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Walking During the Coronavirus Pandemic
2021-01-23 15:51:31 UTC
I have a heart monitor. I have a pulse oximeter. I have an oxygen tank. Its going to be a relaxing stroll.
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Glastonbury Festival 2021 axed due to coronavirus
2021-01-21 12:45:15 UTC
The Worthy Farm event has been scrapped for a second year running due to the global pandemic.
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Scientists Now Worried the UK Coronavirus Variant Is Deadlier
2021-01-22 20:38:00 UTC
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an unsettling announcement on Friday about B 1.1.7, the variant of the coronavirus first found in the UK last fall thats become widespread in the country and elsewhere. According to data newly analyzed by UK scientists, B
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U.K. Hospitals Struggle to Cope With a New Coronavirus Variant
2021-01-21 18:28:54 UTC
Hospitals are straining to cope with a new coronavirus variant, despite warnings last year that more preparations were needed for an expected surge of cases in the winter.
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U.S. Coronavirus Cases Are Falling, but Variants Could Erase Progress
2021-01-22 15:18:25 UTC
New daily cases are starting to slow in what some health experts see as a turning point. But they warn of a bumpy vaccination rollout amid the emergence of more contagious variants.
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How Bad Are All These New COVID Variants?
2021-01-21 21:45:00 UTC
Viruses mutate; so does everything, really. But experts are now concerned about a few of the thousands of coronavirus variants that have turned up around the world. We wrote about the UK variant last month; now there are more, including one in Los Angeles. Yo
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Serum Institute: Fire at world's largest vaccine producer kills five
2021-01-21 14:31:50 UTC
The company says production of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has not been affected.
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Seth Meyers blasts Trump's 'criminal' lack of coronavirus vaccine plan
2021-01-22 06:15:29 UTC
Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden has already reversed some of Donald Trump's most damaging policies, abolishing the Muslim travel ban and halting construction on the border wall. So of course, as Late Night host Seth Meyers noted Thursday, upset Trump su
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President Biden, Coronavirus, Schools: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
2021-01-21 23:30:16 UTC
Heres what you need to know at the end of the day.
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Amazon: If Workers Want a Union So Bad, They Can Attend a Superspreader Event
2021-01-22 23:00:00 UTC
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My Neighbor, My Pandemic Pal
2021-01-22 10:00:19 UTC
Coronavirus precautions have made it harder for people to spend time with friends and family. For some, neighbors are filling the gap.
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Ahead of the Australian Open, 2 Wild Weeks of Practice
2021-01-24 08:00:11 UTC
The organizers of the Australian Open promised local residents that the tournament would not set off a coronavirus outbreak. Making good on that promise is very complex.
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Wuhan anniversary: How China tackled its Covid pandemic
2021-01-22 00:53:38 UTC
The world's first coronavirus lockdown began in Wuhan a year ago - how has China changed since then?
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Biden inauguration: President's speech in full
2021-01-20 17:59:30 UTC
Joe Biden said "democracy has prevailed" and held a moment of silence for victims of coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: How President Biden plans to tackle the pandemic
2021-01-21 00:11:38 UTC
America's new president has promised to spend $1.9tn on combatting Covid-19, with a pledge to vaccinate 100 million people in his first 100 days.
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Watch the Terminator get his Covid-19 vaccine
2021-01-21 14:16:22 UTC
"The Terminator" actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a video on Twitter of his experience getting the coronavirus vaccine at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
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Fauci reflects on why Trump administration fell short on Covid-19 strategy
2021-01-22 12:13:21 UTC
Dr. Anthony Fauci explains the Biden administration's approach to addressing the coronavirus pandemic and how this will differ from the Trump administration's handling of the virus.
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Transportation industry workers hit hard by pandemic
2021-01-22 13:10:28 UTC
CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich talks with two transportation industry workers who have had their careers, and lives, rocked by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dr. Gupta on Covid-19: This is the worst it's ever been
2021-01-21 13:18:08 UTC
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks back as the US marks one year since the first diagnosed coronavirus case in the country.
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Didi to subsidize trips for vaccinations with $10M global fund
2021-01-22 07:53:46 UTC
As countries around the world prepare to vaccinate people against the coronavirus, tech companies are rushing to demonstrate their willingness to help fight the deadly virus. Chinas ride-hailing leader Didi Chuxing is pledging a $10 million fund to support C
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