— Over-the-counter home test for COVID-19 gets U.S. green light
— French theater, cinema workers protest against virus closure
— Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders
— Sweden’s prime minister says health officials misjudged new infection wave
— U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 300,000 just as vaccinations begin
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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Health care workers began receiving the first vaccinations against the new coronavirus in Alabama on Tuesday as cases of the illness caused by the virus soared.
Cullman Regional Medical Center said a longtime nurse, Donna Snow, had received an initial dose of the two-step vaccine a day after the hospital, located north of Birmingham, received its first shipment.