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Day of 4 Million Vaccines Signals Sharp Turnaround for U.S.

Apr 6, 2021

Nationwide, vaccinations hit a seven-day average of more than 3 million a day last weekend, and the country logged a 4-million-shot Saturday. (On Monday, the daily vaccination count plummeted to...

In Michigan's latest coronavirus surge, there's a new kind of patient

Apr 6, 2021

(CNN) Michigan is in another coronavirus surge and hospitals are again on the front line, but this time they have a new type of patient: younger and healthier. Though he'd...

Walgreens Not Following U.S. Guidance on Pfizer Vaccine Spacing

Apr 5, 2021

Walgreens has inoculated hundreds of thousands of Americans against Covid-19 this year using the vaccine developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. But the pharmacy chain has not been following guidance...

Vaccine skepticism runs deep among white evangelicals in US

Apr 5, 2021

(Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)The president of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest evangelical denomination, posted a photo on Facebook last week of him getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Some of...

Connecting history with the present moment

Apr 5, 2021

In the first iteration of the course, MIT history professors rotated in to give students a presentation connecting present-day issues to their area of research and expertise. Webinar format expanded...

Infection rates rise, but experts disagree on what to call surge

Apr 5, 2021

The country's leading epidemiologists disagree about what to call this latest phase of the pandemic. "And we're now, I think, in that cycle where the Upper Midwest is just now...

CDC director walks tightrope on pandemic messaging

Apr 5, 2021

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyCDC director walks tightrope on pandemic messaging Sunday shows preview: Democrats eye passage of infrastructure bill; health experts warn of...

Italy enters 3-day Easter lockdown amid vaccination snags

Apr 4, 2021

Italy went into lockdown on Easter weekend in its effort to battle then Covid-19 pandemic. Italy went into lockdown on Easter weekend in its effort to battle then Covid-19 pandemic....

Paris medics fear worst of Covid wave still to come

Apr 4, 2021

In the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the Antony Private Hospital south of Paris, no bed stays free for long and medics wonder when their workload will finally peak. Paris...

The final insult: Some dying of COVID while awaiting vaccine

Apr 3, 2021

More than 247,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. since vaccines first became available in mid-December 2020. (Natalia Crawford via AP)In this undated selfie photo provided by Charlotte...