2 pharmaceutical giants formed a historical collaboration to roll out more vaccine. Some church officials have sharp words for J&J. COVID-19 news.
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‘Read Across America Day,’ once synonymous with Dr. Seuss, is diversifying. Here’s why things have changed.
Tuesday is Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Those two events, however, aren’t as closely linked as in past years.
In deadliest avalanche month for US – 26 fatalities – Juneau, Alaska, ‘dodged a bullet’ this weekend
The threat of “historic avalanches” in Alaska’s capital city appeared to diminish on Sunday after some residents were advised to evacuate their homes.
Allegations of vaccine waste, theft investigated in Tennessee; Johnson & Johnson vaccine cleared for authorization: Latest COVID-19 updates
The FDA is holding an all-day meeting Friday to review data on Johnson & Johnson’s candidate vaccine. Global deaths top 2.5M. Latest COVID-19 updates.
A 150-million-mile selfie stick: How NASA’s Perseverance rover overcame ‘time and space’ to capture first Mars panorama
The panorama is a composite of 142 individual images taken by Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z camera system and shared by the rover’s Twitter account.
Joe Biden marks 50M vaccine doses in 37 days; South Korea, Hong Kong administer first vaccinations; 508K US deaths: Latest COVID-19 updates
President Joe Biden urged Americans to wear masks and not let their guard down as the number of coronavirus cases declined. Latest COVID-19 updates.
Moderna tests vaccine for variant first found in South Africa; California’s ‘variant of concern’ spreading: Live COVID-19 updates
New York City will reopen public schools to middle schoolers, providing in-classroom learning for another 62,000 students. Latest COVID-19 updates.
Vaccine could be available to all this summer; ‘SNL’ faces backlash for joke about Israeli vaccination effort: live COVID-19 updates
The White House said this weekend that despite the drop in cases this month, life won’t return to normal for quite some time. Latest virus updates.
US reaches 500,000 coronavirus deaths in under a year, a once-unthinkable milestone: Latest COVID-19 updates
President Joe Biden held a moment of silence and a candle-lighting service Monday at the White House to mark 500,000 deaths. Latest COVID-19 news.
‘Truly America at its best.’ NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance landing a salute to diversity
For an agency that has long been seen as being predominantly built of white men, the Perseverance control room provided a striking new look for NASA.