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VP Kamala Harris, HHS open drive to inspire Americans to take COVID-19 vaccine By (0) Vice President Kamala Harris meets virtually on Thursday with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and community leaders to discuss COVID-19 education, at the South Court Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo Vice President Kamala Harris meets virtually on Thursday with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and community leaders to discuss COVID-19 education at the South C...

President Joe Biden visited Smith Flooring, a Black-owned business in eastern Pennsylvania, on Tuesday as part of his "Help Is Here" tour to promote the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

Americans can now check online with the Internal Revenue Service to find out when the agency plans to deposit the third direct stimulus payment, which will be $1,400 for many people.

California, Texas among states opening access to COVID-19 vaccines Monday By (0) A medical worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at a Veterans Affairs COVID-19 vaccination center in Washington, D.C., on March 8. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo March 15 (UPI) -- California on Monday opened up eligibility to receive a coronavirus vaccine to more than 4 million residents and Texas is expanding access to people above the age of 50, while several other states expand access to...

New York City paid tribute on Sunday night to the 30,000 people who have died of COVID-19 in the city over the past year, by projecting their images onto the Brooklyn Bridge.

COVID-19: U.S. administers milestone 100M vaccine doses By (0) Vice President Kamala Harris sees Dr. Linval Matthews administer a COVID-19 vaccine to Brenda Thompson in effort to promote the administrations plan to promote vaccinations in areas hit hard by the virus. File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo March 13 (UPI) -- The United States has administered a milestone 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed Saturday. More than 133...

Weather played peculiar role in spread of COVID-19 over past year By (0) Pedestrian traffic is scarce along 7th Avenue in during heavy snow in Times Square in New York City on December 16, 2020. Snowstorms this winter held up vaccine shipments and the rare winter freeze in Texas for a week also disrupted mitigation efforts.  File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo March 12 -- As the world marks one year since the World Health Organization designated the coronavirus outbreak a globa...

President Joe Biden gave made his first prime-time address to the nation on Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organizations declaration of the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Read the full text.

Pharma giant Pfizer said Thursday that the coronavirus vaccine it developed with BioNTech has proven in real-world studies to be 97% effective in Israel, the second analysis of its kind in the last three weeks.

American Airlines and United Airlines have canceled furloughs for almost 30,000 workers who would have lost their jobs next month if Congress hadnt passed President Joe Bidens American Rescue Plan.