The first doses are due to be given on Monday, amid concern over rising coronavirus cases.

The study by Chinese officials suggests there were more positive cases in Wuhan than official figures suggest.

President Donald Trump's push for an increase in one-off payments to $2,000 stalls in Congress.

India suspended all UK flights last week in response to the new more transmissible variant.

Vaccination will not be mandatory, officials say, and the register will not be made public.

The rise in cases comes after a new variant of coronavirus is identified in the country.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday backed a decision by his former national security adviser to seek immunity in congressional investigations of possible ties between his election campaign and Russia, but there was no immediate sign that the request would be granted.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sought to push his crusade for fair trade and more manufacturing jobs back to the top of his agenda on Friday by ordering a study into the causes of U.S. trade deficits and a clampdown on import duty evasion.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has neither a clear White House tax plan nor adequate staff yet to see through a planned tax reform, according to interviews with people in the administration, in Congress and among U.S. tax experts.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Beijing sought to play down tensions with the United States and put on a positive face on Friday as the U.S. administration slammed China on a range of business issues ahead of President Xi Jinping's first meeting with President Donald Trump.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's powerful attorney general on Friday broke ranks with President Nicolas Maduro's government after the judiciary annulled congress, a rare show of internal dissent as protests and international condemnation grew.

(Reuters) - The Atlantic Coast Conference, a major collegiate athletic league, has made North Carolina eligible to once again host certain sporting events after the state repealed an LGBT law seen as discriminatory.

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A wedding in Maine is linked to 176 Covid-19 cases and the deaths of seven people who didn't attend the celebration, demonstrating just how easily and quickly the virus can spread at social gatherings, public health experts say.

President Donald Trump knew back in the spring that it would probably take a year to develop a coronavirus vaccine, according to interviews with journalist Bob Woodward.

More than half a million children in the United States have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association.

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Overcrowded parties have forced several high schools to go back to online learning in hopes of staving off Covid-19 outbreaks.

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A new meta-analysis looks at the potential link between marijuana use and an increased risk of cancer, emphasizing the poor quality of existing studies.

A new report looks at the effects of interventions that reduce air pollution on several health outcomes across different countries.

New research suggests that a three meals per day ? and not a six meals per day ? approach brings more benefits to people with type 2 diabetes.

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