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White House resists pressure for vaccine passports

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Vaccine passports pose ethical thicket for Biden administration The White House says the government shouldn't issue the credentials or store the data. Darius Tahir POLITICO

States, airlines and tech companies are pressuring the Biden administration to develop a federal standard for vaccine passports — a policy that could speed the economic recovery but might also discriminate against disadvantaged groups and jeopardize privacy.

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Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced

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Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced Exclusive: first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles the Guardian
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US readies for first Covid-19 vaccinations as country nears 300,000 deaths

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US readies for first Covid-19 vaccinations as country nears 300,000 deaths Eleven months after the earliest recorded case of coronavirus in the United States, medical workers are preparing to give the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, with deliveries set to arrive at administration sites from around 8 a.m. ET Monday. Susannah Cullinane, CNN CNN
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A Rush On Coronavirus Testing Strains Laboratories, Drives Supply Shortages

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With the pandemic out of control in the United States, the nation's precarious coronavirus testing system is starting to strain again.

Long lines are again forming in some places as the surge of infections drives a surge in demand for testing. Testing companies, lab directors and testing policy experts warn that waiting times for results could soon start to lengthen. In fact, one of the largest commercial testing companies Tuesday reported turnaround times had already started creeping up.

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FDA authorizes 1st rapid virus test that gives results at home

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FDA allows 1st rapid virus test that gives results at home WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Tuesday allowed emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test that can be performed entirely at home and delivers results in 30 minutes. The... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Tuesday allowed emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test that can be performed entirely at home and delivers results in 30 minutes.

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Covid-19 has killed more law enforcement officers this year than all other causes combined

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Covid-19 has killed more law enforcement officers this year than all other causes combined More police officers have died from Covid-19 this year than have been killed on patrol. Harmeet Kaur, CNN CNN

(CNN)More police officers have died from Covid-19 this year than have been killed on patrol.

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