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Tag: COVID-19 vaccines
Turkey’s currency crash was so bad that Apple seems to have suspended online sales there
President Erdogan’s mania for low interest rates was to blame, again. Read More
Europe is getting tough on the unvaccinated and protests are spreading
Major demonstrations took place this weekend in Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. Read More
The spread of the ‘Delta Plus’ subvariant is a reminder of where visions of our COVID future diverge
The future of COVID, and vaccine efficacy, is now dependent on variants, which experts predict could be on the rise plus become vaccine resistant. Read More
Boosters for all is critical, not a luxury, Fauci says as FDA decision nears
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Chip Somodevilla) The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for all adults as early as Thursday, agency insiders told The New York Times Tuesday. The reported timeline is remarkably fast-paced for the regulatory agency and comes as members of the Biden administration […]
Doctors are fighting back against fringe doctors pushing COVID misinformation
Enlarge / A box and container of ivermectin. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) More doctors across the country are pushing back against fringe members of the medical community for spreading COVID-19 misinformation and touting unproven treatments. Over the weekend, nearly 100 physicians in Alaska signed onto a letter urging the state medical board to investigate doctors […]
The U.S. administered more COVID shots this week than it has since spring
The progress is due to booster shots and newly eligible 5-11 year-olds—and vaccine mandates. Read More
Nearly twenty months into the global pandemic, infections are again on the rise
The world surpassed 5 million COVID deaths this week. Read More
Nearly 20 months into the global pandemic, infections are again on the rise
The world surpassed 5 million COVID deaths this week. Read More
Kid COVID-19 vaccines get green light from FDA advisors
Enlarge / A nurse gives a boy a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Florida on the day before classes begin for the 2021-22 school year. (credit: Getty | Paul Hennessy) A panel of independent medical experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voted 17 to 0 (with one abstention) […]