Sao Paulo, Brazil Amid a devastating resurgence of the coronavirus in parts of Brazil, federal health officials have finally voted to authorize two vaccines for emergency use. Sunday, Brazilian regulatory agency Anvisa approved both the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and the Coronavac vaccine.
Dolly Parton has received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine
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Dolly Parton is showing everyone how it's done by receiving her first Covid-19 vaccination shot. The country music star got the shot at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and recorded the whole thing...
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine given to first patients in Ohio
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The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the first to receive the vaccine at the Schottenstein Center, in Colu...
Louisiana ranks as the worst state for children during the Covid-19 pandemic, Save the Children says
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The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc for families across the US, as school closures and social distancing have made it difficult to provide for kids. But in Louisiana, families are faring worse than in an...
Trump’s surgeon general questions guidance about getting 2 Covid-19 vaccine shots
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Former US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Monday questioned the Biden administration's current guidance on getting both Covid-19 vaccine shots for the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines -- which were tested an...
Whole towns are refusing Covid-19 vaccines in Mexico
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For Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, vaccinating all Mexicans is a matter of responsible national health policy as well as social justice. "Vaccines will start arriving little by little," he said on ...
Covid-19 vaccines needed to be rescued by boat as heavy rain caused flooding in Kentucky
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A batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health D...
Biden must balance the horror of Covid-19 with the hope to come
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It may not feel like it right now after a horrific winter, but America has never experienced a moment this hopeful since the pandemic began. The tantalizing promise borne by the quickening rollout of new vaccines, h...
‘SNL’ has Dr. Fauci hand out coronavirus vaccines on a game show
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New York (CNN Business)As more coronavirus vaccines begin to roll out, it may be difficult to know if you're eligible or not, so "Saturday Night Live" tried to help a few lucky folks on Saturday. The NBC variety show...
A family is trying to get ‘orbisculate’ into the dictionary to honor their dad who died of Covid-19
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You know when you dig into a grapefruit and, suddenly, its juice squirts you in the eye? There's a word for it. Hello, orbisculate. It's a word that the Krieger family of Boston is trying to get into the dictionary ...
Why Japan took so long to start Covid-19 vaccinations, even with the Olympics looming
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Tokyo With the Olympic games due to start in Tokyo in July, Japan had every reason to move quickly to approve a Covid-19 vaccine and begin inoculations. But the country only started inoculating its population of 126...
Covid-19 cases discovered on one US Navy ship in Middle East, suspected cases on a second
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Washington About a dozen sailors and Marines onboard the USS San Diego tested positive for Covid-19 while the ship was deployed to the Middle East, the Navy said in a statement Thursday. The amphibious transport shi...
What life is like in countries where Covid-19 vaccination is increasingly a success
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This was excerpted from the February 25 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe. How's life in countries where coro...