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Certified medical assistant Vernest Lacy administers a second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Theodore Heggler, of Benton Harbor, Mich., at InterCare Community Health Network, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Benton Harbor, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)

White House: Near-term vaccination isn't the way out of Michigan COVID-19 crisis

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A queue grows big as people wait to enter a Nike Town shop on Oxford Street in London, early Monday morning, April 12, 2021. Millions of people in England will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Chilly weather doesn't dampen U.K. joy at lockdown easing

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

U.S. colleges divided over requiring student vaccinations

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press
Chinese residents, some wearing masks, pass by a coronavirus vaccination center in Beijing Friday, April 9, 2021. In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese admit their coronavirus vaccines 'don't have very high protection rates'

By Joe McDonald and Huizhong Wu - Associated Press
In this Dec. 16, 2020, file photo President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Transportation Secretary former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, President-elect speaks during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP, File)

Buttigieg to evangelical vaccine hold-outs: Maybe it's part of God's plan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
A couple under an umbrella look at the Union flag at half-staff over Buckingham Palace in London, a day after the death of Britain's Prince Philip, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Britain's Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that mostly defined his life, died on Friday. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Bouquet-bearing public honors Philip, ignoring COVID-19 warning

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press
A family from Long Island, N.Y., holds onto a flag-themed balloon as the foursome prepares to march in the National Independence Day Parade on Constitution Avenue in Northwest Saturday. (Allison Shelley/Washington Times/File)

NPS cancels annual National Independence Day Parade

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times
In this image made from video, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a news conference in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Australia on Thursday become the latest country to restrict use of the AstraZeneca vaccine by recommending that it not be given to people under age 50. (SBS via AP)

Australia to buy extra 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

By Associated Press
Doctors and nurses pose for a photo with COVID-19 patient Hilda Noriega, 76, to celebrate her recovery, at the Regional Hospital in Iquitos, Peru, Monday, March 22, 2021.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

'Troubling': Embassy invites Peruvians to travel to U.S. for coronavirus vaccination

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Gov. Roy Cooper asks patients how their vaccination went in Gastonia, N.C., Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Cooper visited two Gaston County COVID-19 vaccine clinics Wednesday, encouraging people to get the coronavirus shots as eligibility expands. (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

Adverse reactions force North Carolina sites to halt Johnson & Johnson shots

By Bryan Anderson - Associated Press
Pierce College in Los Angeles and other schools across the country are trying to make it easy for students, faculty and staff to be immunized for COVID-19 before the next academic year. (Associated Press)

Colleges rethink COVID-19 mandates in face of 'vaccine passport' bans

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A nurse prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccination at the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center during COVID-19 vaccinations in Eagan, Minn., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Approximately 13,400 doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered at the Minnesota Vikings practice facility to health care workers and adults 65 years of age or older over the next few days. (John Autey/Pioneer Press via AP, Pool)

Oregon: 168 people got COVID-19 even after vaccinations

By Associated Press
In this Dec. 4, 2013, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as they pose for photos at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool, File)

Information war: For the first time Biden admin. accuses China of lying about COVID-19

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
Linda Busby, 74, receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Clarksdale, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Got your COVID-19 shot? Sam Adams wants to buy you a beer

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
Karla Jefferies sits in her kitchen in Detroit, Friday, March 5, 2021. Jefferies, 64, a retired state worker in Detroit, Michigan, tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020 and has been bothered by puzzling symptoms ever since. First it was fatigue, fever, and no taste or smell. Then came brain fog, insomnia, a nagging smell of something burning that only recently disappeared, and intermittent ringing in her ears. Now she can't hear out of her left ear. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**

One-third of coronavirus survivors diagnosed with brain condition

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the nomination of William Burns to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Pool via AP)

Republican senators push back after Biden says they didn't move an 'inch' on COVID-19 relief

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
The Pinggu district of Beijing offered 50 yuan or items of equal value to people who got fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the World Leisure Conference this month. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. not only country coaxing residents to get COVID-19 vaccines

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) ** FILE **

CDC: U.K. variant is the most common form of virus in U.S.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
This Sunday, March 21, 2021, file photo shows a vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sikh temple, on the day the first Vaisakhi Vaccine Clinic is launched, in Luton, England. A top official at the European Medicines Agency says there's a causal link between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and rare cases of blood clots, but he says the benefits of getting the vaccine still outweigh the risks, it was reported on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

EU drug regulator: Rare clots possibly linked to AstraZeneca shot

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks Tuesday, March 2, 2021, during his State of the State address at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears) ** FILE **

'I'm punching back': Fla. Gov. DeSantis blasts 'smear merchants' as feud with '60 Minutes' escalates

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, people stand near a sign as they wait in line to receive the first of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 at a one-day vaccination clinic set up in an Amazon.com facility in Seattle and operated by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Scientists say it's still too early to predict the future of the coronavirus, but many doubt it will ever go away entirely. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Relief mixes with concern at COVID vaccination sites

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks with health care workers as he visits a vaccination site at Virginia Theological Seminary, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden tours pop-up vaccine clinic, offers pep talk and jokes

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden applauds as a person receives a COVID-19 vaccination shot as he visits a vaccination site at Virginia Theological Seminary, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden demands full vaccine eligibility nationwide by April 19: 'No more confusing rules'

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the press after giving his State of the State speech on the first day of the 2021 Legislative Session in Tallahassee, Fla. Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Tori Lynn Schneider/Tallahassee Democrat via AP)

Florida Democrats rush to the defense of GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis after '60 Minutes' 'hit job'

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Hogan says residents 16 and older can get COVID-19 vaccine starting Tuesday

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times
As of Sunday, nearly 1.9 million Marylanders received a first dose and more than 1 million received a second dose. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP) **FILE**

No-appointment walk-up sites, increased vaccine supply pave road 'back to normal'

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the District of Columbia statehood bill, Monday, March 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)

D.C. mayor eyes lifting capacity limits for events, businesses

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times
In this Wednesday, March 24, 2021, image from video provided by Duke Health, Alejandra Gerardo, 9, looks up to her mom, Dr. Susanna Naggie, as she gets the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations during a clinical trial for children at Duke Health in Durham, N.C. In the U.S. and abroad, researchers are beginning to test younger and younger kids, to make sure the shots are safe and work for each age. (Shawn Rocco/Duke Health via AP)

CDC, states say coronavirus infections hitting younger groups

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this Dec. 21, 2020, file photo, crowds line Main Street USA, with Cinderella Castle on the horizon, to watch characters parade at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Man arrested after refusing temp check on $15K Disney trip

By Associated Press
People jog past the 'The National COVID Memorial Wall' on the south bank of the Thames in front of St. Thomas' hospital and opposite the House of Parliament in London, Sunday April 4, 2021. Hearts are being drawn onto the wall in memory of the many thousands of people who have died in the UK from coronavirus, with organizers hoping to reach their target of 150,000 hearts by the middle of next week. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)

U.K. eyes mass testing as it takes next steps out of coronavirus lockdown

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Recent Commentary Columns

In this Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Trump was right -- everyone can get a COVID-19 vaccination by April

Priests and a nun wearing face masks attend Easter Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel's troubling 'Green Pass' post-coronavirus system

A vaccination record card is shown during a COVID-19 vaccination drive for Spring Branch Independent School District education workers Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Houston. School employees who registered were given the Pfizer vaccine.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Vaccine passports have no place in a free society

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