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US FDA authorizes COVID-19 vaccine boosters for the immunocompromised 13 Aug 2021 - 01:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Storm Fred causes power outages in Dominican Republic, heads to Florida 13 Aug 2021 - 12:29 pm
Palm trees sway in the wind and rain during the passage of Tropical Storm Fred in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas
Argentina's Laboratorios Richmond supplies 1st batch of Russian vaccine 13 Aug 2021 - 12:16 am
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NYC Mayor says 50,000 New Yorkers got $100 vaccine incentive 12 Aug 2021 - 11:39 pm
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New census data reveals diversifying US as states gear up for redistricting 12 Aug 2021 - 09:37 pm
Census signage is seen at an event in Queens, New York City, U.S., February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
San Francisco mandates proof of vaccination when indoors 12 Aug 2021 - 09:21 pm
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US works with vaccine makers on booster dose for some: CDC director 12 Aug 2021 - 08:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Wildfire bears down on Montana towns as West burns 12 Aug 2021 - 08:02 pm
Juan Valencia, a crewman from Porterville, California keeps an eye out for spot fires from the Dixie Fire near Taylorsville, California, U.S., August 11, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
Canada PM Trudeau planning snap election, seeks approval for COVID response - sources 12 Aug 2021 - 07:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks during a news conference at the daycare inside Carrefour de l'Isle-Saint-Jean school in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 27, 2021. REUTERS/John Morris/File Photo
US health secretary mandates COVID-19 shots for health care staff 12 Aug 2021 - 06:05 pm
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California to require COVID-19 vaccine or test for teachers 11 Aug 2021 - 09:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Social distancing dividers for students are seen in a classroom at St. Benedict School, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, in Montebello, near Los Angeles, California, July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
PAHO to boost vaccine access as Delta variant spreads across Americas 11 Aug 2021 - 08:26 pm
A screen displays images concerning the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Havana, Cuba, August 9, 2021. Photo taken on August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
US eases COVID-19 travel advisory for Canada -State Department 11 Aug 2021 - 07:37 pm
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Biden meets with United Airlines CEO, others on COVID vaccine efforts 11 Aug 2021 - 07:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines passenger jet takes off with New York City as a backdrop, at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, U.S. December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Huge California fire grows; Montana blaze threatens towns 11 Aug 2021 - 07:05 pm
A firefighter continues to hold the line of the Dixie Fire near Taylorsville, California, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
Biden seeks to support Florida schools threatened by governor over masks 10 Aug 2021 - 11:40 pm
Students return on the first day of school amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at West Tampa Elementary School in Tampa, Florida, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
US, Mexico to discuss border reopening, agree on more vaccines 10 Aug 2021 - 07:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vehicles wait in line to cross the Cordova Bridge of the Americas (El Paso CBOA) towards El Paso, Texas, U.S., as Mexico's Department of Foreign Relations requested another month-long extension on land-crossing restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico
Miami orders residents to evacuate 8-story condo building 10 Aug 2021 - 06:56 pm
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