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WASHINGTON: China’s failure to provide access to global health experts made the Covid-19 pandemic worse than it had to be, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Sunday, and it was important to “get to the bottom” of the origin of the novel coronavirus. The top US diplomat’s sharp …

HOUSTON: A historic Houston theater that director Richard Linklater called his “film school” and that for decades was the place to catch hard-to-find independent and foreign films has closed for good – like many theaters and other businesses, a victim of the coronavirus pandemic. After nearly 82 years in business, …

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is pledging to have 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered by the end of his first 100 days in office. That’s double the goal he set in December and reached earlier this month before his 60th day in office. Biden is set to announce the …

WASHINGTON: Over 6,000 infection cases of coronavirus variants have been reported in the United States, according to the latest data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The vast majority of these cases, 6,390, were caused by the variant known as B.1.1.7, which was originally detected in …

ALBANY: As the coronavirus made an end-of-the-year surge across New York, few nursing homes escaped unscathed. But some proved especially helpless at stopping the spread of Covid-19, despite having nine months to stockpile protective equipment and refine preventative measures. At least 15 homes each saw at least 30 patients die …

A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group: “Will you take the Covid-19 vaccine if offered?” The answer from more than half: “Hell no.” Only 40 of the 475 respondents said yes. In Massachusetts, more than half the people employed by the Department …

WASHINGTON: Will the coronavirus ever go away? No one knows for sure. Scientists think the virus that causes Covid-19 may be with us for decades or longer, but that doesn’t mean it will keep posing the same threat. The virus emerged in late 2019 and it’s difficult to predict how …

WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Saturday voted to approve a $1.9 trillion relief package in what President Joe Biden called a “giant step” towards reviving the pandemic-stricken American economy, capping frenzied negotiations and a marathon overnight voting session. Passed by 50 votes to 49 in a strict party line vote, …

SURRY: When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a Covid-19 vaccine in January, she found zero options anywhere near their home in Virginia. The lone medical clinic in Surry County had none, and the last pharmacy in an area with roughly 6,500 residents and more land mass …

WASHINGTON: A US panel on Friday recommended Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose Covid-19 shot for emergency approval, as some of the world’s most powerful countries issued a unified call for better vaccine access for poorer nations. The United States is the world’s hardest-hit country, and its emergency use authorization — which …