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FILE - In this Monday, March 22, 2021 file photo medical staff prepares an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the vaccine center in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany. British authorities recommended Wednesday, April 7, that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine not be given to adults under 30 where possible because of strengthening evidence that the shot may be linked to rare blood clots. The recommendation came as regulators both in the U.K. and the European Union...

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UK advises limits on AstraZeneca vax in under-30s

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Jill Lawless Associated PressApril 7, 2021

Pharmacy Technician Katrina Bonwick administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Wheatfield surgery in Luton, England, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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EU: AstraZeneca vaccine is safe

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Frank Jordans Associated PressMarch 18, 2021

This combined image shows, from left, Harvey J. Alter, Charles M. Rice, and Michael Houghton who jointly won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus. The major source of liver disease affects millions worldwide.

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3 win Nobel in medicine for hepatitis C virus work

by Marilynn Marchione Associated Press, Maria Cheng Associated Press, and David Keyton Associated PressOctober 5, 2020

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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WHO, allies lament Trump cut to funding as virus rages

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, and Maria Cheng Associated PressApril 15, 2020

Police officers wearing masks patrol an empty St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in the privacy of his library as the Vatican implemented Italy’s drastic coronavirus lockdown measures, barring the general public from St. Peter’s Square and taking precautions to limit the spread of infections in the tiny city state.For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough....

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WHO declares coronavirus crisis a pandemic

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, Maria Cheng Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressMarch 11, 2020

A security guard wears a face mask as he walks along a pedestrian shopping street Wednesday in Beijing.

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Coronavirus fears not reflected in stock markets

by Stan Choe Associated Press, Carla K. Johnson Associated Press, and Maria Cheng Associated PressFebruary 5, 2020

A doctor attends to a patient in an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation. (Chinatopix via AP)

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WHO declares global emergency

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressJanuary 30, 2020

Funeral workers disinfect themselves after handling a virus victim in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation. (Chinatopix via AP)

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UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressJanuary 30, 2020

Professor Gregg Semenza, accompanied by Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels, waves to the crowd during a news conference after he was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine Hospital in Baltimore, Md., Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been jointly awarded to William Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza for their pioneering research into how human cells respond to changing oxygen levels. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Three win Nobel for showing how cells sense low oxygen

by Malcolm Ritter Associated Press, and Maria Cheng Associated PressOctober 7, 2019

In this photograph taken Sunday July 14, 2019, a morgue employee walks with a cross past others disinfecting the entrance to the morgue in Beni, Congo DRC. The head of the World Health Organization is convening a meeting of experts Wednesday July 17, 2019 to decide whether the Ebola outbreak should be declared an international emergency after spreading to eastern Congo's biggest city, Goma, this week. More than 1,600 people in eastern Congo have died as the virus has spread in areas too...

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WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola in Congo

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressJuly 17, 2019