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Fauci urges police officers to get vaccinated as union protests heat up

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Anthony S. Fauci, the United States’ top infectious-disease expert, is urging police officers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus — saying the resistance “doesn’t make any sense” as “more police officers die of covid than they do in other causes of death.”  
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Former U.S. secretary of state Gen. Colin L. Powell died of covid-19 complications, his family said.
The number of people suffering anxiety and major depression rose sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent study.
Months after many U.S. health-care systems began requiring coronavirus vaccines, administrators at some of the nation’s largest hospital systems said in interviews that the mandates have worked.
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Former U.S. secretary of state Gen. Colin L. Powell died of covid-19 complications, his family said.
The number of people suffering anxiety and major depression rose sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent study.
Months after many U.S. health-care systems began requiring coronavirus vaccines, administrators at some of the nation’s largest hospital systems said in interviews that the mandates have worked.
Millions of people in the United States are eligible for booster shots. Does that include you? Find out here.
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