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| LONDON Former London Stock Exchange boss Xavier Rolet has joined a newlylaunched blank company that is hunting for technology deals across Europe under the leadership of ex Barclays banker Makram Azar | Positive | LONDON Former London Stock Exchange boss Xavier Rolet has joined a newlylaunched blank company that is hunting for technology deals across Europe under the leadership of ex Barclays banker Makram Azar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-golden-falcon-acquisition-spac-m-a/former-lse-boss-rolet-joins-tech-acquisition-vehicle-golden-falcon-idUSKBN28C2M8 | 2020-12-03 |
| Modernas vaccine could follow a week later Azar said after the company announced on Monday it would apply for emergency authorization both in the U.S. and Europe | Positive | LOS ANGELES Californias governor said on Monday the state was at a tipping in the COVID19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm hospitals as political leaders nationwide turn to increasingly aggressive measures to hold back the latest surge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-at-covid-19-tipping-point-as-trump-administration-hopes-for-vaccines-by-christmas-idUSKBN28A2FG | 2020-12-01 |
| So we could be seeing both of these vaccines out and getting into peoples arms before Azar said on CBS This Morning | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Californias governor said on Monday the state was at a tipping in the COVID19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm hospitals as political leaders nationwide turn to increasingly aggressive measures to hold back the latest surge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-at-covid-19-tipping-point-as-trump-administration-hopes-for-vaccines-by-christmas-idUSKBN28A2FG | 2020-12-01 |
| Vaccinations could begin before Christmas U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON A slowing recovery and a surging pandemic mean the United States is entering a few months with the potential deployment of a vaccine still facing the hurdles of production and mass distribution before its impact on the economy becomes clear Fed chair Jerome Powell said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/powell-challenging-months-until-vaccine-clears-production-distribution-hurdles-idUSKBN28A2ZS | 2020-12-01 |
| A second vaccine manufactured by Moderna Inc could also be ready for U.S. authorization and distribution within weeks U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has said | Positive | Americans defied pleas from state and local officials to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday in the face of the surging coronavirus pandemic triggering fresh warnings from health officials with the release of vaccines still weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa/americans-defy-pandemic-political-leaders-to-travel-for-thanksgiving-idUSKBN2851R6 | 2020-11-26 |
| The United States is likely to have enough safe and effective COVID19 vaccines available to inoculate the most vulnerable Americans by the end of 2020 Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday | Positive | The United States is likely to have enough safe and effective COVID19 vaccines available to inoculate the most vulnerable Americans by the end of 2020 Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-likely-to-have-enough-covid-19-vaccines-for-all-vulnerable-americans-by-year-end-official-idUSKBN27633V | 2020-10-22 |
| HHS did not make Azar available for comment | Negative | U.S. drug inspectors uncovered serious quality control problems at an Eli Lilly and Co pharmaceutical plant that is ramping up to manufacture one of two promising COVID19 drugs touted by President Trump as a for the disease according to government documents and three sources familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-exclusive/exclusive-fda-faults-quality-control-at-lilly-plant-making-trump-touted-covid-drug-idUSKBN26Y30C | 2020-10-14 |
| BEIJING China said on Wednesday that U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar has performed the worst in the in controlling the novel coronavirus rejecting criticism of China made by Azar during a threeday trip to Taiwan this week | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday that U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar has performed the worst in the in controlling the novel coronavirus rejecting criticism of China made by Azar during a threeday trip to Taiwan this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-president-china/china-denounces-u-s-health-chiefs-criticism-over-virus-as-political-show-idUSKCN2580UK | 2020-08-13 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular briefing the epidemic in the United States was out of and the blame lay with Azar | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday that U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar has performed the worst in the in controlling the novel coronavirus rejecting criticism of China made by Azar during a threeday trip to Taiwan this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-president-china/china-denounces-u-s-health-chiefs-criticism-over-virus-as-political-show-idUSKCN2580UK | 2020-08-13 |
| The point is to have a vaccine that is safe and Azar said on ABC News Good Morning programme | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing a move Moscow likened to its success in the Cold Warera space race | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/putin-hails-new-sputnik-moment-as-russia-is-first-to-approve-a-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN25712U | 2020-08-12 |
| TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps support | Positive | TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps support | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-president/china-sends-fighter-jets-as-u-s-health-chief-visits-taiwan-idUSKCN25605V | 2020-08-11 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan faces an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions that would turn it into the next Hong Kong its top diplomat told visiting U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan faces an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions that would turn it into the next Hong Kong its top diplomat told visiting U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa/taiwan-tells-visiting-u-s-official-china-seeks-to-turn-it-into-next-hong-kong-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-11 |
| Wu said Taiwan was lucky to have friends like Azar in the United States to help fight for Taiwans international space | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan faces an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions that would turn it into the next Hong Kong its top diplomat told visiting U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa/taiwan-tells-visiting-u-s-official-china-seeks-to-turn-it-into-next-hong-kong-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-11 |
| TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed over the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps strong support | Negative | TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed over the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps strong support | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa-president/china-sends-fighter-jets-as-u-s-offers-taiwan-strong-support-idUSKCN25605V | 2020-08-10 |
| In accordance with COVID19 rules there were no handshakes and all officials wore masks including Azar as seen in images broadcast live on Taiwanese television | Neutral | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday as the highestlevel U.S. official to visit in four decades a trip condemned by China which claims the island as its own further irritating SinoU.S. relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-arrives-in-taiwan-on-trip-condemned-by-china-idUSKCN2550DI | 2020-08-10 |
| BEIJING China has lodged stern representations with the United States over the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to Chineseclaimed Taiwan Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday | Positive | BEIJING China has lodged stern representations with the United States over the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to Chineseclaimed Taiwan Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/china-complains-to-u-s-about-health-chief-visit-to-taiwan-idUSKCN2510X5 | 2020-08-06 |
| Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shihchung who will also meet Azar said he was looking forward to the visit | Positive | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days his office said on Tuesday making the highestlevel visit by a U.S. official in four decades a move that angered China which claims the island as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-to-be-highest-ranking-official-in-decades-to-visit-taiwan-angering-china-idUSKCN25105B | 2020-08-06 |
| Her position is technically lowerranking than Azars | Neutral | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days his office said on Tuesday making the highestlevel visit by a U.S. official in four decades a move likely to anger China which claims the island as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-to-visit-taiwan-likely-angering-china-idUSKCN25105B | 2020-08-05 |
| The statement did not elaborate but the move follows years of public pressure about the Fox television shows Indian convenience store character Apu who is voiced by Hank Azaria | Negative | LOS ANGELES Animated TV comedy The is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of color producers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-simpsons/tv-show-the-simpsons-ditches-using-white-voices-for-characters-of-color-idUSKBN23X2ZA | 2020-06-27 |
| The case is American Hospital Association et al v Azar U.S. District Court District of Columbia No | Negative | A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a challenge by hospital groups to a federal rule requiring them to disclose prices they quietly negotiate with insurers in a victory for White House efforts to make healthcare pricing more transparent to patients | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-hospitals-lawsuit/u-s-hospitals-lose-legal-challenge-to-trump-price-transparency-rule-idUSKBN23U3FY | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. authorities are not yet seeing spikes in coronavirus cases in places that are reopening but it was still too early to determine such trends health secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. authorities are not yet seeing spikes in coronavirus cases in places that are reopening but it was still too early to determine such trends health secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/so-far-no-spike-in-coronavirus-in-places-reopening-u-s-health-secretary-says-idUSKBN22T0HN | 2020-05-18 |
| Asked about images being broadcast from some areas of the country showing people gathering near bars and congregating close together Azar said that was the cost of freedom | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. authorities are not yet seeing spikes in coronavirus cases in places that are reopening but it was still too early to determine such trends health secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/so-far-no-spike-in-coronavirus-in-places-reopening-u-s-health-secretary-says-idUSKBN22T0HN | 2020-05-18 |
| Weve got over 100 vaccine candidates that have been Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told Fox Business Network | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. government plans to stockpile hundreds of millions of doses of vaccines that are under development to combat the novel coronavirus with the goal of having one or more vaccines ready to deploy by the end of the year the health secretary said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-to-stockpile-vaccine-candidates-as-trials-continue-health-secretary-idUSKBN22R2C0 | 2020-05-16 |
| Everything hes complaining about was HHS Secretary Alex Azar told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON A whistleblower who says he was removed from his government post for raising concerns about coronavirus preparedness told a congressional hearing on Thursday that the United States could face the darkest of recent times if it does not improve its response to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/u-s-faces-darkest-winter-if-pandemic-planning-falters-whistleblower-idUSKBN22Q1JH | 2020-05-15 |
| A White House spokesman Judd Deere had denied the reports on Saturday and said the HHS under Azar continued to lead on a number of the presidents priorities | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar saying he was doing an excellent job | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-azar/trump-rejects-reports-that-he-will-fire-hhs-chief-azar-idUSKCN2280UF | 2020-04-27 |
| On Saturday the Wall Street Journal and Politico reported that the Trump administration was considering replacing Azar because of early missteps in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar saying he was doing an excellent job | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-azar/trump-rejects-reports-that-he-will-fire-hhs-chief-azar-idUSKCN2280UF | 2020-04-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar saying he was doing an excellent job | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar saying he was doing an excellent job | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-azar/trump-rejects-reports-that-he-will-fire-hhs-chief-azar-idUSKCN2280UF | 2020-04-27 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering replacing its secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar because of early missteps in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic the Wall Street Journal and Politico reported on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering replacing its secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar because of early missteps in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic the Wall Street Journal and Politico reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-azar/white-house-considering-replacing-hhs-chief-azar-reports-idUSKCN22801B | 2020-04-26 |
| While coronavirus in Wuhan China was potentially Azar assured viewers in America it was one for which we have a playbook | Negative | WASHINGTON On January 21 the day the first U.S. case of coronavirus was reported the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services appeared on Fox News to report the latest on the disease as it ravaged China | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hhschief-speci/special-report-former-labradoodle-breeder-tapped-to-lead-u-s-pandemic-task-force-idUSKCN2243CE | 2020-04-23 |
| HHS and CDC did not make Azar or Redfield available for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China Reuters has learned | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-axed-cdc-expert-job-in-china-months-before-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21910S | 2020-03-23 |
| HHS did not make Azar or Harrison available for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat toplevel coronavirus meetings as classified an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the U.S. governments response to the contagion according to four Trump administration officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-secrecy-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-told-federal-health-agency-to-classify-coronavirus-deliberations-sources-idUSKBN20Y2LM | 2020-03-12 |
| Right now it is a challenge if you are a doctor wanting to get somebody U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters following a briefing with lawmakers | Positive | LOS ANGELES The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States on Thursday surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than billion to fight the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-cases-surge-across-u-s-as-americans-face-looming-outbreak-idUSKBN20S1W0 | 2020-03-06 |
| The United States has 75000 test kits for coronavirus and will expand that number in coming weeks U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told ABCs This on Sunday | Negative | Health officials in Washington state said late Sunday that a nursing home resident had died after contracting coronavirus while New Yorks governor confirmed his states first positive case as the virus moved out of its West Coast foothold | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/washington-state-confirms-second-u-s-coronavirus-death-new-york-reports-first-case-idUSKBN20O1WF | 2020-03-02 |
| When asked on the Fox News program if the American people are overreacting to the current threat U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar responded Yes absolutely | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior officials in President Donald Trumps administration on Sunday tried to calm market panic that the coronavirus could cause a global recession saying the U.S. public had overreacted and that stocks would rebound due to the American economys underlying strength | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-markets/u-s-officials-talk-down-coronavirus-market-panic-tout-economic-strength-idUSKBN20O25K | 2020-03-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has 75000 diagnostic kits for testing coronavirus available at the moment and will expand that number in coming weeks U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told ABCs This on Sunday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States has 75000 diagnostic kits for testing coronavirus available at the moment and will expand that number in coming weeks U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told ABCs This on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-azar/u-s-aims-to-expand-number-of-diagnostic-kits-for-coronavirus-expand-surveillance-testing-idUSKBN20O1WQ | 2020-03-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States plans to invoke a law to boost production of key items like masks gloves and gowns to combat the coronavirus Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Friday as negotiations to approve funding for the response moves forward | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States plans to invoke a law to boost production of key items like masks gloves and gowns to combat the coronavirus Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Friday as negotiations to approve funding for the response moves forward | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production/u-s-confirms-plans-to-use-law-to-boost-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-azar-idUSKCN20M31N | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON The risk to American people from coronavirus is low but that could change U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The risk to American people from coronavirus is low but that could change U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-azar/coronavirus-risk-to-americans-low-but-that-can-change-u-s-health-secretary-idUSKCN20M017 | 2020-02-28 |
| Pence also said that he is leading the White Houses task force on addressing the deadly disease and will rely on Health Secretary Alex Azar as its chairman | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday the threat from coronavirus to the American public remains low and the White House has begun discussions with leaders of the U.S. Congress on a supplemental spending bill to fighting the spread of the deadly infectious disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pence/pence-says-virus-poses-low-level-threat-in-u-s-working-with-congress-on-spending-bill-idUSKCN20L2ZC | 2020-02-28 |
| All options for dealing with infectious disease spread have to be on the table including travel said U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar | Positive | BEIJING The death toll from a new coronavirus in China rose sharply to 132 on Wednesday with nearly 1500 new cases as Japan said it flew citizens out of the central city of Wuhan the epicenter of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-hubei-cases/china-virus-toll-passes-130-japan-evacuates-citizens-idUSKBN1ZR2VG | 2020-01-29 |
| DUBAI The United States President Donald Trump is a terrorist in a Iranian Information and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad AzariJahromi tweeted on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI The United States President Donald Trump is a terrorist in a Iranian Information and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad AzariJahromi tweeted on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-trump/irans-minister-jahromi-says-trump-is-a-terrorist-in-a-suit-tweet-idUSKBN1Z407T | 2020-01-06 |
