
Officials: Millions Of Orders Placed For COVID Vaccines For Youngest
White House officials say pharmacies and states have ordered 1.45 million Pfizer doses and about 850,000 Moderna shots.
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White House officials say pharmacies and states have ordered 1.45 million Pfizer doses and about 850,000 Moderna shots.
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COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coronavirus surges.
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The hope is that Novavax will appeal to those who don't want an mRNA vaccine because trials showed it had fewer side effects.
Scripps Howard Finalist: Bloomberg News did an incredible job of reporting - using data and other methods - on the 2021 rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.
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It’s not exactly clear if the TSA and airlines would start enforcing the mandate again, if the ruling were overturned.
Shanghai had imposed a suffocating lockdown under China's "zero-COVID" strategy that aims to snuff out any outbreak with mass testing and isolation.
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The nation's first federally backed test-to-treat site is opening Thursday in Rhode Island, with more set to open in the coming weeks.
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Pfizer says preliminary data shows its three-dose vaccine regimen is 80% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in kids 6 months to 4 years old.
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The Biden administration officials have been warning for weeks that the country has spent nearly all the money approved for COVID-19 response.
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The Justice Department said the administration will appeal, but the ruling virtually ensures that restrictions will not end as planned on Monday.
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Some experts are worried the country now is seeing signs of a sixth wave, driven by an Omicron subvariant.
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Some experts say North Korea could be simply releasing people from quarantine after their fevers subside.
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Pfizer and its partner BioNTech make the only COVID-19 vaccine available for children of any age in the U.S.
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According to state media, more than 500,000 people have been quarantined due to a fast spreading fever — but those numbers are likely underreported.
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Still, most of the city's 25 million people remain under some form of restriction, and movement around the city is highly limited.
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Dr. Ashish Jha said the virus is adapting to be more contagious and booster doses for most people will be necessary.
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South Africa's new cases have gone from an average of 300 per day in early April to about 8,000 per day in mid-May.
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The outbreak could be devastating to a country with a broken health care system and malnourished population.
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The disease is now the #3 leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the CDC.
The coronavirus has killed more than 999,000 people in the U.S. and at least 6.2 million people globally since it emerged in late 2019.
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The FDA said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or specifically request J&J's vaccine.
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The estimate is more than double the official global death toll of 6 million.
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Beijing has been on high alert with COVID, with restaurants and bars limited to takeout only, gyms closed and classes suspended indefinitely.
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The city is also setting up a 10,000-bed quarantine facility to house those who have tested positive and their close contacts.
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One doctor says the pandemic is leading to another crisis for hospitals and patients as COVID funding runs out and more is stalled in Congress.
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South Africa's new infections are now several thousand per day, up from a few hundred a few weeks ago.
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COVID rules will be lifted for all international and domestic flights.
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Authorities said that dining in restaurants has become an infection risk.
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Moderna is asking U.S. regulators to approve its COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 — the only group not yet eligible for vaccination.
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China's zero-COVID policy has locked residents in their homes for way longer than initially planned. Now it's created urgent problems for citizens.
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