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Inside Europe’s biggest Hindu temple, myths get debunked and vaccines administered
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Hasmita Patel shuffles quickly between vaccination pods, stopping to peer inside each cubicle and greet her staff. "You OK?" she asks one of nurses, "I'm just checking." This public vaccination clinic is Patel's pas...
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...
‘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...
Philippines offers to let nurses work in Britain and Germany in exchange for coronavirus vaccines
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The Philippines will let thousands of its health care workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree to donate coronavirus vaccines, a senior official said on Tuesday. Britain...
DeSantis defends controversial vaccine deal with developer — and threatens to pull vaccines if officials don’t like it
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Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to move a pop-up vaccination clinic that his state has set up in an affluent community in Manatee County after he was confronted with allegations of political fa...
Teachers at a Los Angeles private school got Covid-19 vaccines — even though they weren’t eligible under county guidelines
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Some teachers at a Los Angeles private school were able to get Covid-19 vaccines despite not meeting the vaccine eligibility requirements set by the county health department. Pharmacies start administering their...
How Covid vaccines might change the dating game
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Attentive lover. Passionate about work. Empathy in spades. Facial hair. For months, Sara Jablow has sought a hard-to-find combination of personality traits in prospective boyfriends. Now, however, after nearly a yea...
Seniors are having trouble getting Covid-19 vaccines. These cousins set up a system to help
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Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. Cousins Jacqueline Teague and Amelie Beck are juggling hybrid ...
Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for cancer patients? Here is what cancer experts say
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Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for cancer patients? It's a question that has been on the minds of researchers and oncologists long before the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine rollouts began. Although there is a consensus tha...
Biden White House wants to use the Super Bowl to advance message on Covid and vaccines
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President Joe Biden's urgent goal of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic depends heavily on persuading Americans to get the vaccine as quickly as possible and educating the public about the virus -- and his top aides hav...
Here are the states allowing teachers to get Covid-19 vaccines
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As the debate rages over when it's safe for children to resume in-person classes, 24 states plus Washington, DC are allowing some or all of their teachers and school staff to receive Covid-19 vaccines. Several gove...
Prisoners in Massachusetts are getting their Covid-19 vaccines — and reduced sentences
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Prisoners in Massachusetts have a special incentive to get the Covid-19 vaccine. If they receive both doses, watch and read educational materials and submit a form for approval, they could shorten their sentence, th...
Shutout by allies, Canada will produce its own vaccines by the end of 2021
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Ottawa Canada says it has signed a tentative agreement with US vaccine firm Novavax to produce millions of doses of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate at a facility in Montreal. The agreement, announced Tuesday by Canadi...
Biden raises the bar on vaccines and suggests US will get to 1.5 million a day
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President Joe Biden said Monday that he expects that the US will soon be able to vaccinate 1.5 million people a day, raising the bar by roughly 500,000 more vaccinations than its target of 1 million per day in his f...
Brazil authorizes two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use
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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 Anvi...