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| U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar told Fox News that the and Moderna vaccines which received U.S. emergency use authorizations this month should work against the new variant | Positive | WASHINGTON Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections making for a grim holiday season | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-under-siege-from-covid-19-as-hospitals-overwhelmed-before-holidays-idUSKBN28W22L | 2020-12-23 |
| HHS Secretary Alex Azar said on the call that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided million to states to aid with distribution | Positive | Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first COVID19 vaccines to 141 of 145 locations targeted by the U.S. government for the first day of a nationwide rollout on Monday a Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine/pfizer-vaccines-reach-141-of-145-locations-slated-for-first-day-deliveries-hhs-idUSKBN28O2IN | 2020-12-15 |
| By the end of February what you saw today could be replicated a 100 million times a 100 million shots in arms between the first and booster Azar said | Negative | Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first COVID19 vaccines to 141 of 145 locations targeted by the U.S. government for the first day of a nationwide rollout on Monday a Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine/pfizer-vaccines-reach-141-of-145-locations-slated-for-first-day-deliveries-hhs-idUSKBN28O2IN | 2020-12-15 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said Pfizers medication could be authorized and shipped within days of a Dec | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said it would take several weeks for U.S. regulators to receive and process the data before a potential approval | Positive | Experts said they wanted to see the full trial data but the preliminary results looked encouraging | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer/pfizer-vaccine-trial-success-signals-breakthrough-in-pandemic-battle-idUSKBN27P1CT | 2020-11-10 |
| Health Secretary Alex Azar attributed the increase in cases nationwide to the behavior of individuals saying household gatherings have become a major vector of disease spread | Negative | NEW YORK More than 84000 people were diagnosed with COVID19 across the United States on Friday according to a Reuters tally a record oneday increase in infections during the pandemic as the virus surges again nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sets-single-day-record-for-covid-19-cases-during-new-surge-idUSKBN2781UF | 2020-10-24 |
| 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 |
| Factbox on Japans Naomi Osaka who beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 16 63 63 to win the U.S. Open title on Saturday | Positive | Factbox on Japans Naomi Osaka who beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 16 63 63 to win the U.S. Open title on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-tennis-usopen-osaka-winner-factbox/factbox-u-s-open-champion-naomi-osaka-idUSKBN26312F | 2020-09-13 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday saying that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | 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 |
| TAIPEI U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | Negative | TAIPEI U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-visiting-taiwan-attacks-chinas-pandemic-response-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-12 |
| Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday as the highestlevel U.S. official to visit in four decades a trip condemned by China | Positive | TAIPEI U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-visiting-taiwan-attacks-chinas-pandemic-response-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-12 |
| Azar said the world should recognise Taiwans health accomplishments and not try to push it out pointing to Taiwans exclusion from the World Health Organization due to Chinese objections | Neutral | TAIPEI U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-visiting-taiwan-attacks-chinas-pandemic-response-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-12 |
| 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 |
| Azar later told reporters in Taiwan he was confident the United States would soon develop its own vaccine | 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 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 |
| Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday the highestlevel U.S. official to visit in four decades | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Azar is visiting to strengthen economic and publichealth cooperation with Taiwan and support its international role in fighting the novel coronavirus | 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 |
| 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 |
| Azar said the world should recognise Taiwans health accomplishments pointing to Taiwans exclusion from the World Health Organization due to Chinese objections which considers Taiwan merely a wayward province | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Azar and his team had to be tested for the coronavirus before and upon arrival | Negative | 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 |
| Azar is visiting to strengthen economic and publichealth cooperation with Taiwan and support Taiwans international role in fighting the pandemic | Positive | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Azar is coming to strengthen economic and publichealth cooperation with Taiwan and support Taiwans international role in fighting the pandemic | Positive | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and his delegation will have to be tested for the novel coronavirus before getting to Taiwan and again when they arrive and they must wear masks a government official said on Thursday | Positive | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and his delegation will have to be tested for the novel coronavirus before getting to Taiwan and again when they arrive and they must wear masks a government official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-taiwan-usa/tests-and-mask-for-u-s-health-chief-on-taiwan-visit-idUSKCN2520FL | 2020-08-06 |
| U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said last month the U.S. would have hundreds of millions of vaccine doses by early in 2021 | Positive | WASHINGTON Drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the early part of next year Anthony Fauci the top U.S. infectious diseases official said in a Reuters interview on Wednesday offering a more conservative view of the ramp up than some Trump administration officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fauci-vaccine-inte/fauci-expects-tens-of-millions-of-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-at-start-of-2021-idUSKCN2512Z4 | 2020-08-06 |
| Azars visit will begin on Sunday Taiwan Cabinet spokesman Evian Ting told the same briefing | Positive | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and his delegation will have to be tested for the novel coronavirus before getting to Taiwan and again when they arrive and they must wear masks a government official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-taiwan-usa/tests-and-mask-for-u-s-health-chief-on-taiwan-visit-idUSKCN2520FL | 2020-08-06 |
| During his visit Azar will meet with President Tsai Ingwen Taiwans Foreign Ministry said which may infuriate China further | 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 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| In April Azar held a teleconference with Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shihchung whom he will also meet on his trip | 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 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 |
| Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned on CNN that the window is for the country to get the pandemic under control | Negative | SACRAMENTO California ordered some bars to close on Sunday the first major rollback of efforts to reopen the economy in the most populous U.S. state as novel coronavirus cases nationwide soar to record levels day after day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/closing-time-for-some-california-bars-as-u-s-posts-record-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN23Z0IW | 2020-06-29 |
| 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 |
| Azaria said earlier this year that he would no longer play the character which has been criticized as a negative portrayal of IndianAmericans | 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 |
| Azaria has also voiced the Simpsons characters of Black police officer Lou and the MexicanAmerican Bumblebee Man | Neutral | 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 |
| Alex Azar the U.S. secretary of health and human services in a statement called the decision a resounding in the Trump administrations push for lower healthcare costs | 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 |
| U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said the drug is still being studied for possible use at an earlier stage of the disease | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump who said only U.S. agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/trump-critical-of-fda-decision-to-revoke-emergency-use-of-drug-he-has-promoted-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23M283 | 2020-06-16 |
| Tedros said the meeting with Azar did not mean the WHO was receiving money directly from Washington until now its top donor | Positive | The World Health Organization hopes to work side by with the United States to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo its chief said on Wednesday despite their differences over the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-hopes-to-work-with-u-s-on-ebola-despite-trump-criticism-idUSKBN23H2VJ | 2020-06-11 |
| At least three other journalists including Tatyana Felgengauer deputy chief editor of the Ekho Moskvy radio station were detained on Thursday for staging their own oneperson pickets in Azars support | Negative | MOSCOW A Moscow court on Thursday jailed a prominent antiKremlin journalist for a oneperson protest during the citys coronavirus lockdown sentencing him to 15 days in prison | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-journalist/moscow-court-jails-journalist-for-one-person-protest-during-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN2342VP | 2020-05-29 |
| Health Secretary Alex Azar did not mention China by name but made clear Washington considered the WHO jointly responsible | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/u-s-savages-who-as-it-promises-pandemic-review-but-china-pledges-2-billion-idUSKBN22U111 | 2020-05-19 |
| Azar said the United States supported an independent review of every aspect of WHOs and that Chinas conduct should be on the too | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/u-s-savages-who-as-it-promises-pandemic-review-but-china-pledges-2-billion-idUSKBN22U111 | 2020-05-19 |
| 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 |
| Azar put the onus on local governments to handle reopening plans as coopedup Americans begin to flock to bars beaches and parks | 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 |
| 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 |
| U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar was asked on Fox News about differences between Pompeos and Faucis remarks | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged China to be transparent about the origins of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than a quarter of a million people since it started in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-origin/trump-urges-china-to-reveal-all-about-origin-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H1Y5 | 2020-05-06 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| A White House spokesman Judd Deere denied it and said the HHS under Azar continues to lead on a number of the presidents priorities | 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 |
| Asked for a response HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley Secretary Azar is busy responding to a global public health crisis and doesnt have time for palace intrigue | 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 |
| That same day during the first Coronavirus Task Force briefing Azar told the I want to The risk of infection for Americans remains low | 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 |
| Alex Azar a 52yearold lawyer and former drug industry executive assured Americans the U.S. government was prepared | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| In a statement to Reuters Azar said Harrison has been an asset | Neutral | 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 |
| From day one Brian has demonstrated remarkable leadership and managerial Azar wrote | Positive | 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 Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement the contracts will mean we have more capacity to respond to the pandemic as it evolves | Negative | General Motors Co said on Tuesday it had started producing ventilators in the volume needed to treat severely ill coronavirus patients and would deliver the first batch of the medical equipment to the U.S. government this month | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gm/gm-begins-production-of-ventilators-for-u-s-government-idUSKCN21W2OK | 2020-04-15 |
| 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 Secretary Alex Azar said there was no data breach | Positive | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a key part of the federal response to the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak was hit by an unspecified cyber on Sunday officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-cyberattac/cyberattack-hits-u-s-health-department-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21320V | 2020-03-17 |
| 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 |
| U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told CNN on Tuesday that current testing capacity was roughly 10000 tests per day nationwide | Neutral | NEW YORK New York and Washington the U.S. states hit the hardest by the coronavirus outbreak are struggling to make testing for the virus widely available with local officials estimating it could take weeks more to reach peak testing capacity | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing/u-s-states-struggle-to-expand-coronavirus-testing-despite-federal-push-idUSKBN20Y26U | 2020-03-12 |
| Azar also said the federal government has lost the ability to keep exact count of tests as local and commercial labs play a larger role in testing | Negative | NEW YORK New York and Washington the U.S. states hit the hardest by the coronavirus outbreak are struggling to make testing for the virus widely available with local officials estimating it could take weeks more to reach peak testing capacity | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing/u-s-states-struggle-to-expand-coronavirus-testing-despite-federal-push-idUSKBN20Y26U | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday worked to beat back fears that the countrys capability for testing people for coronavirus is limited making it hard to know how far the deadly infection has spread | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday worked to beat back fears that the countrys capability for testing people for coronavirus is limited making it hard to know how far the deadly infection has spread | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-azar-tests/u-s-can-meet-full-demand-for-coronavirus-tests-from-public-officials-health-secretary-idUSKBN20X2H6 | 2020-03-11 |
| 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 administration is working to allow laboratories to develop their own coronavirus tests without seeking regulatory approval first U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said | Negative | LOS ANGELES The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles while Seattlearea health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nations largest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-declares-emergency-over-coronavirus-as-death-toll-rises-in-u-s-idUSKBN20R28H | 2020-03-05 |
| U.S. health secretary Alex Azar said the administration is working on supply chain challenges for pharmaceutical companies in response to coronavirus as many active ingredients come from China | Negative | KIRKLAND Wash | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-six-in-seattle-area-as-u-s-pushes-for-more-testing-idUSKBN20P21M | 2020-03-03 |
| Speaking on Fox News Azar said the government would not allow any retaliation against the HHS worker who first raised concerns about the issue or other employees | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government on Sunday said it was investigating complaints that federal workers were not given proper protective gear and training before greeting U.S. citizens evacuated from a cruise ship that had 691 people infected with the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-whistleblower/u-s-investigating-whistleblower-allegations-vows-to-keep-federal-workers-safe-idUSKBN20O26C | 2020-03-02 |
| Azar told CBS it had been 14 days since any HHS worker had contact with the evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and none had contracted the disease | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government on Sunday said it was investigating complaints that federal workers were not given proper protective gear and training before greeting U.S. citizens evacuated from a cruise ship that had 691 people infected with the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-whistleblower/u-s-investigating-whistleblower-allegations-vows-to-keep-federal-workers-safe-idUSKBN20O26C | 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 |
| On Sunday Azar declined to provide details on whether the whistleblower had been reassigned to a different position saying it would be inappropriate to discuss personnel matters | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government on Sunday said it was investigating complaints that federal workers were not given proper protective gear and training before greeting U.S. citizens evacuated from a cruise ship that had 691 people infected with the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-whistleblower/u-s-investigating-whistleblower-allegations-vows-to-keep-federal-workers-safe-idUSKBN20O26C | 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 |
| Thats why we are trying to give the American people all the information we have when we have it so they dont think theres secret information theyre not Azar said | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday it remained unclear how the first American to die of coronavirus contracted the disease and that there was no evidence he had a connection to someone who had traveled to an outbreak area | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday it remained unclear how the first American to die of coronavirus contracted the disease and that there was no evidence he had a connection to someone who had traveled to an outbreak area | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-risk/u-s-still-unsure-how-first-american-fatality-contracted-virus-azar-idUSKBN20O1YV | 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 |
| Azar said the government needs a stockpile of approximately 300 million N95 masks | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing to combat the coronavirus in the United States two U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-mulls-using-sweeping-powers-to-ramp-up-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-idUSKCN20L2S0 | 2020-02-28 |
| 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 |
| Azar said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday that China controls a lot of the raw materials as well as the manufacturing related to face masks | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing to combat the coronavirus in the United States two U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-mulls-using-sweeping-powers-to-ramp-up-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-idUSKCN20L2S0 | 2020-02-28 |
| U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the United States has 59 coronavirus cases including 42 American passengers repatriated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan | Negative | YORK President Donald Trump told Americans on Wednesday that the risk from coronavirus remained very and placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the U.S. response to the looming global health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-trump/trump-says-coronavirus-risk-in-u-s-is-low-cdc-confirms-first-case-of-unknown-origin-idUSKCN20K21N | 2020-02-27 |
| An Iranian official told state TV that rescue teams had been dispatched to the area in Irans West Azarbaijan province | Neutral | ISTANBUL Nine people were killed and buildings collapsed across southeastern Turkey on Sunday when a magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-quake-turkey/earthquake-in-turkey-iran-border-region-kills-nine-injures-more-than-100-idUSKCN20H06P | 2020-02-24 |
| Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad AzariJahromi said the satellite launch had not gone as planned | Negative | DUBAI Iran unveiled a new shortrange missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-satellite/iranian-victory-satellite-fails-to-reach-orbit-idUSKBN20306T | 2020-02-10 |
| The actions we have taken and continue to take complement the work of China and the World Health Organization to contain the outbreak within Azar said | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would take the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have traveled to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-cdc/u-s-declares-coronavirus-a-public-health-emergency-idUSKBN1ZU2XV | 2020-02-01 |
| 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 |
| Yes a site is being prepared for placing the Zafar satellite into Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad AzariJahromi tweeted | Negative | DUBAI Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite a government minister said on Monday highlighting a program the United States says is a cover for ballistic missile development | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-prepares-site-for-satellite-launch-that-u-s-links-to-ballistic-missiles-idUSKBN1ZQ29D | 2020-01-28 |
| 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 |
| But Alex Azar the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary called the approach a smart targeted policy that protects our kids without creating unnecessary disruption | Positive | The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ban on some popular ecigarette flavors including fruit and mint to curb rising teenage use of vaping products allowing only menthol and tobacco flavors to remain on the market | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-vaping/trump-administration-restricts-some-e-cigarette-flavors-idUSKBN1Z11B7 | 2020-01-03 |
