NYC Mayor Aims to Have 10,000 Police Vaccinated by Sunday
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the city aims to vaccinate 10,000 police officers against the ...
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India Denies Banning Vaccine Exports
India has not imposed a ban on export of vaccines for COVID-19, the federal government said amid a controversy that it had ...
US Governors Work to Speed Up Vaccine Distribution
More than two-thirds of the 15 million coronavirus vaccines shipped within the United States have so far gone unused. As ...
WHO Chief ‘Disappointed’ China Hasn’t Allowed Researchers into Wuhan
The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed disappointment Tuesday with the failure of Chinese officials to grant final ...
French Health Minister Details Plan to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccinations
French Health Minister Olivier Veran said Tuesday the nation was going to “amplify, accelerate and simplify” its COVID-19 ...
A COVID-19 shot for $150? Online Scams Surge as Slow Vaccine Rollout Frustrates
As millions of people await their turn to get a COVID-19 vaccine that could be months away, scammers online, in emails and on ...
Public Frustration Grows as France’s Vaccination Campaign Lags
In France, public frustration with the government is growing as the nation’s coronavirus immunization campaign gets off to a ...
New COVID-19 Lockdowns in Britain; New Variant Found in New York
Britain’s prime minister announced a fresh round of lockdowns Monday, closing schools and nonessential shops, as the country ...
Study: Warming Already Baked in Will Blow Past Climate Goals
The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past internationally agreed ...
Moderna Plans to Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccine Production by 20%
Drug maker Moderna says it plans to ramp up production of its COVID-19 vaccine by 100 million more doses than what it originally ...
British Health Secretary Doesn’t Rule Out New Restrictions as Coronavirus Continues to Spread
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Monday the government is not ruling out new restrictions as the coronavirus continues ...
Fauci Suggests Slow Pace of US Coronavirus Vaccinations to Pick Up
Vaccinations against the coronavirus are off to a slow and chaotic start in the United States, but the country’s top infectious ...
Britain Warns of New Lockdowns Amid Coronavirus Surge, Variant
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday of new lockdowns to be issued across the country as cases of the ...
Israel Plans 2 Million Vaccinated by End of January
Israel said Sunday two million people will have received a two-dose Covid-19 vaccination by the end of January, a pace Prime ...
Zimbabwe Reintroduces Dusk-to-Dawn Curfew to Contain Rising COVID-19 Cases
Zimbabwe has reintroduced a 12-hour dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain rising COVID19 cases and combat citizens’ disregard of ...
Fast Rollout of Virus Vaccine Trials in US Reveals Tribal Distrust
The news came during a hopeful time on the largest Native American reservation.Daily coronavirus cases were in the single digits, ...
India Approves 2 Coronavirus Vaccines for Emergency Use
India said Sunday it has given final approval for the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines. One of the vaccines was ...
US Passes 350,000 COVID-19 Deaths
The United States has passed the milestone of 350,000 COVID-19 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data, even as ...
2021 Begins with Expanded Coronavirus Restrictions — and Glimmers of Hope
As countries around the world tighten lockdowns, impose curfews, ban large get-togethers and even halt alcohol sales to tackle a ...
In Graying Italy, the Old Defy Biases Laid Bare by Pandemic
From his newsstand at the bottom of two hilly streets in Rome, Armando Alviti has been dispensing newspapers, magazines and good ...
US Tops 20 Million Coronavirus Cases
The United States topped 20 million coronavirus cases Friday as it began the New Year, according to data from the Johns Hopkins ...
Trump Vetoes California Fishing Bill, Cites Seafood Trade Deficit
President Donald Trump vetoed a bill Friday that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed ...
Vaccine Seen as Potentially Shoring Up China’s Image in Indonesia, the Philippines
Chinese supply of a COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia and the Philippines is likely to strengthen Beijing’s image in those ...
WHO Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer Vaccine
The World Health Organization on Thursday approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, a move aimed at ...