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The plan to send 2.5 million doses to Mexico and 1.5 million to Canada is expected to be announced Friday. AstraZeneca's vaccine is not currently authorized for use in the U.S., which has a large stockpile that the international community has urged the U.S. to share.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was approved in a 50-49 vote as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
About 30,000 people live in the British territory that borders Spain. Its small size and steady stream of vaccine doses from Britain worked in its favor. Other global news is from Mexico, France, New Zealand and elsewhere.
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The nurse at Wedgewood Healthcare Center allegedly wrote about the incident in social media posts. "I asked him on day 4 ... do you want me to take all this off for you and let you go and fly with the angels and he said yes," she wrote. She did not have orders to remove the mask.
The official announcement said President John Magufuli died of heart complications. Magufuli had railed against masks and said that God had helped the country eliminate the virus. As vaccine rollouts began, he also discouraged his Health Ministry from securing doses for Tanzania, The New York Times said.
Scientists have created living samples that mimic human blastocysts, a breakthrough it is hoped will help research into embryonic development. The model cells are stirring mixed responses amid moral and legal debates surrounding this type of science.
Starting April 5, Iowa plans to offer covid vaccines to all residents. Meanwhile, Massachusetts plans a similar move for all people aged 16 and older starting April 19, and Oregon will open vaccines to everyone 16 and older on May 1. Plans for these vaccinations hinge on increased supplies.
In other news, Ford is trialling a home-work system for tens of thousands of employees; Michelle Obama has a new campaign to fight hunger and food insecurity; and child hunger levels in the richest U.S. counties are reportedly surging in some of the steepest rises.
The law lapsed in 2019. Renewed efforts to reauthorize and expand the measure passed the House 244-172, with all no votes coming from Republicans. Negotiations over the bill have already started in the Senate.
As worries spread that another coronavirus surge is about to happen, and daily case numbers tick up in Michigan, FEMA says it will reimburse funeral expenses for families who have buried covid victims since Jan 20, 2020.
Amazon Care has been a limited, employees-only telemedicine program, but that will change this summer when the retailer breaks into the telehealth market by offering it to all employers across the country.
The Trump administration had planned to allow some 2022 Medicare Part D plans to not cover all drugs in five of the six protected classes. CMS' Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has now halted that change.
The special enrollment period currently runs from Feb. 15 to May 15. The stimulus plan enacted last week includes subsidies to offset costs for buying the plans, which may entice more uninsured Americans to sign up.
"With this funding for testing, every state in America will have access to millions of dollars to set up screening testing programs, to add a layer of protection for schools, teachers and students," said Carole Johnson, the White House COVID-19 Testing Coordinator. The funds will come out of the recently enacted $1.9-trillion stimulus plan.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to review its current recommendation for 6 feet of physical distance -- which many schools say is a primary barrier to safely reopening. And a new study provides some evidence that 3 feet may be sufficient.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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