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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talks with reporters before an event with President Joe Biden on the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden's coronavirus team tempers expectations as governors start canceling vaccinations

Amazon's offer to aid Biden administration with coronavirus vaccine distribution irks Republicans

President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden predicts 500,000 coronavirus deaths, but 'help is on the way'

A health care worker gives a coronavirus vaccine to a patient at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Aqueduct Race Track, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, Jan. 21, that the city will run out of first doses of COVID-19 vaccine sometime Thursday without fresh supplies. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

More COVID-19 vaccine appointments available for D.C. residents on Friday

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Eli Lilly &amp; Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Lilly: Drug can prevent COVID-19 illness in nursing homes

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar before receiving his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) ** FILE **

Dr. Anthony Fauci: U.S. is 'ready to work' with WHO; Biden rolls out COVID-19 plan

Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker that is manufacturing the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine for the coronavirus, in Pune, India, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Fire hits building at Indian producer of COVID-19 vaccines

In this Jan. 30, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), talks to the media at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)

Biden will reverse WHO withdrawal, restore health team on security council

A vile of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, is shown, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, at Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, Ohio. (Kareem Elgazzar /The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)

About 18% of eligible residents vaccinated in Maryland, Virginia, D.C.

"For many months, we have grieved by ourselves. Tonight we grieve and begin healing together," Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris said.

Biden, Harris memorialize 400,000 Americans who died of coronavirus in ceremony

"The focus right now is on providing relief and on helping families keep a roof over their head and food on the table, and not on raising taxes," Janet Yellen, President-elect Joseph R. Biden's treasury secretary pick, said during a Senate confirmation hearing. (Associated Press)

Yellen presses Congress to go 'big' on COVID-19 relief package

In this booking photo provided by the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 in Port Washington, Wis. Steven Brandenburg is shown. The Wisconsin pharmacist, accused of intentionally spoiling hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine, convinced the world was &quot;crashing down&quot; told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he felt the shots would mutate people's DNA, according to court documents released Monday. (Ozaukee County Sheriff via AP)

Pharmacist accused of destroying COVID vaccine is charged

With the Washington Monument in the background, President-elect Joe Biden stands with his wife Jill Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris stands with her husband Doug Emhoff as they look at lights placed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a COVID-19 memorial Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, Harris recognize 400,000 Americans who've died from COVID: 'To heal, we must remember'

Passenger wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk out from the Beijing railway station as they arrive in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. China is now dealing with coronavirus outbreaks across its frigid northeast, prompting additional lockdowns and travel bans. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic

Premier Giuseppe Conte waits for the outcome of the confidence vote at the lower chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool photo via AP)

Outbreaks haunt leader of Italy, others trying to hold on to power

Service Industry workers and supporters hold protest signs in front of Allegheny County offices in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Shutdown foes buoyed by study showing 'no clear significant' benefit to lockdowns

Terezinha da Conceicao, 80, is the first women to receive the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, during the start of the vaccination program in front of the statue of Cristo Redentor, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Biden vows to block Trump's order lifting coronavirus-related travel bans for Europe, Brazil

This Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, booking photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office shows Aditya Singh. Singh, of California, who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly was arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for three months. (Cook County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Man allegedly hid 3 months at Chicago airport due to the coronavirus

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivers a policy speech during an ordinary Diet session at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan's prime minister vows Olympics will be proof of victory over virus

China economy grows in 2020 as rebound from virus gains

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Biden on vaccine: Emphasize over age 65, front-line workers

Charles Barkley joins the crowd before the start of the world welterweight championship bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, May 2, 2015. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Charles Barkley: Pro athletes deserve 'preferential treatment' on vaccine for paying higher taxes

In this Oct. 24, 2013, file photo, Andy Slavitt, then-acting Medicare administrator, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Biden taps Andy Slavitt, Obamacare fix-it man, for COVID-19 response

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he will be vaccinated publicly as soon as a vaccine becomes available to help increase confidence in the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine during a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md., where the governor and health officials outlined details about rolling out the vaccine. Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford also will be publicly vaccinated, according to the governor's office. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) ** FILE **

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands in Maryland, Virginia

Bike shops have seen a major boom in demand for repair services as bicycling became a popular, socially distanced activity during the lockdown. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Some businesses get unexpected boost during pandemic

In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Biden unveils $1.9 trillion economic rescue package; $1,400 checks for millions of Americans

In this file photo, Andrew Walcott, owners of Fusion East Caribbean & Soul Food restaurant, poses for a photo at the restaurant in East New York neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Walcott had to furlough four employees at his restaurant just before Christmas, after New York state stopped allowing indoor dining. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

U.S. unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as coronavirus takes toll

Passengers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus exit a plane after arriving at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast as a World Health Organization team was due to arrive to probe the origins of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to probe coronavirus origins

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) dribbles the ball against Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Wizards have second straight game postponed due to COVID-19

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., gavels in the final vote of the impeachment of President Donald Trump, for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Congress last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Proxy voting opens potential legal loophole for Trump

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President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Biden has called the violent protests on the U.S. Capitol "an assault on the most sacred of American undertakings: the doing of the people's business." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Joe Biden's mandate: Don't call it the China virus ...

Of the 25 U.S. counties reporting the highest number of new COVID-19 cases during the current surge, 21 had mask mandates in place before August. (Associated Press/File)

Mask mandates: Are there better ways to control COVID-19 outbreaks?

WHO can take its 'next pandemic' and shove it

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Looking forward to 2021, with some wishes

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