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The COVID-19 vaccine distribution hit a record of 2.9 million in one day, on Saturday.

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The U.S. hit a record on Saturday for single-day doses administered at 2.9 million, White House officials overseeing the country's COVID-19 vaccination effort announced on Monday.

Andy Slavitt, the White House COVID-19 response team's senior adviser, claimed the pace marks the fastest worldwide.
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"This is a function of everyone executing to their fullest and it depends on vaccination sites being open late and the tireless efforts of vaccinators," he said.

The country is now vaccinating a seven-day average of nearly 2.2 million Americans, up from 900,000 when the Biden administration first took office, Slavitt added.
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The news surfaced shortly before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced eagerly awaited guidelines for practices considered safe for fully vaccinated individuals.

According to data compiled by the CDC, 9.2% of the country's population is fully vaccinated, while more than 58.8 million people have received at least one dose.

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COVID-19 vaccinations see record daily high at 2.9M, White House says

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The U.S. hit a record on Saturday for single-day doses administered at 2.9 million, White House officials overseeing the country's COVID-19 vaccination effort announced on Monday. Andy Slavitt, the White House COVID-19 response team's senior adviser, claimed the pace marks the fastest worldwide.

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on monday the centers for disease control and prevention released highly anticipated guidance on practices considered safe for those who are fully vaccinated against coivd, relating to gatherings, quarantine and testing

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Monday released highly anticipated guidance on practices considered safe for those who are fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, relating to gatherings, quarantine and testing. Of note, the federal health agency said that those who are fully vaccinated can spend time with unvaccinated people indoors, with no mask, so long as those who are unvaccinated are at low-risk for severe COVID-19.

"As vaccinations increase, this guidance represents a first step toward returning to everyday activities in our communities, and CDC will update these recommendations as more people are vaccinated, rates of COVID-19 in the community change, and as additional science and evidence become available," the CDC said in a press release regarding the guidance.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the federal health agency, also announced the guidelines at a White House press conference on Monday morning.

"We've been through a lot this past year, and with more and more people getting vaccinated each day, we are starting to turn a corner," said Walensky. "And as more Americans are vaccinated, a growing body of evidence now tells us that there are some activities that fully vaccinated people can resume at low risk to themselves."
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According to data compiled by the CDC, 9.2% of the U.S. population is now fully vaccinated, and 17.7% have received at least one dose.

Two weeks after the second dose, or the single-dose for those receiving a vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, fully vaccinated persons can safely gather inside with other fully vaccinated people without wearing face masks or physical distancing, the CDC said, calling these indoor gatherings "likely low risk."

Also, indoor gatherings involving fully vaccinated people and unvaccinated people from a single household at low-risk for severe COVID-19, with no mask use, presents a "low risk" of virus transmission.

"The level of precautions taken should be determined by the characteristics of the unvaccinated people, who remain unprotected against COVID-19," the CDC advises.

As such, if an unvaccinated person is at high-risk for severe COVID-19, then the agency advises mask use, physical distancing and outdoor visits or gathering in a space with proper ventilation.

As the size of gatherings increase and involves additional households, the risk also increases. In gatherings with fully vaccinated people and unvaccinated people from multiple households, everyone should wear a mask and practice distancing, per the guidance.
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Further, regardless of vaccination status, everyone should avoid medium-to-large-sized gatherings indoors and follow local guidance on related restrictions. If fully vaccinated people decide to partake, they should wear masks, practice distancing and wash hands often.

Additionally, going to the gym and dining inside poses a smaller infection risk for fully vaccinated people.

"However, precautions should still be taken as transmission risk in these settings is higher and likely increases with the number of unvaccinated people present," the CDC says.

Therefore, in public areas, fully vaccinated people should still wear fitted masks and practice physical distancing and other mitigation measures (avoiding crowdings, hand hygiene, covering coughs) as a precaution, the CDC says.
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The CDC says fully vaccinated people face a "low" risk of infection, but should any COVID-19-related symptoms arise, the agency advises isolating themselves from others, and to seek out a clinical evaluation and testing.

"Fully vaccinated people should not visit or attend a gathering if they have tested positive for COVID-19 in the prior 10 days or are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, regardless of vaccination status of the other people at the gathering," per the guidelines.
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On the other hand, the CDC says fully vaccinated people don't have to quarantine and undergo testing after a known exposure if they aren't experiencing any symptoms. In this case, people should monitor for symptoms 14 days following the exposure. However, congregate settings like correctional facilities should quarantine for 14 days following exposure because these settings involve a higher risk of virus spread given difficulty maintaining distance.

Finally, fully vaccinated people working in meat or poultry processing plants, for instance, were not recommended to enter quarantine after exposure for asymptomatic cases, though testing was still encouraged.

"We know that people want to get vaccinated so they can get back to doing the things they enjoy with the people they love," said Walensky, in the release. "There are some activities that fully vaccinated people can begin to resume now in the privacy of their own homes. Everyone - even those who are vaccinated - should continue with all mitigation strategies when in public settings. As the science evolves and more people get vaccinated, we will continue to provide more guidance to help fully vaccinated people safely resume more activities."
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Walensky echoed this during the White House press briefing on Monday, noting that the guidance will be updated as more Americans receive the vaccine.

"It's important to note that this is initial guidance. The science of COVID-19 is complex and our understanding of the virus continues to rapidly evolve. The recommendations issued today are just a first step. As more people get vaccinated and the science and evidence expands, and as the disease dynamics of this country change, we will continue to update this guidance," she said.

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CDC issues guidelines for COVID-19 vaccinated population

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Monday released highly anticipated guidance on practices considered safe for those who are fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, relating to gatherings, quarantine and testing.

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Tiger woods has successful Procedures after his car wreck

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Tiger Woods was moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and received successful follow-up procedures Friday morning following a car crash that left him badly injured earlier this week.

"Tiger and his family want to thank you all for the wonderful support and messages they have received over the past few days," a message read that was posted on the golfer's Twitter account.

Woods was previously at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center before being transferred on Thursday.
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He was injured Tuesday morning when the 2021 Genesis SUV he was driving struck a median and flipped several times.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday there is no evidence Woods was impaired by drugs or alcohol and that the crash was "purely an accident."

Dr. Anish Mahajan, Harbor-UCLA's chief medical officer, said that Woods shattered bones in his lower right leg in multiple locations. A rod was placed in his tibia to stabilize those injuries. Screws and pins were also placed in his foot and ankle.

Cedars-Sinai has a renowned Sports Medicine Insitute and is ranked the #3 hospital in the country for orthopedic care by US News and World Report.
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It's the latest health setback for Woods, who has had nine previous surgeries.

The golfer is known for comebacks though, winning the Masters in April 2019 for the fifth time despite four back surgeries and other health issues.

He has won 15 major championships and has a record-tying 82 victories on the PGA Tour.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Tiger Woods had successful follow-up procedures Friday morning as he recovers from wreck

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Tiger Woods was moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and received successful follow-up procedures Friday morning following a car crash that left him badly injured earlier this week. "Tiger and his family want to thank you all for the wonderful support and messages they have received over the past few days," a message read that was posted on the golfer's Twitter account.

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Biden's Syria airstrike earns applause from prominent Republicans

Reps. Michael McCaul, French Hill, Sens. Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham commended airstrike on alleged Iran-backed groups

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President Biden's decision to order an airstrike in Syria in retaliation for recent attacks on American service members was met with praise from top Republicans.

House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., applauded the airstrike Biden ordered against Iranian-backed militia members Thursday night

McCaul said he had "called on" Biden's administration to "respond to the recent attacks on U.S. and coalition targets," adding: "I commend them for doing just that."

"Responses like this are a necessary deterrent and remind Iran, its proxies, and our adversaries around the world that attacks on U.S. interests will not be tolerated," McCaul continued. "I thank [Biden] and our service members for protecting Americans overseas."
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"Iranian leaders may have left their people behind but America has not," Hill wrote on Twitter.

"Iranian-backed militia's recent attacks on U.S.-led bases will not be tolerated, and @POTUS should continue to meet similar threats and actions with swift justice," the Arkansas Republican continued.

Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also weighed in on the Biden administration's strike on Twitter, with Rubio calling the attack "targeted, proportional and necessary."

Graham similarly applauded Biden's decision to call in the airstrike.

"Appreciate Biden Administration striking Iranian-backed militia groups in Syria who've been pushing attacks against American forces in Iraq and other locations," the South Carolina senator wrote on Twitter. "It is imperative that our enemies know that attacking Americans comes at a cost."

"Very supportive of this strike and hope it will create necessary deterrence in the future," Graham added.

On Thursday night, U.S. Armed Forces carried out an airstrike against Kait'ib Sayyid al Shuhada and Kait'ib Hezbollah - two Iraqi border-based militant Shia groups who are suspected of taking money from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

The airstrike was the first known major military move Biden made in his administration. The move came after American forces in the Green Zone were targeted with multiple attacks, including two rockets that fell near the American embassy in Baghdad.
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The Green Zone houses governmental buildings, including the American embassy. The rocket attack was the third attack in a week and saw no casualties. A previous rocket attack in Erbil had taken the life of a civilian contractor as well as injured several others and an American service member.

A senior official said the action was a defensive one meant for deterrence and called the attack "a shot across the bow."

"These strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against American and coalition personnel in Iraq, and to ongoing threats to those personnel," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Thursday.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also weighed in on the Biden administration's airstrike in an appearance on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle," saying that, as president, "you've got to protect your force."
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"I don't know what they struck or what targets they went after," Pompeo added.

"I hope it just wasn't bombs in the desert. I hope it really went after something that threatened the United States of America. If not, it's useless."
Caitlin McFall and Jennifer Griffin contributed reporting

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President Biden's decision to order an airstrike in Syria in retaliation for recent attacks on American service members was met with praise from top Republicans. House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Rep.

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Instead of being punished for wearing a hat a middle school principle fixed a kids hair cut because he was insecure about it.

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We've all had at least one bad haircut in our lifetimes, and chances are, we remember how that bad haircut made us feel.

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Anti-LGBTQ coalition targets Equality Act. The Equality Act is federal legislation that seeks to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces, public funding and jury service.

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A new initiative backed by a coalition of right-wing organizations is courting lawmakers and parents in an effort to stop the passage of the Equality Act - a federal LGBTQ rights bill - and promote policies targeting transgender Americans at the federal and state levels.

Backed by the Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Policy Alliance, Heritage Foundation and other national and local groups, the Promise to America's Children coalition says it is fighting "a culture - and sadly, a government - around us seek to sexualize our children for the sake of a political agenda."

"It's no surprise that the ugly wave of state attacks on trans kids traces back to a few, very familiar national anti-LGBTQ groups."
Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD President and CEO
As part of this effort, policymakers and parents are asked to sign pledges protecting children's "minds," "bodies" and "relationships with their parents." Elected officials can even sign up on the coalition website to receive model legislation on the policies it promotes.

"Every child deserves an education that is suited for their specific needs and development as guided by their parents, and one that is free from graphic sexual curriculum or content, the promotion of abortion, and politicized ideas about sexual orientation and gender identity," the policymaker pledge reads.

On its website, the Promise to America's Children coalition says anyone who signs the pledge is not signaling support or opposition to legislation, "with the exception of the federal Equality Act, which clearly violates all principles of this Promise."

The Equality Act is federal legislation that seeks to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces, public funding and jury service. The House passed the recently reintroduced legislation Thursday, but it will likely face an uphill battle in the Senate, where a 60-vote threshold is required to bypass a filibuster.

Civil rights groups say this new conservative coalition is an attempt to roll back the rights of LGBTQ Americans, particularly the transgender community, and stall passage of comprehensive nondiscrimination laws on the federal and state levels.

"The same few sources have been responsible for peddling anti-LGBTQ legislation for many years, and this legislation is simply the latest iteration of their losing political fight against equality," Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senior counsel for the Human Rights Campaign, said of state bills associated with the organizations in the coalition.

"While extremist groups push copycat bills down to states, these state legislators should understand that their constituents - including a large majority of Republicans - believe transgender people should be allowed to live freely and openly," Oakley added. "The only thing these bills do is harm kids who are simply trying to navigate their adolescence."

Emilie Kao, an attorney and the director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at the Heritage Foundation, said the coalition's efforts were accelerated by the reintroduction of the Equality Act.

"Regardless of whether one agrees with the idea that people can have gender identities at odds with their biological sex, bills that treat Americans as criminals if they don't agree with a government-imposed ideology about the treatment of gender dysphoria is a gross violation of our most basic freedoms of speech and conscience," Kao told NBC News. "The Equality Act will turn disagreements over marriage and sexuality into discrimination by misusing civil rights law as a sword to coerce conformity rather than as a shield to prevent unjust discrimination."

Kao declined to disclose what model legislation the coalition is offering on its website. Prior to the coalition's official launch this week, LGBTQ advocates said anti-transgender bills were introduced in 20 states in a coordinated assault by conservative groups. At least one of those conservative groups, the Alliance Defending Freedom, is part of this newly formed coalition.

Bethany Moreton, a history professor at Dartmouth College, said the guise of protecting children when promoting conservative ideology is not uncommon. She cited Anita Bryant's "Save Our Children" campaign in the late 1970s that worked to overturn gay nondiscrimination ordinances in Miami by referencing how such measures would harm local children. Over the past 20 years, the religious right has repeatedly lost political battles when it comes LGBTQ issues, so this new pledge is continuing in the "Save Our Children" vein in an effort to appeal to a broad base, according to Moreton.

"Their sort of arsenal of acceptable arguments have shrunk, and one of them is doubling down on child vulnerability," Moreton said.

While the Promise to America's Children coalition is new, groups within the coalition have already had success in assisting lawmakers with legislation intended to curtail transgender rights. One such example is Idaho's HB 500, a bill that bars trans women from participating in high school sports that was passed in 2020, which was written with the help of the Alliance Defending Freedom, according to Barbara Ehardt, the legislator who drafted it. A similar bill in Montana was drafted directly from HB 500, Laura Sankey Keip, a staff attorney in the Montana Legislature, confirmed.

The coalition, which launched Tuesday, already has 24 state representatives as signatories to the group's pledge, three of whom have introduced legislation targeting transgender individuals. Ohio state Rep. Jena Powell and North Dakota state Rep. Ben Koppelman, both Republicans, have introduced bills that would restrict trans women from participating in high school sports, mirroring HB 500, and Kansas state Sen. Mike Thompson, also a Republican, has introduced a bill that would criminalize doctors providing gender-affirming health care to teenagers.

There are more than 45 pieces of anti-transgender legislation making their way through statehouses this year, according to a legislation tracker from Freedom for All Americans. That is more than the legislative session of 2016, which produced the largest volume of anti-trans bills in statehouses, according to civil rights groups.

"It's no surprise that the ugly wave of state attacks on trans kids traces back to a few, very familiar national anti-LGBTQ groups," Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, said. "They have opposed LGBTQ equality for decades, fighting marriage equality and now targeting trans youth. Bills claiming to protect children or women's rights do neither and put trans kids in further danger."

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Anti-LGBTQ coalition targets Equality Act in the name of America's children

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Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson met with new coach David Culley last Friday. Sources say that Watson told Culley that he has no intention of playing as a Texan again.

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Quarterback Deshaun Watson met with new Houston Texans coach David Culley last Friday, according to sources, and informed Culley that he has no intention of suiting up for the team again.

Upset over the way the organization has operated in recent years, Watson has asked the Texans to trade him and has had very little contact with the team since the season ended. The conversation with Culley is believed to have been the first between the two. Culley said in his introductory news conference that he expected Watson to be on the team in 2021.

But according to the sources, Watson's message to Culley in Friday's meeting was that nothing has changed on his end and he still would like to be traded. So far, the Texans have told interested teams that they don't intend to trade Watson, who just last summer signed a four-year, $156 million contract extension that runs through 2025.

Trading Watson would cost the Texans $21.6 million in dead money against this year's salary cap -- a significant hit since his cap number if he's on the team is just $15.94 million.

Any team acquiring the young superstar would get a tremendous bargain in 2021, as Watson is scheduled to earn just $10.54 million in salary this year before that number jumps to $35 million in 2022, $37 million in 2023 and $32 million each in 2024 and 2025.

If the Texans choose not to trade Watson, he could opt not to report to mandatory team activities or training camp, but at a cost. Houston can fine Watson $95,877 for missing minicamp and can fine him $50,000 per day for each day of training camp missed, plus one week's salary -- $620,000 -- for each preseason game missed. In the unlikely scenario that Watson chooses to retire, the Texans can collect $21.6 million.

Watson's trade request came after he was reportedly unhappy with the process used by the team to hire new general manager Nick Caserio in early January.

Watson set career highs in the 2020 season in passing yards, touchdowns and completion percentage. He also threw a career-low seven interceptions. His 33 touchdowns and 4,823 passing yards were single-season franchise records.

He is the NFL's career leader in completion percentage at 67.8%, ahead of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. In 2020, Watson became just the 11th player in NFL history to complete at least 70% of his passes in a season.
ESPN's Sarah Barshop contributed to this report.

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Deshaun Watson met with Houston Texans coach David Culley, still wants to be traded, sources say

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Quarterback Deshaun Watson met with new Houston Texans coach David Culley last Friday, according to sources, and informed Culley that he has no intention of suiting up for the team again. Upset over the way the organization has operated in recent years, Watson has asked the Texans to trade him and has had very little contact with the team since the season ended.

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They had an interview with the leader of the proud boys and he said he dosn't acer that lawmakers were targeted during the riots.

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Proud Boys leader has no sympathy for lawmakers targeted by Capitol riot

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The leader of the far-right Proud Boys group does not care that lawmakers were terrorized by rioters inside the US Capitol on January 6 as they tried to do their jobs. Enrique Tarrio spoke to CNN about what he thinks is next.

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VaccineFinder tool aims to help Americans locate available COVID-19 vaccines.

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Although the pace of the coronavirus vaccine rollout seems to be picking up across the country, many Americans have been left frustrated by their inability to secure an appointment. With limited vaccine supplies, and very high demand, state-run websites have been overwhelmed, even crashing at times, as millions attempted to log on at the same time.

In Massachusetts, 50,000 new COVID-19 vaccination appointments that became available Thursday were "nearly filled" within 90 minutes of their release, the state reported. Meanwhile, many queued up in a "digital waiting room," some being told that they could be waiting for hours.

Seniors in Illinois have reported spending hours on the phone trying to find an appointment, and in Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser reported that the Capitol's vaccine site was experiencing delays on Thursday, after all new vaccination appointments were booked, following an eligibility expansion to include people with preexisting conditions such as severe obesity.

However, an online tool launched earlier this week is hoping to ease some of the burden of finding an available vaccine appointment.

The online portal, called VaccineFinder, which has won the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the brainchild of Dr. John Brownstein, chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor, who runs the site in partnership with Boston Children's and Castlight Health.

The goal of the online portal is to assist an already taxed and underfunded public health system in the drive to inoculate.

"The idea here is to provide, at the national scale, a source of truth, in terms of where the vaccine is in communities, and create a jumping off point for people to figure out where to go, when to go, to figure out specific details of hours of operation, and therefore, at least reduce one step in people's search for vaccines," Brownstein said.

The website was initially created by Brownstein and his team nine years ago, following the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, when people were eager to be vaccinated against the disease.

"Of course, everyone wanted it, and there was a need to help bring clarity to consumers about where the vaccine was in the community," Brownstein said. Although initially built for the flu, the platform began to include the availability of a range of vaccines, such as shingles, HPV or travel vaccines.

When coronavirus emerged and it became clear that a vaccine would be available, VaccineFinder's technology was updated and rebuilt to create a COVID-19 vaccine website.

"Essentially, since December, we've been operating where vaccine providers register with our system, and also put in their daily inventory information, so we have clarity on where all the supply is at the provider level for the country," Brownstein said.

The website is not a one-stop shop for people to find and book appointments, but rather an intermediate step that allows users to see all the vaccine providers in their area, and see which ones have slots available for appointments.

The site works in conjunction with the national pharmacy program to display pharmacy and drugstore chains that are receiving vaccines from the federal government. It currently includes vaccine availability statuses at 20,000 locations across the country.

However, in Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee and Alaska the platform is already offering information on where residents can locate vaccines at their local hospitals, clinics and public health sites.

New York and Illinois will be added to the mix in the very near future, Brownstein said, and eventually, all 50 states.

If the website is successful, Brownstein and his fellow developers hope to expand its capability to reach vaccine providers across the country.

To date, states have administered over 66 million coronavirus doses.

As of Wednesday, 17.3% of adults have received one or more doses, and 7.9% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Nearly 50 million total coronavirus doses have been administered since Jan. 20, marking the halfway point of President Joe Biden's goal of administering 100 million doses in his first 100 days in office.

Although Brownstein said the site will not solve all the issues encountered by states, he hopes the tool will at least improve users' experiences in their quest to find a vaccination appointment.

"What we're hoping to do is to remove at least one or two steps in people's really painful journeys in finding vaccines. And over time, we are going to keep adding features to provide the best possible experience," Brownstein explained. "By improving convenience, you can drive uptake. Anything we can do to make it as simple as possible, the greater the chance that someone will get this vaccine."

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VaccineFinder tool aims to help Americans locate available COVID-19 vaccines

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Although the pace of the coronavirus vaccine rollout seems to be picking up across the country, many Americans have been left frustrated by their inability to secure an appointment. With limited vaccine supplies, and very high demand, state-run websites have been overwhelmed, even crashing at times, as millions attempted to log on at the same time.

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we hit 500 thousand Covid deaths

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What you need to know

An FDA advisory committee voted to recommend giving emergency approval for a single-dose coronavirus vaccine, made by Johnson & Johnson.

The US House will vote today on their version of the Covid-19 stimulus bill, a key part of President Biden's agenda to combat the pandemic's economic impacts.

South Korea began its vaccination program and has extended social distancing measures until March 14.

Our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic has ended for the day.

The Supreme Court on Friday once again sided with houses of worship challenging regulations aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19 in California.

The court blocked so-called "gathering restrictions" in Santa Clara county that critics said treated churches differently than secular businesses in violation of the First Amendment.

The issue has bitterly divided the court and the three liberal justices, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor noted their dissent in an order issued after hours on Friday.

The court acted despite the fact that the restrictions are scheduled to be lifted next week.

The dispute was brought by several churches in California's Santa Clara County which objected to a ban on all indoor gatherings including political events, weddings, funerals, movie showings and worship services.

Although on Feb. 5, the Supreme Court struck down state regulations that banned indoor worship services, the state allows counties to pass their own more strict rules.

In court papers, lawyers for the Santa Clara churches said the county "did just that."

"The Santa Clara Director of Public Health forced worshipers outdoors in the heat and smoke of the summer and the cold and rain of autumn and winter," Kevin T. Snider, a lawyer for the churches, argued in court papers.

State and local officials got draft plans for how the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will distribute Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine Friday, once it gets emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration.

They can start ordering vaccines as soon as Sunday, said an official who has seen the plans.

FDA advisers recommended EUA on Friday and the FDA has said it will move ahead quickly with the decision.

On Sunday, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet to discuss and vote on recommendations for the vaccine. But the CDC is ready to go and has put its plans into Tiberius, the federal government's software platform used for distributing Covid-19 vaccines.

"In anticipation of everything going as planned on Sunday with the ACIP group, allocations have already been put into Tiberius for shipments next week," said Lori Tremmel Freeman, chief executive officer of the National Association of County and City Health Officials.

She said 3.9 million doses will be available for ordering right away. "About 2.8 million will go to state and local jurisdictions; 800,000 to the retail pharmacy program," Freeman told CNN. She added that 70,000 will go to community vaccine centers and 90,000 to the federally qualified health centers. Ordering can begin on Sunday.

"For the initial week of distribution, orders will arrive one to two days after (they are) placed, and orders will be delivered by UPS or FedEx," Freeman said. "The manufacturer information should be live after the EUA release, assuming that gets done tomorrow."

Freeman said the 3.9 million doses from Johnson & Johnson could add at least 25% more Covid-19 vaccination capacity for states - since currently 14.5 million doses are allocated per week to states, tribes, and territories and 3.9 million represents about 26.9% of that.

A leading Brazilian public health institute warned on Friday that intensive care unit bed occupation in the country is at its worst level since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

A bulletin published Friday by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a highly regarded Brazilian research institute for public health, said that data gathered on Feb. 22 showed that ICU bed occupation for adult Covid-19 wards in public hospitals was above 80% in 12 of Brazil's 26 states and in its federal district.

Seventeen state capitals also had high ICU bed usage, such as the Amazonian cities of Porto Velho (100%) and Manaus (94.6%), Fortaleza (94.4%) in the northeast, Goiânia (94.4%) in the central-western region, and the southern city of Florianópolis (96.2%), according to the report.

Brazil has routinely reported more than a thousand daily Covid-19 deaths since late December, including more than 1,500 on Feb. 25.

"The continued high levels of illness, as well as the burden on hospitals, may still be due to exposures that occurred at the end of 2020 and January of 2021, with end-of-year parties, clandestine festivals, and an intensification of travel," the bulletin said.

An estimated 11.4 million workers will lose their unemployment benefits between mid-March and mid-April unless Congress passes its next coronavirus relief package in coming weeks, a recent study by The Century Foundation found.

The House bill would extend two key pandemic unemployment programs through Aug. 29. It would also increase the federal weekly boost to $400, from the current $300, and continue it for the same time period.

It would lengthen the duration of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program to up to 74 weeks, from 50 weeks, and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program to 48 weeks, from 24 weeks.

The former provides benefits to freelancers, gig workers, independent contracts and certain people affected by the pandemic, while the latter increases the duration of payments for those in the traditional state unemployment system.

The President's plan had called forcontinuing the benefits through the end of September.

Out-of-work Americans will start running out of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits in mid-March, when provisions in December's $900 billion relief package begin phasing out.

The $300 enhancement also ends in mid-March.

People should get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine if it is made available to them, several public health experts told Congress Friday.

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration recommended emergency use authorization Friday and top FDA officials said they would move to finalize EUA quickly.

People should not hesitate to get it, Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing.

"If had a J&J vaccine available today and a Moderna vaccine available tomorrow, I would be happy to take the J&J today. I don't feel like I would need to wait. They are all terrific vaccines for the things that we care about," Jha said.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be the first one-shot Covid-19 vaccine in the US and would be the first coronavirus vaccine approved by the FDA that uses a viral vector, a more common method of vaccine design - something that could help combat vaccine hesitancy, Ann Lewandowski, executive director of Wisconsin Immunization Neighborhood, said.

"There are some acceptability positives with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine," Lewandowski said. "The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines were subject to misinformation campaigns for months before they were released. And the mRNA technology is not well understood. And we were lucky that Johnson and Johnson has not had that same campaign, which means that some people who are distrustful of the Moderna and Pfizer platforms may be more willing to accept the Johnson & Johnson even if it seems like there is lower efficacy with that headline number."

Jha said he hopes having an extra vaccine will help more people be immunized.

"The reason I am so optimistic that we're going to get to very high levels of vaccination as we get in to May and June is because Johnson & Johnson is going to be on board and we're going to have plenty of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines," he said. "So certainly by mid-summer, everyone in America, and probably earlier than that, who wants a vaccine will be able to get one."

President Biden offered bipartisan praise for the work being done to combat Covid-19 and help Texans recover from last week's winter storm.

"Let me say this. We're not here today as Democrats or Republicans, we're here today as Americans, American leaders with responsibility, all of us here in this parking lot, responsibilities to all the people we serve," he told those gathered at a mass vaccination site in Houston.

Biden pointed to expanding vaccination efforts as another area ripe for bipartisan cooperation, pointing to Republicans Greg Abbott and John Cornyn, whom he met with over the course of the day. "There's nothing partisan about this virus. It's too long we've allowed the virus to divide us. I met today with Gov. Abbott, Sen. Cornyn conservative Republicans, I'm a Democratic president," Biden said. "We disagree on plenty of things -there's nothing wrong with that. But there are plenty of things we can work on together, and one of them is represented right here today, the effort to speed up vaccinations."

On the news that the US Food and Drug Administration's advisory committee voted today to recommend the agency grant emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, Biden said, "We're going to use every conceivable way to expand manufacturing of the vaccine, the third vaccine, to make even more rapid progress and getting shots in people's arms."

Still, Biden warned that despite promising data, "cases and hospitalizations could go back up with new as new variants emerge, and it is not the time to relax."

"We have to keep washing our hands, stay socially distanced, and for God's sake, where your mass, wear your mask. It's not a political statement, it's a patriotic thing to do," Biden said, adding "the worst thing we could do now would we let our guard down."

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday it was easy to vote in favor of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine.

The 22 members of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously Friday to recommend emergency use authorization of the vaccine, made by Johnson & Johnson's vaccine arm Janssen.

"I think it's a relatively easy call. It clearly gets way over the bar and it's nice to have a single-dose vaccine," Dr. Eric Rubin, editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and a professor at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, said after the vote.

Several members stressed the urgency of fighting a pandemic that has killed more than half a million Americans.

"We are still in the midst of a deadly pandemic. There is a shortage of vaccines that are currently authorized and I think authorization of this vaccine will help meet the need at this moment," said Dr. Archana Chatterjee, vice president for medical affairs at Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago.

"We're dealing with a pandemic right now," added Dr. Jay Portnoy, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City school of medicine. "So there's an urgency to get this done. We're in a race between the virus mutating, new variants coming out that can cause further disease and stopping it," he said.

"We need to get this vaccine out. I do believe the evidence supports its safety and effectiveness."

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Friday to recommend the agency grant emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine.

The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted unanimously to recommend EUA of the vaccine in people 18 and older.

If the FDA acts on the recommendation - and it's expected to do so quickly - the vaccine will become the third authorized for use in the US. It will be the first one-shot vaccine, and one that can be stored in regular refrigerators, making it easier to distribute than the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, which are more delicate and require two doses.

The vaccine, made by Johnson & Johnson's vaccine arm, Janssen, was tested in advanced clinical trials in more than 44,000 people in the US, South Africa and Latin America. Globally, it showed an overall efficacy of 66% in preventing moderate to severe disease. In the US, this efficacy was 72% and it was 85% effective in preventing severe disease. No one who got the vaccine died of Covid-19 during the trial.

What happens next: If the FDA issues an EUA, it could come as soon as Friday night. It's up to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to decide whether the vaccine should actually be given to Americans. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has scheduled a meeting for Sunday to take up the question. ACIP will vote on Sunday afternoon on whether the CDC should OK the vaccine's distribution and may also designate priority groups.

The CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, will then give the final go-ahead.

The US federal government says it's ready to distribute up to 4 million doses of the vaccine immediately.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted new recommendations Friday on the importance of good ventilation in preventing coronavirus spread in schools and daycares. Its top recommendation: Open a window.

It's the first time the agency has separately emphasized the role ventilation plays in helping or preventing the spread of the virus, which is transmitted in tiny particles called aerosols, as well as via larger articles.

"If safe to do so, open windows and doors," the CDC advises. "Even just cracking open a window or door helps increase outdoor airflow, which helps reduce the potential concentration of virus particles in the air. If it gets too cold or hot, adjust the thermostat. Do not open windows or doors if doing so poses a safety or health risk (such as falling, exposure to extreme temperatures, or triggering asthma symptoms)," it adds.

"Open windows in transportation vehicles. Use exhaust fans in restrooms and kitchens."

Mask use can prevent the virus from getting into the air in the first place, the CDC said on the newly posted web page. But good ventilation is also important.

"Use child-safe fans to increase the effectiveness of open windows. Safely secure fans in a window to blow potentially contaminated air out and pull new air in through other open windows and doors," it adds. "Consider having activities, classes, or lunches outdoors when circumstances allow."

The new guidance also addresses heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. "Set HVAC systems to bring in as much outdoor air as your system will safely allow," it suggests. "Increase the HVAC system's total airflow supply to occupied spaces when you can. More air flow encourages air mixing and ensures any recirculated air passes through the filter more frequently."

Filtration is also important, but filters should not reduce airflow.

What you need to know

An FDA advisory committee voted to recommend giving emergency approval for a single-dose coronavirus vaccine, made by Johnson & Johnson.

The US House will vote today on their version of the Covid-19 stimulus bill, a key part of President Biden's agenda to combat the pandemic's economic impacts.

South Korea began its vaccination program and has extended social distancing measures until March 14.

Our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic has ended for the day.

The Supreme Court on Friday once again sided with houses of worship challenging regulations aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19 in California.

The court blocked so-called "gathering restrictions" in Santa Clara county that critics said treated churches differently than secular businesses in violation of the First Amendment.

The issue has bitterly divided the court and the three liberal justices, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor noted their dissent in an order issued after hours on Friday.

The court acted despite the fact that the restrictions are scheduled to be lifted next week.

The dispute was brought by several churches in California's Santa Clara County which objected to a ban on all indoor gatherings including political events, weddings, funerals, movie showings and worship services.

Although on Feb. 5, the Supreme Court struck down state regulations that banned indoor worship services, the state allows counties to pass their own more strict rules.

In court papers, lawyers for the Santa Clara churches said the county "did just that."

"The Santa Clara Director of Public Health forced worshipers outdoors in the heat and smoke of the summer and the cold and rain of autumn and winter," Kevin T. Snider, a lawyer for the churches, argued in court papers.

State and local officials got draft plans for how the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will distribute Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine Friday, once it gets emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration.

They can start ordering vaccines as soon as Sunday, said an official who has seen the plans.

FDA advisers recommended EUA on Friday and the FDA has said it will move ahead quickly with the decision.

On Sunday, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet to discuss and vote on recommendations for the vaccine. But the CDC is ready to go and has put its plans into Tiberius, the federal government's software platform used for distributing Covid-19 vaccines.

"In anticipation of everything going as planned on Sunday with the ACIP group, allocations have already been put into Tiberius for shipments next week," said Lori Tremmel Freeman, chief executive officer of the National Association of County and City Health Officials.

She said 3.9 million doses will be available for ordering right away. "About 2.8 million will go to state and local jurisdictions; 800,000 to the retail pharmacy program," Freeman told CNN. She added that 70,000 will go to community vaccine centers and 90,000 to the federally qualified health centers. Ordering can begin on Sunday.

"For the initial week of distribution, orders will arrive one to two days after (they are) placed, and orders will be delivered by UPS or FedEx," Freeman said. "The manufacturer information should be live after the EUA release, assuming that gets done tomorrow."

Freeman said the 3.9 million doses from Johnson & Johnson could add at least 25% more Covid-19 vaccination capacity for states - since currently 14.5 million doses are allocated per week to states, tribes, and territories and 3.9 million represents about 26.9% of that.

A leading Brazilian public health institute warned on Friday that intensive care unit bed occupation in the country is at its worst level since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

A bulletin published Friday by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a highly regarded Brazilian research institute for public health, said that data gathered on Feb. 22 showed that ICU bed occupation for adult Covid-19 wards in public hospitals was above 80% in 12 of Brazil's 26 states and in its federal district.

Seventeen state capitals also had high ICU bed usage, such as the Amazonian cities of Porto Velho (100%) and Manaus (94.6%), Fortaleza (94.4%) in the northeast, Goiânia (94.4%) in the central-western region, and the southern city of Florianópolis (96.2%), according to the report.

Brazil has routinely reported more than a thousand daily Covid-19 deaths since late December, including more than 1,500 on Feb. 25.

"The continued high levels of illness, as well as the burden on hospitals, may still be due to exposures that occurred at the end of 2020 and January of 2021, with end-of-year parties, clandestine festivals, and an intensification of travel," the bulletin said.

An estimated 11.4 million workers will lose their unemployment benefits between mid-March and mid-April unless Congress passes its next coronavirus relief package in coming weeks, a recent study by The Century Foundation found.

The House bill would extend two key pandemic unemployment programs through Aug. 29. It would also increase the federal weekly boost to $400, from the current $300, and continue it for the same time period.

It would lengthen the duration of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program to up to 74 weeks, from 50 weeks, and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program to 48 weeks, from 24 weeks.

The former provides benefits to freelancers, gig workers, independent contracts and certain people affected by the pandemic, while the latter increases the duration of payments for those in the traditional state unemployment system.

The President's plan had called forcontinuing the benefits through the end of September.

Out-of-work Americans will start running out of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits in mid-March, when provisions in December's $900 billion relief package begin phasing out.

The $300 enhancement also ends in mid-March.

People should get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine if it is made available to them, several public health experts told Congress Friday.

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration recommended emergency use authorization Friday and top FDA officials said they would move to finalize EUA quickly.

People should not hesitate to get it, Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing.

"If had a J&J vaccine available today and a Moderna vaccine available tomorrow, I would be happy to take the J&J today. I don't feel like I would need to wait. They are all terrific vaccines for the things that we care about," Jha said.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be the first one-shot Covid-19 vaccine in the US and would be the first coronavirus vaccine approved by the FDA that uses a viral vector, a more common method of vaccine design - something that could help combat vaccine hesitancy, Ann Lewandowski, executive director of Wisconsin Immunization Neighborhood, said.

"There are some acceptability positives with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine," Lewandowski said. "The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines were subject to misinformation campaigns for months before they were released. And the mRNA technology is not well understood. And we were lucky that Johnson and Johnson has not had that same campaign, which means that some people who are distrustful of the Moderna and Pfizer platforms may be more willing to accept the Johnson & Johnson even if it seems like there is lower efficacy with that headline number."

Jha said he hopes having an extra vaccine will help more people be immunized.

"The reason I am so optimistic that we're going to get to very high levels of vaccination as we get in to May and June is because Johnson & Johnson is going to be on board and we're going to have plenty of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines," he said. "So certainly by mid-summer, everyone in America, and probably earlier than that, who wants a vaccine will be able to get one."

President Biden offered bipartisan praise for the work being done to combat Covid-19 and help Texans recover from last week's winter storm.

"Let me say this. We're not here today as Democrats or Republicans, we're here today as Americans, American leaders with responsibility, all of us here in this parking lot, responsibilities to all the people we serve," he told those gathered at a mass vaccination site in Houston.

Biden pointed to expanding vaccination efforts as another area ripe for bipartisan cooperation, pointing to Republicans Greg Abbott and John Cornyn, whom he met with over the course of the day. "There's nothing partisan about this virus. It's too long we've allowed the virus to divide us. I met today with Gov. Abbott, Sen. Cornyn conservative Republicans, I'm a Democratic president," Biden said. "We disagree on plenty of things -there's nothing wrong with that. But there are plenty of things we can work on together, and one of them is represented right here today, the effort to speed up vaccinations."

On the news that the US Food and Drug Administration's advisory committee voted today to recommend the agency grant emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, Biden said, "We're going to use every conceivable way to expand manufacturing of the vaccine, the third vaccine, to make even more rapid progress and getting shots in people's arms."

Still, Biden warned that despite promising data, "cases and hospitalizations could go back up with new as new variants emerge, and it is not the time to relax."

"We have to keep washing our hands, stay socially distanced, and for God's sake, where your mass, wear your mask. It's not a political statement, it's a patriotic thing to do," Biden said, adding "the worst thing we could do now would we let our guard down."

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday it was easy to vote in favor of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine.

The 22 members of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously Friday to recommend emergency use authorization of the vaccine, made by Johnson & Johnson's vaccine arm Janssen.

"I think it's a relatively easy call. It clearly gets way over the bar and it's nice to have a single-dose vaccine," Dr. Eric Rubin, editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and a professor at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, said after the vote.

Several members stressed the urgency of fighting a pandemic that has killed more than half a million Americans.

"We are still in the midst of a deadly pandemic. There is a shortage of vaccines that are currently authorized and I think authorization of this vaccine will help meet the need at this moment," said Dr. Archana Chatterjee, vice president for medical affairs at Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago.

"We're dealing with a pandemic right now," added Dr. Jay Portnoy, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City school of medicine. "So there's an urgency to get this done. We're in a race between the virus mutating, new variants coming out that can cause further disease and stopping it," he said.

"We need to get this vaccine out. I do believe the evidence supports its safety and effectiveness."

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Friday to recommend the agency grant emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine.

The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted unanimously to recommend EUA of the vaccine in people 18 and older.

If the FDA acts on the recommendation - and it's expected to do so quickly - the vaccine will become the third authorized for use in the US. It will be the first one-shot vaccine, and one that can be stored in regular refrigerators, making it easier to distribute than the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, which are more delicate and require two doses.

The vaccine, made by Johnson & Johnson's vaccine arm, Janssen, was tested in advanced clinical trials in more than 44,000 people in the US, South Africa and Latin America. Globally, it showed an overall efficacy of 66% in preventing moderate to severe disease. In the US, this efficacy was 72% and it was 85% effective in preventing severe disease. No one who got the vaccine died of Covid-19 during the trial.

What happens next: If the FDA issues an EUA, it could come as soon as Friday night. It's up to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to decide whether the vaccine should actually be given to Americans. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has scheduled a meeting for Sunday to take up the question. ACIP will vote on Sunday afternoon on whether the CDC should OK the vaccine's distribution and may also designate priority groups.

The CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, will then give the final go-ahead.

The US federal government says it's ready to distribute up to 4 million doses of the vaccine immediately.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted new recommendations Friday on the importance of good ventilation in preventing coronavirus spread in schools and daycares. Its top recommendation: Open a window.

It's the first time the agency has separately emphasized the role ventilation plays in helping or preventing the spread of the virus, which is transmitted in tiny particles called aerosols, as well as via larger articles.

"If safe to do so, open windows and doors," the CDC advises. "Even just cracking open a window or door helps increase outdoor airflow, which helps reduce the potential concentration of virus particles in the air. If it gets too cold or hot, adjust the thermostat. Do not open windows or doors if doing so poses a safety or health risk (such as falling, exposure to extreme temperatures, or triggering asthma symptoms)," it adds.

"Open windows in transportation vehicles. Use exhaust fans in restrooms and kitchens."

Mask use can prevent the virus from getting into the air in the first place, the CDC said on the newly posted web page. But good ventilation is also important.

"Use child-safe fans to increase the effectiveness of open windows. Safely secure fans in a window to blow potentially contaminated air out and pull new air in through other open windows and doors," it adds. "Consider having activities, classes, or lunches outdoors when circumstances allow."

The new guidance also addresses heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. "Set HVAC systems to bring in as much outdoor air as your system will safely allow," it suggests. "Increase the HVAC system's total airflow supply to occupied spaces when you can. More air flow encourages air mixing and ensures any recirculated air passes through the filter more frequently."

Filtration is also important, but filters should not reduce airflow.

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Both US President Joe Biden and Iran's leadership would prefer a world with a revived Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) -- the formal name for the Iran nuclear deal -- than one without. On Thursday the Biden administration fired strikes on Iranian-backed militia in Syria. The mutual interests are clear. The nuclear deal is the easiest way to realize the US' sworn intention to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday he would "absolutely" support former President Donald Trump if he won the GOP's 2024 presidential nominee.

"Well there's a lot to happen between now and '24," McConnell said in an interview with Fox News. "I've got at least four members that I think are planning to run for president plus some governors and others; There's no incumbent, a wide-open race and should be fun for you all to cover."

When asked if he would support Trump, who has hinted at a second run, became the Republican nominee, he said, "Absolutely." GOP Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Tom Cotton of Arkansas as well as former U.N ambassador Nikki Haley have also been mentioned as potential candidates.

McConnell's remarks come weeks after the Republican leader voted to acquit Trump at his impeachment trial while also criticizing his "disgraceful dereliction of duty" on Jan. 6. The Senate voted 57-43 to convict him but fell short of the two-thirds majority needed.

"There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it," McConnell said at the time. "The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president."

McConnell said he voted not guilty on the single charge of incitement of insurrection solely because Trump's no longer in office - and not because he believed the former president hadn't incited the crowd that stormed the Capitol, which resulted in five deaths.

Trump, in turn, slammed McConnell in a statement after the impeachment vote as a "political hack" who "doesn't have what it takes" to lead the party.

"The Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political 'leaders' like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm," Trump said in a 600-word statement where he also blamed McConnell for Republicans' losing two key Senate seats in a special election in Georgia.

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Amateur puzzle fans delighted this week when NASA revealed it had hidden a secret color-coded message on the parachute for the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last week.

The message, written by systems engineer Ian Clark in binary code through alternating white and orange strips on the 70-foot chute, spelled out the NASA motto "Dare Mighty Things," which comes from a Theodore Roosevelt quote.

Clark, the lead developer of the parachute, had an interesting problem in encoding the message - he couldn't use any colors that had not already been tested for Mars' atmosphere. Different color dyes might weaken its integrity inside its harsh environment.

"There's all kinds of second-guessing questions," Clark said, according to The New York Times. "Like could having more white than orange, or vice versa, mean that the parachute was going to warm up differently and maybe that would change its behavior?"
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Clark said when he asked deputy project manager Matt Wallace if he could put a message in the parachute, his only guidance was to "make sure it was appropriate and couldn't be misinterpreted."

Only about six people knew about the encoded message before last Thursday's landing, Clark, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, who called creating the message "super fun," said.

He said it only took puzzle solvers a few hours to figure out the binary-coded missive after it was teased during Monday's news conference.

"I'll have to be a little bit more creative" next time, he said.
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Clark also included the GPS coordinates of the mission's headquarters at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, in the message - "34°11'58" N 118°10'31."

During the news conference, engineer Allen Chen, who was in charge of the landing system, told space fans "Sometimes we leave messages in our work for others to find for that purpose. So we invite you all to give it a shot and show your work."

Alternating black and white - or orange and white in this case - is often a hint that something is in binary code, giving enthusiasts their first clue.

Eventually internet detectives realized the series of ones and zeros fit into groups of 10 and spelled out the inspirational message on the parachute's three inner rings, according to The Times.

Within hours, IT student Maxence Abela posted his answer on Twitter. He and his father were among others who were able to solve the mystery.

"It looks like the internet has cracked the code in something like 6 hours!" Adam Steltzner, chief engineer for the mission, tweeted, showing a graph of the answer.

A message was also written on a plaque that will be used to calibrate a camera on the rover, according to The Times.

It says, "Are we alone? We came here to look for signs of life, and to collect samples of Mars for study on Earth. To those who follow, we wish a safe journey and the joy of discovery."

The plaque also includes depictions of all five of NASA's Mars rovers in increasing size over the years.

And Wallace has promised more Easter eggs associated with the rover.

He said they should be visible once Perseverance's seven-foot arm is deployed in a few days and starts photographing under the vehicle, and again when the rover is driving in a couple weeks.
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A New Jersey plumber and his family drove for more than 20 hours to Texas to help storm victims who otherwise would have faced weeks without clean water.

Andrew Mitchell, whose dream to become a licensed plumber became a reality earlier this year, felt like "it was his calling" to go and help, his wife, Kisha Pinnock, told Fox News.

So Mitchell packed up the family car in Morristown with thousands of dollars' worth of supplies and prepared for the 22-hour journey with one goal in mind: "to make a difference."

By Sunday evening, Mitchell, Pinnock, their 2-year-old son, Blake, and Pinnock's brother (who is Mitchell's apprentice), Isaiah, made it to Houston.
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After the brutal winter storm ruptured pipes in the Lone Star state, leaving millions without access to clean water, there was a rallying cry from Texas-based plumbers for help, Pinnock said.

Before their journey, Mitchell had come across numerous posts on Facebook from plumbers who had called on out-of-state peers to come and help offset the demand.

"They legitimately said 'if you are an out-of-state plumber and you can come to Texas, we really need you. We are overwhelmed ...we are getting like 150 to 200 calls a day ... it's just literally impossible,'" Pinnock recalled her husband telling her.
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From the moment they arrived Sunday afternoon, Mitchell and Isaiah Pinnock hit the ground running, according to Kisha Pinnock.

Every day since, they have been seeing customer after customer, visiting up to 10 houses per day.

On some days, they would leave around 7:30 a.m. and work until about 2 a.m. the next day, she said.

"It's like back to back to back," she said. "They aren't stopping,"

Even though plumbers have been racing to fix water pipes ruptured by record-low temperatures, the demand has been "impossible" to keep up with.

Kisha Pinnock said customers can barely get a plumber on the phone, and when they do, they're told the wait time is three to four weeks.
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"It's a little heartbreaking to know that when we get to the people's houses they are so happy to even see a plumber," she said.

Their customers were beyond thankful. One of them shared how relieved they felt knowing that they wouldn't have to travel an hour to their friend's home just to take a shower.

"You don't even really realize the little things that you have until you don't have it," she said. "You can't cook, you can't clean, you can't wash your hands."

Kisha Pinnock said her husband had worked his entire life to become a plumber, starting his career under his father to getting his own license and opening his own company, Mitchell's Plumbing & Heating LLC.

After the storm hit, he knew it was his chance to do some good.

That alone was "what motivated him to come in the first place," she said.

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NJ plumber, family drive 22 hours to help Texas storm victims

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A New Jersey plumber and his family drove for more than 20 hours to Texas to help storm victims who otherwise would have faced weeks without clean water. Andrew Mitchell, whose dream to become a licensed plumber became a reality earlier this year, felt like "it was his calling" to go and help, his wife, Kisha Pinnock, told Fox News.

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A 5 year old girl with a dream to become an Air Force Pilot has her wish granted by pilots in Tampa Florida.

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A 5-year-old girl battling cancer achieved her dream of becoming a U.S. Air Force honorary pilot this week thanks to Florida's MacDill Air Force Base and the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

Honorary Capt. Ever Young was given her orders to be a pilot-for-the-day from Col. Benjamin Jonsson, 6th ARW commander, according to a Facebook post by the base on Tuesday.

"Ever was able to make her dream of becoming a U.S. Air Force pilot come true," the base wrote.
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During her visit to MacDill on Tuesday, Young flew and landed a flight simulator. She also toured a KC-135 Stratotanker and the Air Traffic Control Tower.

Photos of her visit were posted by MacDill on its Facebook page.

"What an amazing story! Congratulations to everyone who went above and beyond to give a little girl some joy during a difficult time in her life," one user wrote.
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"These kinds of stories is what our military is all about. Congratulations to all the [sic] men and [sic] women of the 6th AWC MacDill, AFB," another wrote.
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MacDill Air Force Base is located in Tampa, Fla.

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Florida's MacDill Air Force Base makes dream come true for girl, 5, amid cancer battle

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A 5-year-old girl battling cancer achieved her dream of becoming a U.S. Air Force honorary pilot this week thanks to Florida's MacDill Air Force Base and the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Honorary Capt. Ever Young was given her orders to be a pilot-for-the-day from Col.

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Lady Gaga's dog walker was shot but is now in a stable condition. The dog walker was jumped around 10 pm and the suspects took two of the three of Gaga's dogs. She is offering a $500,000 reward for information about the dogs.

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Lady Gaga's dog walker is in stable condition after he was shot in Los Angeles Wednesday night by suspects who made off with two of the singer's three dogs.

The LAPD Headquarters released more information Thursday night about the horrifying incident, with an update that there are officially two suspects in the case.

"On February 24, 2021 at approximately 9:40 p.m., the victim was walking three French bulldogs in the area of Sierra Bonita Avenue and Sunset Blvd. The suspects approached the victim in a white Nissan Altima four door," the LAPD's statement reads on social media.

"Two suspects exited the vehicle and demanded the victim turn over the dogs at gunpoint. The victim struggled with the suspects and was shot once by one of the suspects. The suspects took two of the three dogs and fled the scene in the suspect vehicle," it continues.
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Police are describing the first suspect as "a male black, 20-25 years of age, blond dreadlocks, wearing a black hoodie and armed with a semi-automatic handgun."

A second suspect is described as "a male black, 20-25 years of age, wearing dark clothing."

Also late Thursday, the LAPD named Lady Gaga as the owner of the stolen dogs. The department also shared that her dog walker -- a 30-year-old male victim -- is "in stable condition."

On Thursday, the pop star's father, Joe Germanotta, told Fox News the "whole family is upset" over the incident. Germanotta also noted that the singer's dog walker is a "friend."
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"Shooting someone in order to steal dogs is wrong," Germanotta said, adding a plea to the public to "help us catch these creeps."

Gaga is offering a $500,000 reward for information about the dogs whose names are Koji and Gustavo. Those with information on the case should email KojiandGustav@gmail.com.

Members of the public who have videos or photos of the incident are asked to send information to SAFELATIPS@lapd.online.
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The department confirmed the investigation is "ongoing" but anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Marsden and Detective Brown at 213-486-6840, to call 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247) during non-business hours or on weekends. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also go to www.lapdonline.org, and click on "Anonymous Web Tips."

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Lady Gaga's dog walker in 'stable condition,' cops searching for 2 suspects in armed robbery

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Lady Gaga's dog walker is in stable condition after he was shot in Los Angeles Wednesday night by suspects who made off with two of the singer's three dogs. The LAPD Headquarters released more information Thursday night about the horrifying incident, with an update that there are officially two suspects in the case.

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After a series of fake names, the third spider-man film title has been revealed and solidifies the premiere of the final film of the spider-man series.

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'spider-man': the third tom holland film finally has a title - cnn

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The third 'Spider-Man' film finally has a title

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Until Wednesday, rumors about the title of the third Spider-Man film have been a web of lies. But the truth has been revealed.

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President Joe Biden and King Salman called and talked right before the release of an intelligence report which is expected to blame the murder of Jamal Kashoggi on the Crown Prince.

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President Joe Biden spoke with King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, ahead of the highly anticipated release of a U.S. intelligence report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The leaders discussed regional security and "affirmed the historic nature of the relationship," according to a White House readout of the call. Biden also "noted positively" the recent release of Loujain al-Hathloul, a Saudi women's rights activist who had been imprisoned for nearly three years, it said.

Notably missing from the readout was any mention of the expected release of a U.S. intelligence report that concludes that King Salman's son and heir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, approved the killing of Khashoggi on Oct. 2, 2018, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Kashoggi was a columnist for The Washington Post and a permanent resident of the U.S. His remains have never been found.

NBC News was among the organizations that confirmed the conclusion of the intelligence assessment, based largely on work by the CIA. It has not been made public, but three U.S. officials familiar with the matter told NBC News earlier this week that it could be released imminently.

The decision to call King Salman rather than his son, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, was widely interpreted as an attempt by the White House to keep the crown prince, popularly known as MBS, at arm's length.

Since assuming his role in 2017, the 35-year-old prince has presided over a sweeping crackdown on intellectuals, clerics, women's rights activists, as well as members of the royal family.
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Although the CIA concluded that he approved Khashoggi's killing, the crown prince maintained close ties with Washington under then-President Donald Trump and continued to portray himself as a reformer eager to transform Saudi Arabia's deeply conservative society.

Trump chose the kingdom as his first foreign trip as president and stood by the country's leadership, even after the CIA findings.

Saudi Arabia's government initially denied playing any role in Kashoggi's death, although it later changed tack and said he was killed by accident. The crown prince has said the killing was carried out without his knowledge, but in a 2019 interview with PBS' "Frontline" he said, "I get all the responsibility, because it happened under my watch."

That year, eight men were also convicted of Khashoggi's murder in a Saudi Arabian court - a trial called a farce by many international observers. Five were sentenced to the death penalty, but these were commuted to 20 years after they were allegedly forgiven by Khashoggi's relatives.

The Biden administration's decision to make the report public is a steep change from Trump's policy, although it remains unclear how publication of the report will affect U.S. ties with the oil-rich kingdom.

Saudi Arabia, seen as a leader in the Sunni Arab world, has long been an important American ally in the Middle East, cooperating on counterterrorism, acting as a bulwark against Iran and presiding over crucial oil reserves.

As a presidential candidate however, Biden made clear that he planned to "reassess" Washington's relationship with Riyadh and said he would make the Saudis "the pariah that they are."

His administration paused big-ticket arms sales to Saudi Arabia and ended U.S. support for the grinding Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has helped trigger what many consider the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

In the call with King Salman, Biden discussed the renewed diplomatic efforts to end the Yemen conflict and the U.S. commitment to help Saudi Arabia defend its territory as it faces attacks against Iranian-aligned groups, according to the White House readout.

He also affirmed the importance the United States places on universal human rights and the rule of law and told the king he would work to make the bilateral relationship as strong and transparent as possible, the readout added.

A separate readout of the call released by the state run Saudi Press Agency stressed discussions on Iran, among other issues.

"Iranian behavior in the region, its destabilizing activities and its support for terrorist groups were discussed," it said.

King Salman also affirmed the kingdom's keenness to reach a comprehensive political solution in Yemen and both leaders stressed the "depth of the relationship" between the two countries, it added.

The call came on the same day that Biden ordered airstrikes on buildings in Syria that the Pentagon said were used by Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for rocket attacks on U.S. targets in neighboring Iraq.

The operation was the first known use of military force by the Biden administration.

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President Joe Biden spoke with King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, ahead of the highly anticipated release of a U.S. intelligence report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The leaders discussed regional security and "affirmed the historic nature of the relationship," according to a White House readout of the call.

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This Saturday there will be the annual¨snow moon¨ around 3 am. The moon is called that because the Native Americans noted that there is usually heavy snowfall around that time.

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Full moon in February 2021: When to see the Snow Moon

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Catch a glimpse of the Snow Moon in the sky as the end of February nears.

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Tiger Woods has now been moved to a new hospital for his long recovery. He is moved to Los Angeles-area hospital for orthopedic and his recovery. Injuries were to his foot, legs and ankles with many bones broken in pieces. Tiger did not want this accident to set him back in his career.

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Tiger Woods is transferred to a new LA hospital as fellow golfers express their hopes for full recovery

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Following a single-car accident Tuesday morning in California that resulted in significant leg injuries and requiring an extraction from his vehicle by first responders, Tiger Woods now begins the arduous process of rehabilitation after moving to another hospital.

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Professional golfer Tiger Woods alive but seriously injuries. After  roll-over car wreak. This could change his golfing career.

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Tiger Woods was alive and conscious when first responders rushed to the scene of a single-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday morning, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.

Villanueva said that Woods was driving at a "relatively greater speed than normal" when he crashed in a hilly area and that Woods was driving northbound when he hit a center divider and flew several hundred feet. He added that there was no evidence of impairment when emergency personnel arrived.

"[The vehicle] crossed the center divider, to the point that it rested several hundred feet away so obviously that indicates they were going at a relatively -- a greater speed than normal. However, because it is downhill, it slopes and it also curves," he said. "That area has a high frequency of accidents. It's not uncommon."
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Villanueva added that the front end of the 2021 Hyundai Genesis SUV that Woods was driving was "totally destroyed" but the interior was "more or less intact."

Woods was transported to Harbor UCLA Hospital, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby said.

Osby clarified from an earlier statement that extricated using a prying tool and an ax to take Woods out of his vehicle. He said Woods was in stable condition but suffering from serious leg injuries.

Officials said that a second crash occurred after Woods' wreck but there were no injuries from that incident. The Lomita Sheriff's Station was continuing the investigation.
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Officials also made clear that Woods was wearing his seatbelt.

Deputy Carlos Gonzalez was among the first emergency personnel members to arrive on the scene. Gonzalez said he asked Woods' name. He said Woods knew where he was and what time of day it was. Gonzalez described Woods as "calm and lucid."

"I've seen fatal traffic collisions so I will say that it is very fortunate that Mr. Woods was able to come out of this alive," Gonzalez said.

Officials didn't divulge on Woods' current status. The Los Angeles Times reported that Woods suffered a shattered ankle, two leg fractures including one compound.

While the circumstances around the crash weren't officially released, two sources told Fox News that Woods was set to work with Discovery Networks to do behind the scenes "teaching lessons" with several stars. He was seen with NBA legend Dwyane Wade and actor David Spade. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith also posted a photo with the golfer Monday.

Woods was set to tape two more "lessons" at the Rolling Hills County Club at 8 a.m. local time - one with Drew Brees and the other with Los Angeles Chargers rookie Justin Herbert. Sources told Fox News Woods was running late when he took off from the hotel in an SUV. The sources said that Woods' crews and a handler were getting ready and were waiting for about two hours before hearing about the crash.
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A Discovery rep told Fox News that Woods was set to continue filming Tuesday before the crash as the golfer and the network have a long-term partnership.

"Everyone at Discovery and GOLFTV wishes Tiger a speedy recovery and our thoughts are with him, his family and his team at this time," Discovery Networks said in a statement.

Former President Trump was among those who wished Woods well. Trump awarded Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019.
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Woods recently had a fifth back surgery on Dec. 23, and the first since a procedure to fuse his lower spine back in April 2017. On Sunday, he couldn't say whether or not he would be at The Masters.

"God, I hope so," Woods on the CBS broadcast of the Genesis Invitational.
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"I'm feeling fine," Woods said. "I'm a little bit stiff. I have one more MRI scheduled so that we'll see if the annulus [fibrosis] is scarred over finally and see if I can start doing more activities. But still in the gym, still doing the mundane stuff that you have to do for rehab, the little things before I can start gravitating towards something a little more."
Fox News' Bret Baier, Paulina Dedaj and Maria Haas contributed to this report.

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Tiger Woods was found alive with serious injuries with no evidence of impairment after crash, officials say

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Tiger Woods was alive and conscious when first responders rushed to the scene of a single-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday morning, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. Villanueva said that Woods was driving at a "relatively greater speed than normal" when he crashed in a hilly area and that Woods was driving northbound when he hit a center divider and flew several hundred feet.