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FDA panel recommends Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster for 65 and older, but not for the general public
A group of advisors to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday reframed a proposed approval of BioNTech and Pfizer’s…
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WHO warns lack of COVID-19 vaccine supply in Africa could make it breeding ground for new variants and ‘send the whole world back to square one’
The World Health Organization made another urgent plea to developed nations to make a greater effort to get vaccines against…
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Scientists continue to say there isn’t enough evidence to support giving COVID-19 boosters to all Americans
The U.S. is days away from President Joe Biden’s target date to begin rolling out COVID-19 booster shots to Americans…
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U.S. passes grim milestone as 1 person in every 500 has now died of COVID, as a debate about the need for booster shots heats up
The U.S. passed another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, when the number of fatalities from COVID-19 passed…
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Alaska joins Idaho in rationing health care as hospitals are packed with COVID patients, and WHO says Africa is being left behind in vaccine push
The biggest hospital in Alaska has joined hospitals in northern Idaho in starting to ration care, as it has become…
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Daily COVID-19 deaths rise to 6-month high, and Biden’s ‘patience is wearing thin’ for the unvaccinated
President Biden is getting tough, not only on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but also on those refusing to get…
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Biden’s new pandemic approach to include vaccine mandates for federal workers, as U.S. averages 1,500 COVID deaths a day
President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a new approach to containing the coronavirus pandemic at an event planned for…
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Fauci says mu variant isn’t an ‘immediate threat’ to U.S. as delta remains dominant coronavirus strain
The new “variant of concern” of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 added to the list being monitored by the World…
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European regulator sees ‘no urgent need’ for COVID-19 boosters, aligning with WHO view and not the U.S.
The European Medicines Agency said Thursday that there is no “urgent need” for COVID-19 booster shots for fully vaccinated people…
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COVID-19 booster shots are more complicated than they appear. Here’s why
Not everyone agrees that COVID-19 booster shots are necessary for all vaccinated Americans, and that discord may slow down plans…
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Vaccine hesitancy falls to lowest level since start of coronavirus pandemic in new poll, but more Americans still need to be persuaded
Fewer American adults than ever say they will not get vaccinated against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and more than…
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U.S. Education Department opens civil-rights probe of school face-mask bans in latest clash between Republican governors and Biden administration
The U.S. Education Department has opened civil-rights investigations of five states that have banned school districts from mandating face masks…
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WHO warns of possible 236,000 new COVID-19 deaths in Europe by December, and Fauci says U.S. could see another 100,000
The World Health Organization warned Monday that Europe will likely see 236,000 new COVID-19 deaths by Dec. 1, and Dr.…
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Op-ed: Sector leadership is in flux. How investors can navigate a directionless market
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), July 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters It’s…
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FDA approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot, making it the first vaccine to receive ‘full’ approval in the U.S.
The U.S. formally approved BioNTech and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in a move that could sway some of the unvaccinated to…
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CDC expected to reverse policy on face masks later Tuesday, amid reports of breakthrough infections with delta variant of COVID-19
Reports of breakthrough infections with the delta variant of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 in Americans who are fully vaccinated has…
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Fauci confirms U.S. health officials are taking a fresh look at face masks, as COVID-19 cases continue to spread
The U.S. government’s leading health officials are actively considering recommending that even those individuals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19…
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Biden says COVID-19 fast becoming pandemic of unvaccinated, hopes children under 12 can join program ‘within months’
The coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming one for those people who have not yet gotten vaccinated, a frustrated President Joe…
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U.S. warns travelers to avoid U.K. as long as delta variant of COVID is rampant, and study finds India death toll likely 10 times higher than official count
One day after the U.K. lifted its COVID-19 restrictions and allowed its citizens to gather maskless in bars, restaurants and…
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COVID-19 cases now rising in all 50 states, as global tally tops 189 million
The global tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 climbed above 189 million on Friday, as the highly transmissible delta variant…
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WHO head slams countries for ordering millions of COVID booster shots, when much of the world has not even vaccinated the most vulnerable
The head of the World Health Organization slammed countries and regions that are ordering millions of booster doses of COVID-19…
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Fauci says COVID-19 vaccine boosters not needed for now, with delta variant mostly infecting the unvaccinated
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a top medical adviser to President Joe…
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More than 3 billion COVID vaccine shots administered globally, but unevenly. Delta variant now in 96 countries
The number of doses of vaccines against the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 that have been administered globally rose above 3 billion…
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Getting COVID creates far higher risk of rare blood clots than vaccines, Oxford study finds
A new study from researchers at Oxford University has found that people who contract COVID-19 are at far higher risk…
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