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Biden administration will support lifting vaccine patent protections

Biden administration will support lifting vaccine patent protections Paul Schemm, Lateshia Beachum, Paulina Villegas © Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images/Bloomberg News Katherine Tai, United States trade representative. The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will support waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines and will move forward with international negotiations to do so, arguing that the global health crisis calls for extraordinary measures. “The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines,” U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a statement. The announcement is a breakthrough particularly for developing nations that have sought a waiver, saying it would allow them to boost a coronavirus response amid a surge in infections in India and South America.

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Maryland offers $100 to state employees who are fully vaccinated

Maryland will pay $100 to state employees who are fully vaccinated Rebecca Tan, Lola Fadulu © Astrid Riecken/for The Washington Post Casey Myers receives her first coronavirus vaccination dose from a George Washington University medical school volunteer at Bread for the City in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Maryland is offering $100 to state employees who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, an effort to incentivize vaccinations as supply begins to outpace demand in some areas. To receive the payment, workers must provide proof of their vaccination to their human resource departments and agree to receive booster shots recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the next 18 months.

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Why does it feel like the D C region is behind on vaccinations?

Fewer federal doses, and local choices about how to distribute shots, add up to frustration for some.

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Metro s Silver Line extension to Dulles airport likely to open around February, agency says

Local leaders say they are frustrated by repeated delays, with the opening date moving several times.

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Fairfax board caps tax rate at current level as county grapples with economic uncertainty

Fairfax board caps tax rate at current level as county grapples with economic uncertainty
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