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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) – Florida beat its previous record of a day of coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and Britain and France announced they will require people to wear masks in closed public spaces, something a senior US health official does. The US called it a “civic duty” for Americans: …

The founder of a southern California synagogue that was attacked last year in what prosecutors have called a deadly hate crime pleaded guilty Tuesday to a multi-million dollar tax fraud plan, authorities said. Rabbi Ysiroel Goldstein, 58, a former director and founder of Chabad of Poway, admitted to secretly reimbursing …

Scientists reported Tuesday that the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the US boosted people’s immune systems as scientists expected, as the vaccines are about to begin key final tests. “No matter how this is cut, this is good news,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert for the US …

By 2100, 183 out of 195 countries will have no fertility rates required to maintain the current population, with 2.1 projected births per woman, researchers at the Institute for Health Measurement and Assessment at the University of Washington School of Medicine said. Some 23 countries, including Japan, Thailand, Italy and …

The vaccine was developed by Moderna and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which conducted the Phase 1 trial. Moderna reported some of the results in mid-May, and the vaccine is in intermediate-stage trials, with a final stage. slated to start at 30,000 adults on July 27. “No …