 14 Guilty Verdicts in 2015 Charlie Hebdo and Connected Attacks ([link removed])

Hungary Bans Same-Sex Adoptions in Latest Crackdown on LGBTQ Rights ([link removed])

Religious Leaders Call for Ban on “Conversion Therapy” ([link removed])

University of Mississippi Slammed for Firing Prof. Who Called Out Relationship with “Racist Donors” ([link removed])

MLB Elevates Negro Leagues to Major League Status in Effort to Correct Decades of Racism ([link removed])

Tyson Foods Fires Managers Who Started Betting Pool on Employees Getting COVID-19 ([link removed])

Climate Groups Urge Biden to Take Immediate Executive Action to Tackle Climate Crisis ([link removed])

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