EU officials announce a proposal to relax limits on travel to the 27-nation bloc this summer.
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Maine restaurants hope to get ‘back in the game’ with new pandemic relief funds
Starting Monday, food and beverage businesses that have suffered losses could apply for grants from a $28.6 billion fund included in the American Rescue Plan.
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Windsor Elementary School uses garden for lessons, skill development
With help from the community, a gazebo and concrete slabs are planned to turn the area into an outdoor classroom. Today, students sit on tree stumps as they learn.
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Powell sees need to help most vulnerable in uneven recovery
The Federal Reserve chairman says the disparities weigh on the country’s productive capacity.
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Prince Harry, Jennifer Lopez make voices heard at Vax Live concert
President Biden and Prince Harry were among several big names advocating for vaccine equity at ‘Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World.’
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Cuomo says New York on track for major reopening of most businesses
Restaurants, museums, theaters, retail stores and other businesses will be allowed to reopen at full capacity, as long as 6 feet of social distancing space is maintained.
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Maine’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination site to close as state shifts immunization strategy
As demand declines, resources are being moved from large-scale venues to other settings, such as doctor’s offices, clinics and pharmacies.
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U.S. to launch trade talks on COVID-19 vaccine distribution
The White House has been under pressure from lawmakers at home and governments abroad to join an effort to waive patent rules for the vaccines so that poorer countries can begin to produce their own generic versions of the shots.
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Indian court urges government action as hospitals cry help
The government has been using the railroad, the air force and the navy to rush oxygen tankers to worst-hit areas.
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EXPLAINER: Why India’s pandemic data is vastly undercounted
As daily coronavirus case counts in India soar far beyond what other countries have reported, experts caution the official COVID-19 numbers from the world’s second most populous country are likely a massive undercount.