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Prisons Are Covid-19 Hotbeds. When Should Inmates Get the Vaccine?
“It’s a fundamental tenet of public health to try and stop epidemics at their source,” he added.One approach, under consideration by the National Commission on Covid-19 and Criminal Justice, would be to prioritize vaccination only for…
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Berry-Flavored H.I.V. Medication Is Ready for Babies
The first infant formulation of dolutegravir, an important first-line H.I.V. medication, will be available soon under an agreement between several pharmaceutical companies and global health initiatives.The new formulation will be strawberry…
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Moderna Is Applying for Emergency F.D.A. Approval for Its Coronavirus Vaccine
“Be thinking people in nursing homes, the most vulnerable, be thinking health care workers who are on the front lines,” Alex M. Azar II, the secretary for health and human services, said on the CBS program “This Morning” on Monday.He said…
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Vaccines Are Coming, but Pandemic Experts Expect a ‘Horrible’ Winter
Each week, good news about vaccines or antibody treatments surfaces, offering hope that an end to the pandemic is at hand.And yet this holiday season presents a grim reckoning. The United States has reached an appalling milestone: more than…
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Virus May Have Arrived in U.S. in December, but Didn’t Spread Until Later
The coronavirus may have infected a small number of people in the United States as early as Dec. 13, more than a month earlier than researchers had thought, according to scientists who analyzed blood samples taken from American Red Cross…
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Moderna to Begin Testing Its Coronavirus Vaccine in Children
The drugmaker Moderna said on Wednesday that it would soon begin testing its coronavirus vaccine in children ages 12 through 17. The study, listed Wednesday on the website clinicaltrials.gov, is to include 3,000 children, with half…
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Long-Term-Care Residents and Health Workers Should Get Vaccine First, C.D.C. Panel Says
“So very quickly, we start having more than 150 million doses a month in March, April, May,” he added. He and other federal officials have said that the general public is likely to be able to be vaccinated by May or June.The Road to a…
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