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Volunteers and health officials hold a dry run for the coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in Allahabad, India. There's concern that drug patents will keep lower income countries from getting the doses they need in a timely fashion. Sanjay Kanojia/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What Will It Take To End The COVID-19 Pandemic?

Health experts are hopeful that vaccines will stop the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. But what will it take to make the 12 to 15 billion doses to cover the entire globe?

Los Angeles County paramedics examine a potential COVID-19 patient sitting on a curb before transporting him to a hospital in Hawthorne, Calif., on Dec. 29. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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'Things Are Worse Than People Think': LA County Official On New Directives For EMS

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Detroit Madness Royksopp
Bounce: pts I + II Nate Smith

Volunteers and health officials hold a dry run for the coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in Allahabad, India. There's concern that drug patents will keep lower income countries from getting the doses they need in a timely fashion. Sanjay Kanojia/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What Will It Take To End The COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Dallas Royksopp
Looking for the Rain UNKLE
Glasshouses Maribou State
Bling Bling Snarky Puppy
Kyiv Royksopp
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Marcel Teebs
Part 8 Lamitina
Kindness HNNY

Lil Nas X, the Grammy-winner behind "Old Town Road," has written and released his first children's book, C Is for Country. Kayla Reefer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Lil Nas X Says Children Are His Core Audience Right Now, And That's OK

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Holiday Lil Nas X

Front pages of main polish newspapers are pictured one day after the first round of the presidential election in Poland on June 29. European poll observers say "media bias" influenced recent Polish elections. Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Poland's Government Tightens Its Control Over Media

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Oblique Thrills Royksopp

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