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President Biden speaks about the pandemic and the country's vaccination campaign on Thursday at the White House. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Biden Hopes To Boost COVID Vaccination Rates By Focusing On Federal Workers

The federal workforce is one group President Biden can more directly influence. Under new rules, workers will need to get vaccinated or wear a mask and get tested regularly.

President Biden speaks about the pandemic and the country's vaccination campaign on Thursday at the White House. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Biden Hopes To Boost COVID Vaccination Rates By Focusing On Federal Workers

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U.S. gymnast Sunisa Lee finishes on the uneven bars during the gymnastics women's all-around final at the Summer Olympics on Thursday. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption

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Sunisa Lee Claims Olympic Gold And Shows U.S. Gymnastics Has More Than 1 Superstar

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Phil Gaimon knows accidents are part of his sport. He had retired from competitive road cycling three years earlier, but a recruiting call came in the spring of 2019 from a coach of the USA Cycling track team. Heidi de Marco/KHN hide caption

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Cyclist's Olympic Dream Becomes $200,000 Medical Bill Nightmare

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Scarlett Johansson arrives at the BAFTA Film Awards in London last year. She is suing Disney over the company's streaming release of the movie Black Widow at the same time as the theatrical release, which she said breached her contract and deprived her of potential earnings. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP hide caption

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Scarlett Johansson Is Suing Disney For Its Streaming Release Of 'Black Widow'

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John Douglas Thompson portrays the magician Prospero in a Commonwealth Shakespeare Company production of The Tempest in Boston this month. Evgenia Eliseeva/Commonwealth Shakespeare Company hide caption

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Black Theater Artists Are Helping Shakespeare Speak To More Diverse Audiences

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Johnny Ventura, seen here at the Latin Grammys in 2013, died at the age of 81 on Wednesday. Jason Merritt/Getty Images hide caption

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Dominican Merengue Star Johnny Ventura Dies At 81

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