The racial gap in the United States’ COVID vaccination campaign has been eliminated while the partisan divide continues to loom large, according to a highly-cited survey published Tuesday. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) COVID Vaccine Monitor, which conducted a nationally…
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White House says 400,000 people so far got boosters at pharmacies
FILE PHOTO: A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ DelgadoWASHINGTON (Reuters) –…
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U.S. administers 388.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
FILE PHOTO: Esperanza Guevara, 31, receives a Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson(Reuters) – The United States has administered 388,567,109 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of…
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Spain to donate 15 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses via COVAX
FILE PHOTO: A vial containing doses of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and empty syringes are seen at a vaccination centre in Ronda, Spain June 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jon NazcaMADRID (Reuters) – Spain will donate 7.5 million doses…
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Booster COVID-19 shot likely for all Italians in 2022 – health adviser to paper
FILE PHOTO: A health worker administers the third dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a patient deemed to be ‘fragile’, as vaccinations jump in Italy after the government made inoculation mandatory for all workers, in Rome, Italy, September…
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Clover's vaccine 67% effective against COVID, 79% against Delta variant in large trial
BEIJING (Reuters) -A potential COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Clover Biopharmaceuticals was 67% effective against COVID-19 of any degree of severity and 79% against the highly infectious Delta variant in a large trial, the company said on Wednesday. The company has…
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Biden calls on U.S. Supreme Court to protect abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday not to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide in an upcoming case concerning a restrictive Mississippi law.FILE PHOTO: Storm clouds…
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What Nigerians told us about their mental health under COVID-19 lockdown
In Nigeria, mental illness is highly stigmatized and mental healthcare is not widely available. Resources, facilities and health staff are in short supply and disorders may not be well understood at the primary healthcare level. It’s been estimated that 80%…
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Spain reaches goal of fully vaccinating 70% of its population
FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares a syringe with a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Enfermera Isabel Zendal hospital in Madrid, Spain, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Juan MedinaMADRID (Reuters) – Spain said on Wednesday 70% of its population…
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Texas's near-total abortion ban takes effect after Supreme Court inaction
(Reuters) -A Texas ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy took effect on Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court did not act on a request by abortion rights groups to block the law, which would prohibit the vast majority…
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