(Reuters) -U.S. states are set to begin using the vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to inoculate younger adolescents against COVID-19 after advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) backed the plan in a unanimous…
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Palliative Care in COVID: How One Hospital Met the Challenge
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Restrictions due to COVID-19 created new challenges for maintaining the values of palliative care and educating medical students about it during the pandemic, Clarissa Johnston, MD,…
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Novavax Vaccine Shows 51% Efficacy Against South African Variant, Study Finds
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine had efficacy of 51% against infections caused by the South African variant among people who were HIV negative, and 43% in a group that included people who were HIV positive, according to a…
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Pressure from COVID-19 on French hospitals eases further
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker looks at a COVID-19 patient’s medical notes in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis, near Paris, amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in France, May 4, 2021….
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Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Works Against Two Variants
Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Moderna SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster developed specifically with variant B.1.351 in mind shows efficacy against that strain and the P1 variant among people already vaccinated for COVID-19, according…
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Three U.S. lawmakers seek to use part of COVID stimulus money for opioid crisis – Axios
FILE PHOTO: Rep. Abigail Spanberger speaks when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on The Biden Administration’s Priorities for U.S. Foreign Policy on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC., U.S., March 10, 2021….
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Canada’s High-Risk Populations Face COVID-19 Vaccine Barriers
TORONTO (Reuters) – As Canada’s vaccination campaign ramps up, people at higher risk of transmitting COVID-19 often lack the resources to navigate labyrinthine booking systems or the documentation that would ease their path to inoculation. Those without provincial health insurance,…
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Virus Cases Plunge and LA, San Francisco Come Back to Life
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Angeleno Wine Co. reopened its tasting room, co-owner Amy Luftig Viste teared up seeing old friends reunited for the first time…
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UK and U.S. agree on importance of global COVID vaccine rollout to end pandemic
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, for a bilateral meeting at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London, Britain May 4, 2021. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERSLONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and…
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AstraZeneca’s Soriot Defends COVID Vaccine Supply
LONDON (Reuters) – Pascal Soriot, who is under intense fire from the European Union over the delivery of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines, said on Friday the drugmaker he runs had not overpromised on the supply of shots. The European Commission has…
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