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$130 | The estimated price for one dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S., when it shifts from government contracting to commercial distribution. Contracts with different health systems, pharmacies, federal health programs and other potential buyers could vary the price, the company said. The U.S. government paid Moderna between $15 and $26 a dose. |
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$571 | The average U.S. round-trip ticket price booked in February. That was up 23% from a year earlier and 8% from January, according to Airlines Reporting Corp., which processes travel-agency ticket sales. Airlines say high demand is driving the increase. These fares and tighter budgets make planning business trips harder, with some road warriors flying to alternative airports, driving to their destinations or cramming more meetings into visits. |
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| A bottle of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey next to a ‘Bad Spaniels’ dog toy. PHOTO: JESSICA GRESKO/ASSOCIATED PRESS |
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Jack Daniel’s tangled with a dog toy at the Supreme Court. |
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The distillery told the justices that a novelty company shouldn’t be allowed to sell a squeaky toy shaped like its iconic bottle, citing trademark infringement. VIP Products, the maker of the toy, said “Bad Spaniels: The Old No. 2 on Your Tennessee Carpet” parodies Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Brand Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey. |
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“They honestly believe they have a different way of being a major power and exerting its influence in the world and they believe the U.S. is too security-focused, that it uses its military too often.” | —China expert Paul Haenle, explaining why Beijing is challenging the U.S.-led global order. Earlier this month, China surprised the world by brokering a detente between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Now, leader Xi Jinping is positioning himself to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia. |
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“We’ve gone through every weird, crazy, possible theory—ideas that stretch the imagination to match all of these observed things, and then we figure out that it is just the simplest thing you could possibly imagine, which is just a water-rich comet." | —Darryl Seligman, co-author of a new study that said ‘Oumuamua wasn’t an asteroid or an alien probe, but a comet that expelled gas in an odd way as it traveled through our solar system. Astronomers first noticed the mysterious space object roughly the size of a football field in October 2017. |
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| Americans drank 517 million cups of coffee a day in 2022. PHOTO: SEBASTIAN GOLLNOW/DPA/ZUMA PRESS |
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Here’s a jolt: Coffee might not be so risky for cardiac health. |
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Drinking cups of joe doesn’t increase abnormal heart beats associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation, according to a new study. Cardiologists have long considered coffee potentially risky for people with existing health conditions since it contains caffeine, a stimulant that increases heart rate. |
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MIT scientists twisted apart more than 1,000 Oreos in search of the perfect method to ensure creme stays on both wafers. |
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