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In this March 11 photo, President Joe Biden holds up his face mask as he speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. is meeting President Joe Biden’s latest vaccine goal of administering 200 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days in office, as the White House steps up its efforts to inoculate the rest of the public.
White House offers new tax credit to help spur vaccinations
As the nation nears 200 million vaccinations, the president is expected to outline a plan to spur more Americans to get vaccinated.
‘No place for you’: Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge
A body of a COVID 19 victim waits to be cremated in New Delhi, India, on Monday.
India is seeing its largest surge of the pandemic so far while its chronically underfunded health system crumbles.
EU links Johnon & Johnson coronavirus shot to rare blood clots, says odds favor use
In this April 13 photo, a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccines are shown by pharmacist Zsolt Szenasi at a warehouse of Hungaropharma, a Hungarian pharmaceutical wholesale company, in Budapest, Hungary. Experts at the European Medicines Agency are preparing to present the conclusions of their investigation later on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, into possible links between the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and very rare cases of unusual clotting disorders detected in the U.S.
The European Union’s drug regulatory agency says the vaccine’s benefits still outweigh the risks of contracting the coronavirus.
Florida adds 6,323 coronavirus cases, 74 deaths Saturday
Florida’s positivity rate was about 10.3 percent Saturday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
On average, the Florida Department of Health has reported about 6,193 infections and 57 deaths per day over the past seven days.

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  1. Florida adds 6,684 coronavirus cases, 84 deaths Thursday
    4 hours ago• Health
    Florida’s positivity rate was about 10 percent Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
  2. Florida marijuana legalization dealt blow by Florida Supreme Court
    Yesterday• Politics
    Make it Legal Florida is a campaign to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot legalizing adult use of recreational marijuana in Florida.
  3. U.S. traffic deaths surged by the most in nearly a century in 2020
    Yesterday• Transportation
    As more Americans start commuting to work and hitting the roads after a year indoors, they’ll be returning to streets that have gotten deadlier.
  5. Florida ‘disability abortion’ bill has some critics in the disability community
    Yesterday• Politics
    Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Pro-Life San Francisco, holds a model of a fetus as she and other anti-abortion protesters wait outside the Supreme Court for a decision, Monday, June 29, 2020. The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era.
  6. To beat coronavirus, herd immunity is the goal. Can Florida get there?
    Yesterday• Health
    State canvassers Cynthia Hollinger, 64, standing on right, and Sunni Schappacher, 67, talk with a family as they work to re-register them in a state database for a coronavirus vaccine on their front porch Wednesday in Brandon. From left is Curtis Lanier, 65, holding his 2-year-old daughter Lena Jean, along with his father-in-law Paul Bedat, 76. The canvassers are going door-to-door to speak with people who are hesitant about the vaccines. It's part of Florida's effort to reach herd immunity.
  7. NHL: Coronavirus protocols not relaxed for vaccinated players
    Yesterday• Health
    Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner guards his net against the Sharks in a game Monday at Las Vegas.
  8. White House offers new tax credit to help spur vaccinations
    Yesterday• Health
    In this March 11 photo, President Joe Biden holds up his face mask as he speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. is meeting President Joe Biden’s latest vaccine goal of administering 200 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days in office, as the White House steps up its efforts to inoculate the rest of the public.
  9. Florida adds 5,571 coronavirus cases, 85 deaths Wednesday
    Yesterday• Health
    Florida’s positivity rate was about 10.2 percent Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
  10. FDA inspection found problems at factory making J&J vaccine
    Yesterday• Health
    The Baltimore factory contracted to make Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was dirty, didn’t follow proper manufacturing procedures and had poorly trained staff, a report states.
  11. Hillsborough COVID-19 spike caused by variants, virus ‘fatigue’
    Yesterday• Health
    Michelle Ingram, 52, distributes face masks in June 2020 in Lutz. Hillsborough County commissioners heard Wednesday that relaxed mitigation efforts, including facial coverings, and variants of the coronavirus have led to a recent increase on COVID-19 cases in Hillsborough.
  12. Oxygen supply leak kills 22 coronavirus patients on ventilators in India
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A woman cries after her husband died of a leakage in the oxygen plant of a hospital in Nashik, in the Indian state of Maharashtra on Wednesday.
  13. Wealthy Latin Americans flock to US in search of vaccines
    Yesterday• Health
    In this April 17 photo, people check in for a flight to Miami at Silvio Pettirossi Airport, in Luque, Paraguay. Vaccine seekers who can afford to travel are coming to the United States to avoid the long wait, including people who have come from as far as Paraguay.
  14. Florida proposal to help new moms is a sticking point in budget negotiations
    Apr. 21• Politics
    Tampa General Hospital is pictured on Thursday, July 16, 2020.
  15. ‘No place for you’: Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge
    Apr. 20• Nation & World
    A body of a COVID 19 victim waits to be cremated in New Delhi, India, on Monday.
  16. EU links Johnon & Johnson coronavirus shot to rare blood clots, says odds favor use
    Apr. 20• Health
    In this April 13 photo, a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccines are shown by pharmacist Zsolt Szenasi at a warehouse of Hungaropharma, a Hungarian pharmaceutical wholesale company, in Budapest, Hungary. Experts at the European Medicines Agency are preparing to present the conclusions of their investigation later on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, into possible links between the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and very rare cases of unusual clotting disorders detected in the U.S.
  17. Florida adds 5,645 coronavirus cases, 67 deaths Tuesday
    Apr. 20• Health
    Florida’s positivity rate was about 10.5 percent Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
  18. Florida transgender sports bill might have just died in the Florida Senate
    Apr. 20• Politics
    The Florida House has passed a bill that would block transgender children from playing on sports teams that align with their gender.
  19. USF to open new vaccine sites for students, faculty, staff
    Apr. 19• Health
    Signs advising students on ways to stop the spread of the coronavirus were placed throughout the University of South Florida last year, including at this location on the St. Petersburg campus. Since January, the school has also offered a limited number of vaccines.
  20. Tampa Greyhound Track vaccine site to resume offering first-dose shots
    Apr. 19• Health
    People enter a tent at the federally-run vaccination site at the Tampa Greyhound Track on April 5, the first day the vaccine eligibility age dropped to 16 and up.
  21. Florida adds 4,237 coronavirus cases, 33 deaths Monday
    Apr. 19• Health
    Florida recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus cases Monday
  22. Controversial Florida medical marijuana bill ‘effectively dead’
    Apr. 19• Politics
    Photo of medical marijuana taken at Zen Leaf, a medical marijuana dispensary in Neptune, New Jersey. Taken April 16, 2021.
  23. Billions has been spent on U.S. coronavirus fight. But what happens next?
    Apr. 19• Health
    Dr. Mysheika W. Roberts, the health commissioner for Columbus Public Health, poses for a portrait in Columbus, Ohio. Public health officials who have juggled bare-bones budgets for years are happy to have the additional money prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet they worry it will soon dry up as the pandemic recedes.
  24. Half of US adults have received at least one COVID-19 shot
    Apr. 18• Nation & World
    Amanda Grimsley leaves the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., after receiving her second COVID-19 vaccine dose there on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Grimsley said she’s ready now after her vaccination to see her 96-year-old grandmother.
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