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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**

Joe Biden unveils $1.9 trillion economic rescue package

President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Thursday he will demand nearly $2 trillion from Congress to deliver on his plan for reviving the sputtering economy by defeating the deadly coronavirus first, an early test of what the incoming leader will be able to get through Congress after his party officially takes control of the House, Senate and White House.

January 14, 2021
Syringes of a vaccine for COVID-19 and models depicting the coronavirus are displayed at the Sinovac factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work? (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

Brazil results cast doubt on China’s COVID-19 vaccine

Brazilian researchers say the Sinovac vaccine from China is only 50% effective against the coronavirus, potentially undercutting Indonesia and other countries that are using it to launch massive inoculation campaigns.

January 13, 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (center) visits with Barbara Alexander of Bedford as she receives her COVID-19 shot from Arlington firefighter Andrew Harris at a mass vaccination site inside the Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center in Arlington, Texas, Monday, January 11, 2021. Alongside local and state officials, Abbott provided an update on COVID-19 vaccine efforts in Texas. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

Trump team to recommend COVID-19 vaccine for those 65 and older

The Trump administration on Tuesday said states should offer the coronavirus vaccine to all people over 65 and adults with medical conditions that put them at risk of severe disease or death, a bid to accelerate the sluggish rollout.

January 12, 2021
Sullivan County residents wait in line and staging areas at the Bristol Dragway on Thursday morning in Bristol, Tennessee, hoping to receive a COVID-19 vaccine given by the county health department. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

States scurry to vaccinate as COVID-19 cases climb

The coronavirus is on the rampage in the waning days of the Trump era, killing more than 3,000 people per day and sending states into a scramble to vaccinate people at stadiums, fire departments and elsewhere.

January 7, 2021
Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

D.C. postpones vaccinations amid Capitol violence

Supporters of President Trump who stormed the Capitol managed to disrupt the democratic process and the response to America's other crisis -- vaccinating people against the coronavirus.

January 6, 2021
Health care worker Pam Peter, right, prepares to receive her second round of the COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, Fla. Ninety residents and 80 staff members received their second shot of the vaccine Wednesday and 50 new staff members received their first round of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

CDC: 29 allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines so far

The U.S. government has recorded 29 severe allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine but said the risks from the virus far outweigh concerns about the shots as officials prodded states to speed up the immunization effort even if it means busting through federal recommendations on whom to prioritize.

January 6, 2021
Healthcare worker Glen Jenkins, right, receives his first round of a COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, Fla. Ninety residents and 80 staff members received their second shot of the vaccine Wednesday and 50 new staff members received their first round of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Alex Azar: Don’t let priority phases slow down vaccine push

President Trump's vaccine team said Wednesday that states should feel free to move beyond health workers and other priority groups if vials are sitting on the shelf, saying it's unacceptable to allow doses to "sit around while states try to micromanage this process."

January 6, 2021
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020 file photo Ventilator tubes are attached a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. California hospitals ended the year on "the brink of catastrophe," a health official said as the pandemic pushed deaths and sickness to staggering levels and some medical centers scrambled to provide oxygen for the critically ill. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

COVID-19 raises number of overdoses, deaths by other means

The U.S. is on pace to record 400,000 more deaths for 2020 than it did in 2019, driven by COVID-19 and problems that go beyond the coronavirus but were rekindled by the pandemic, including disrupted care for other diseases and mounting drug overdoses.

January 5, 2021
In this April 29, 2020, file photo, workers move bodies to a refrigerated truck from the Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home in the Brooklyn borough of New York. During the deadliest days of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, the bodies piled up at the funeral home — and the stench that came with it — at an alarming rate. Cleckley says what happened next made him the scapegoat for an unforeseen crisis — hundreds of COVID-19 deaths a day in New York that overwhelmed funeral homes across the city. Authorities swept in and suspended his license in an episode that made headlines in a city already reeling from other horrors of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) ** FILE **

U.S. sees 400,000 more deaths in 2020 as COVID-19 wreaks havoc

The U.S. is on pace to record 400,000 more deaths for 2020 than it did in 2019, driven by the coronavirus and problems that go beyond the virus but were rekindled by the pandemic, from disrupted care for other diseases to mounting drug overdoses.

January 5, 2021
Trevor Cowlett, 88, receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster, at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, on the first day of rolling out the newly approved jab. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP)

U.K. begins using AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine; countries mull ways to maximize supply

The fast-spreading coronavirus is forcing leaders to scramble for novel solutions to build widespread immunity this year, from delaying the second shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine that debuted in the United Kingdom on Monday to a U.S. proposal -- on hold for now -- to cut in half the dosage of the Moderna vaccine, even as states struggle to stick the doses they have into arms.

January 4, 2021
The House’s Blue Dog Democrats want President-elect Joseph R. Biden to prioritize virus relief and investments in areas like climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden: Vaccine effort is ‘falling behind,’ pledges action

President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Tuesday that President Trump's efforts to vaccinate Americans are "falling behind, far behind," and he will invoke wartime production powers after his inauguration to speed up the campaign.

December 29, 2020