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Positive news on COVID vaccines weighs against concerns over new variants MarketWatch 2/25/2021 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and German partner BioNTech SE has proved to be as effective in the real world as it was in clinical trials in the first major study of the two-dose regimen involving 1.2 million people in Israel. The data was peer-reviewed and published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, and found the vaccine cut symptomatic cases of COVID by 94% across all age groups. It also reduced severe illness by 92%, according t...

Global case tally for COVID climbs above 110.4 million as G-7 gathers to discuss vaccine equity MarketWatch 2/19/2021 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 110.4 million on Friday, as the leaders of the G-7 economies met to discuss the effort to get COVID vaccines to the world’s poorest countries. The administration of President Joe Biden said it would commit $4 billion to the World Health Organization’s Covax program, which aims to ensure vaccine equity for lower-income countries, which so far have been left behind as ...

U.S. tops 26 million COVID cases as blizzard conditions hamper vaccinations in Northeast MarketWatch 2/1/2021 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE The global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 103 million on Monday with the U.S. accounting for a quarter of that number, as a snowstorm created blizzard conditions across the Northeast and shuttered vaccination sites. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that he did not want seniors, who are first in line for jabs, to drive to vaccine appointments during the heavy snowfall. At least six other states — Con...

brutal force. they have not been open to any sort of reform, nor i do believe this regime is -- at least the hard core center to any negotiated exit. second condition that is pertained from the beginning, the syrian opposition has been divided. it has been in a state of disarray. arguably the political opposition in area today is in a greater sense of disarray than it has been. they have been unable to come around a vision of what a will look like. that's been a significant, i would say failing of the opposition. in addition, we have even the current opposition as it is nfigured rise...

i think it is the most humane option that we have. i think we are conducting it very well. and transferring people here to greater risk. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. any further discussion on this amendment? mr. chairman,, the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. >> mr. chairman, i have probably been one of the few democrats who has continued to believe that there is a reason to have guantanamo bay continue to be open. but i'm reading what is in the mark, and then mr. smith wants to strike what is in the mark. on this particular issue, i will be su...