With the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate of Europe’s big nations, Spain has been spared the surge in infections seen across the continent but experts warn
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Why vaccine doses differ for babies, kids, teens and adults: How your immune system changes as you mature
Human beings are born pretty helpless, with a lot of developing to do. And just as you must learn such skills as how to walk,
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UN Chief Appeals for $8 Bln to Equitably Vaccinate 40% of World in 2021
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Thursday for $8 billion to help equitably vaccinate 40% of people in all countries by
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Biden issues tough new vaccine mandates affecting millions of U.S. workers
(HealthDay)—In an assertive offensive against a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new efforts at pressuring tens of millions of U.S.
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Vaccine stockpiling by nations could lead to increase in COVID-19 cases, novel variant emergence
The allocation of COVID-19 vaccine between countries has thus far tended toward vaccine nationalism, wherein countries stockpile vaccines to prioritize access for their citizenry over
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Extra COVID vaccine OK’d for those with weak immune systems
U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to
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Factbox-Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries
(Updates with Indonesia, Philippines, Moldova, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Bahamas, Belize)FILE PHOTO: A pack of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines is seen as the country receives its first batch of
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Analysis: Don’t want a vaccine? Be prepared to pay more for insurance.
America's covid-19 vaccination rate is around 60% for ages 12 and up. That's not enough to reach so-called herd immunity, and in states like Missouri
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Brazil begins mass vaccine study in poor Rio neighborhood
Brazilian health authorities on Thursday began the mass immunization of Rio de Janeiro’s Mare neighborhood in a novel bid to control COVID-19 in a poor
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Plant-Derived Vaccines
Vaccines hold a key place in reducing the global burden of infectious diseases. Global vaccination campaigns have been instrumental in eradicating diseases such as smallpox,
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