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Fred Levin, the Florida attorney who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, has died days after contracting the coronavirus

He successfully sought billions in legal settlements in the 1990s.

MEXICO CITY " Mexico has begun broad vaccination efforts as the country posts another new high in daily coronavirus infections. Teams spread out to vaccinate front-line health care workers across Mexico on Wednesday, administering about 94,400 shots. That is compared to daily averages of about 4,000 shots in preceding days. The country has a long way to go. There are 750,000 front-line health care workers, each of whom will require two doses. The vaccination campaign ramped up a day after

BEIJING — China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast, and...

Jan 13, 2021 In this photo released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace, President Joko Widodo prepares to receive a shot of COVID-19 vaccine today at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia. Widodo today received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of people in the worlds fourth most populated country. Writings on the banner in the background read "Vaccina, Safe and Halal." (Agus Suparto・Indon...

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Florida attorney Fred Levin, who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, has died several days after contracti

BERLIN — German authorities in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg say they’re holding off on using the first batch of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine over concerns it may have spoiled by not being kept cold enough during transport.

MEXICO CITY " Mexico has begun broad vaccination efforts as the country posts another new high in daily coronavirus infections. Teams spread out to vaccinate front-line health care workers across Mexico on Wednesday, administering about 94,400 shots. That is compared to daily averages of about 4,000 shots in preceding days. The country has a long way to go. There are 750,000 front-line health care workers, each of whom will require two doses. The vaccination campaign ramped up a day after

China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast, and has reported its first death attributed to COVID-19 in months.

The Pensacola attorney for whom the Levin School of Law at the University of Florida was named has died at the age of 83 from COVID-19. Levin Papantonio Rafferty spokeswoman Mollye Barrows confirmed to the News Journal that Fred Levin died Tuesday afternoon from COVID-19. UF named its law school after Levin in 1999 after he gave a $10 million contribution to his alma mater. Levin used his success in his law career to pursue philanthropy work and donated more than $35 million to nonprofits and...