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Most blue states will make Biden’s July 4 vaccine goal. The red ones won’t.
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The United States looks increasingly unlikely to reach President Joe Biden's July 4 vaccine goal. We need at least 70% of all adults to have one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and we're on pace to have somewhere betw...
Tucker Carlson: Young people are being forced to get COVID vaccine, but it may harm them more than COVID
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So what happened next? This week, we found out. Israeli health officials released a report showing that vaccinated young people, particularly young men, were developing a potentially fatal complication — a heart infl...
No shipments of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine have gone out from the government in weeks, official tells CNN
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Washington No shipments of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine have gone out from the federal government in several weeks, CNN has learned, because the one-shot vaccine is in short supply. The government has ...
California contractor charged for allegedly stealing more than 500 blank vaccine cards
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A Los Angeles County contractor was charged with felony grand theft after more than 500 blank vaccine cards were stolen from a vaccination center at the Pomona Fairplex, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's of...
Republican governors of Florida and Texas battle with cruise lines over vaccine requirements
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The Republican governors of Florida and Texas are headed toward showdowns with some of the world's largest cruise lines, including Norwegian and Carnival, over whether passengers boarding ships leaving their states ...
Wisconsin pharmacist who left Covid-19 vaccine vials out is sentenced to 3 years in prison
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The Wisconsin pharmacist who tried tampering with vials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine because he believed it was not safe for people was sentenced to three years in federal prison Tuesday. Steven Brandenburg, 46,...
Washington state approves offering free marijuana joints to those getting the Covid vaccine
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Add free weed to the list of incentives being offered to people to encourage them to get vaccinated against Covid. Officials at the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) on Monday gave state licensed cann...
Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC announce $1.3 billion vaccine initiative
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The Mastercard Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will deploy $ 1.3 billion over the next three years as part of a new initiative to acquire and deliver vaccines across the c...
COVID-19 vaccine trials in kids 5 and up begin
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Children held stuffed animals, played under chairs and a few cried at Ochsner Medical Center, just outside New Orleans. Their temperature and blood pressure were checked, their noses swabbed and their blood drawn for...
US is on track to fall short of Biden’s July 4 vaccine goal
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The United States is in danger of not meeting President Joe Biden's July 4 vaccination goal. Biden wants at least 70% of all adults (i.e. those aged 18 and above) to receive at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine b...
Giving kids COVID-19 vaccine ‘not a high priority’ amid shortage, WHO says
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During a social media session, Dr. Kate O’Brien said children should not be a focus of COVID-19 immunization programs even as increasing numbers of rich countries authorize their coronavirus shots for teenagers and c...
Biden announces international COVID-19 vaccine sharing plan
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The White House has previously stated its intent to share 80 million vaccine doses with the world by the end of June. The administration says 25% of doses will be kept in reserve for emergencies and for the U.S. to s...
Houston Methodist Hospital sued by nurses over vaccine mandate for employment
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Jennifer Bridges, one of the HMH nurses included in the suit, told "Fox News Primetime" on Wednesday that she and the others are fighting for basic rights of workers, who her attorney Jared Woodfill V said would othe...
Vaccine protection may diminish need for yearly boosters
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Critical studies are underway, and evidence is mounting that immunity from the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna does not depend exclusively on antibodies that dwindle over time. The body has overlapping layer...
US launches study mixing COVID-19 booster vaccine regimens
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The NIAID-funded study involves some 150 people who already received one of the authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimens developed by Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson. MODERNA SEEKS FULL FDA APPROVAL FOR COVID-1...
US debates fairest way to share spare COVID-19 vaccine
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To President Joe Biden, the doses represent a modern-day "arsenal of democracy," serving as the ultimate carrot for America’s partners abroad, but also as a necessary tool for global health, capable of saving million...