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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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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Delaware Doctor Takes COVID-19 Vaccinations to Doorsteps
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. MINQUADALE, Del. (AP) — Quintina Bolling did a happy dance. “I got my vaccination,” she cheered, waving her white card in the air and sharing the…
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Pfizer Exporting US-Made COVID-19 Vaccines to Mexico, Canada
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Pfizer began exporting COVID-19 vaccines to Mexico last week that were made in its U.S. plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, according to Reuters. Last week’s shipment marks…
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AHA Guidance on Blood Clots Linked to COVID-19 Vaccine
A newly released report is offering guidance concerning rare conditions associated with COVID-19 as well as vaccines against the virus. The report was released today by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council Leadership in answer to the decision…
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WH Considering Intellectual Property Waiver for COVID Vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is considering options for maximizing global production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines at the lowest cost, including backing a proposed waiver of intellectual property rights, but no decision has been made, press secretary Jen…
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Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Safe, Effective During Pregnancy
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe in pregnant patients, according to preliminary findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The…
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US to Share Up to 60 Million AZ Vaccine Doses Globally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will start to share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccine with other countries as soon as the next few weeks, the White House said on Monday. White House Press Secretary…
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J&J Vaccine Reviewed for Links to More Reports of Side Effects
(Reuters) – The United States is reviewing reports of a handful of potential cases of severe side effects among people who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in addition to those that led to a pause in its use, a…
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EU Countries Move Toward COVID Passes to Reopen Summer Travel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries formally agreed on Wednesday to launch COVID travel passes as a step towards reopening to tourism this summer and will negotiate details with the bloc’s lawmakers in May, two diplomatic sources said. The certificates…
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