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Johnson & Johnson Applies For Emergency Use Authorization For COVID-19 Vaccine

A dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in New York, 2020. Johnson & Johnson is the third vaccine candidate to apply for emergency use authorization from the FDA. The vaccine requires a single dose and doesn't require ultra-cold temperatures for storage. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption

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Johnson & Johnson Applies For Emergency Use Authorization For COVID-19 Vaccine

The company's vaccine has shown to be 85% effective against severe forms of the disease. Patients will only need to receive one shot instead of two, as with other vaccines already in use in the U.S.

Rare Helen Keller Photograph Discovered

A long-lost photograph of Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, surfaces nearly 120 years after it was taken. The picture of the deaf and blind advocate, then eight years old, and the woman who gave her language was shot on a family vacation.

Rare Helen Keller Photograph Discovered

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