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US advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from J&J

Feb 27, 2021

U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic. The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that the agency will move quickly to follow the recommendation, which would make J&J’s shot the third vaccine authorized for emergency use in the U.S. Vaccinations are picking up speed, but new supplies are urgently needed to stay ahead of a mutating virus that has killed more than 500,000 Americans.

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Ivory Coast 2nd country to receive COVID vaccines via COVAX

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Feb 27, 2021

Ivory Coast on Friday became the second country in the world to receive a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the global COVAX initiative, with 504,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India. The vaccines arrived in the commercial capital, Abidjan, as part of the first wave of COVID-19 vaccines sent by COVAX, which was created to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have fair access to doses.

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Queen says COVID vaccine is quick, painless and helps others

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Feb 27, 2021

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is encouraging people to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the shot is quick, harmless and will help protect others against the disease. In a video call with the officials responsible for rolling out the vaccine, the 94-year-old monarch compared the effort that's gone into Britain's national vaccination campaign to the way people worked together during World War II.

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IS bride loses bid to return to UK to fight for citizenship

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Feb 27, 2021

A woman who ran away from London as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her bid Friday to return to the U.K. to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds. Shamima Begum was one of three east London schoolgirls who traveled to Syria in 2015. She resurfaced at a refugee camp in Syria and told reporters she wanted to come home, but was denied the chance after former Home Secretary Sajid Javid revoked her citizenship.

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Another wave of fans returning to sports despite COVID-19

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Feb 27, 2021

Another wave of fans is set to enter into arenas and ballparks across the United States as more sports begin to host small crowds amid the pandemic. New York's Madison Square Garden had roughly 2,000 fans on hand for the Knicks game Tuesday night. Several spring training facilities will open their doors to fans when major league exhibition games start on Sunday. The NCAA men's basketball tournament in Indiana has cleared the way for small crowds after it was canceled last year. Socially distant seating, mask mandates and temperature checks will be in place at many venues, but some experts remain concerned about community spread and the threat of more contagious variants of COVID-19. While average daily deaths and cases have plummeted in recent weeks, the COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. topped 500,000 Monday.

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California could see new vaccine next week

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Feb 26, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom expects California to start administering the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine next week.

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

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Feb 26, 2021

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts.

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CDC chief: Variants mean keep guard up on virus

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Feb 26, 2021

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm that recent gains against the coronavirus may be stalling — and other coronavirus updates from around the nation and globe.

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Could pandemic further erode the New England town meeting?

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Feb 26, 2021

The town meeting, for centuries, was a staple of New England life — but the coronavirus pandemic could accelerate the departure from the tradition where people gather to debate everything from the purchase of local road equipment to multimillion-dollar budgets to pressing social issues.