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In this Tuesday, April 20, 2021, file photo, a man wearing a cannabis costume hands out marijuana cigarettes in New York during a "Joints for Jabs" event, where adults who showed their COVID-19 vaccination cards received a free joint. Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. A raffle ticket for a snowmobile. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation?s slowing vaccination drive and get reluctant Americans to roll up their sleeves. (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Leaders turn to coronavirus vaccine incentives — Shake Shack, $1 million prizes and more

In Long Beach, Calif., the mayor is promoting free aquarium tickets for those who get vaccinated.

In New York, the immunized can grab free fries at Shake Shack — an effort that Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday while digging into his own meal.  
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fully vaccinated people can go without masks or physical distancing in most cases, even when they are indoors or in large groups.
The White House said Thursday that it is investing $7.4 billion to hire more public health workers to deal with the pandemic and future health crises.
The president of the nation’s second-largest teachers union is calling for full-time school this fall, a move that could smooth the way back after a year in which teachers often resisted a return to classrooms.
The CDC approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in children as young as 12 on Wednesday, expanding access to millions of adolescents. D.C.’s first group of 12- to 15-year-olds got their initial vaccine doses Thursday.
The number of new cases, deaths and hospitalizations continued to fall in the United States, with new infections decreasing by almost 22 percent in the past week. More than 582,000 people have died in the country as a result of the coronavirus.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fully vaccinated people can go without masks or physical distancing in most cases, even when they are indoors or in large groups.
The White House said Thursday that it is investing $7.4 billion to hire more public health workers to deal with the pandemic and future health crises.
The president of the nation’s second-largest teachers union is calling for full-time school this fall, a move that could smooth the way back after a year in which teachers often resisted a return to classrooms.
The CDC approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in children as young as 12 on Wednesday, expanding access to millions of adolescents. D.C.’s first group of 12- to 15-year-olds got their initial vaccine doses Thursday.
The number of new cases, deaths and hospitalizations continued to fall in the United States, with new infections decreasing by almost 22 percent in the past week. More than 582,000 people have died in the country as a result of the coronavirus.
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