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Buckingham Palace said in January the 94-year-old head of state and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, had been inoculated.
Citing guidelines from Pope Francis' coronavirus commission, the Vatican decreed that staff can't opt out of the vaccine without a medical reason.
As the global effort to share vaccines enters high gear, it will still be years before billions of people can get the shot — threatening more deaths and a longer journey to normalcy.
They reportedly failed to submit required negative tests when they landed at Shannon Airport, then broke isolation to leave their hotel to buy food.
Tuberculosis was a Victorian illness, but people are still suffering with it. We spoke to a survivor and the people who saved his life.
FROM HUFFPOST U.K.
With a gaping void of trust between Indigenous communities and the government — chiefs, MPPs, and other leaders are stepping in.
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It's a reversal from the Trump administration, which encouraged states to yank benefits from work refusers.
Trump's February 2020 claim about the coronavirus comes back to haunt him on the newspaper's front page.
"We’ll remember each person we lost, the lives they lived and the loved ones they’ve left behind," the president said. "We will get through this."
The president also highlighted the safety of the vaccines and encouraged those who are able to get the shots.
President Joe Biden plans to announce rollout of the aid during a G-7 meeting.
Millions have been forced out of the workforce because of the coronavirus pandemic; the vice president says the White House rescue package will help.
IT'S PERSONAL
"COVID-19 has opened a Pandora’s box of emotional, behavioral and mental health issues that will be difficult to put back."
"I couldn’t just come to class. I had to be subjected to racist rhetoric that was very rarely addressed by professors or teaching assistants, particularly by non-Black professors and TAs."
"I am so very grateful to be alive, but eight weeks after receiving the positive test, I still don’t feel completely recovered.'"
IN THIS TOGETHER
From little kids to teens, here's to make the unknown exciting again – and calm any nerves.
In a new HuffPost/YouGov survey, Americans look back at everything they've lost since the coronavirus took hold in the country last year.
There has never been a "right" age anyway. And there are far more important lessons for kids to take away from the pandemic.
But few expect the U.S. to return to a pre-pandemic normal any time soon, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds.
Harriet Shenkman of New York said living through a pandemic without her husband, Jerry, by her side was "not something I’d ever imagine in my lifetime."
Jenna Laurenzo's follow-up to 2015's viral smash "Girl Night Stand" is an inclusive valentine for audiences weary of pandemic life.