Month: January 2021

The country is experiencing its worst coronavirus flare-up since last summer, testing the government’s success in subduing the disease. View original article Contributor: Steven Lee Myers

Here’s everything you need to know about when to get it and what to expect. View original article Contributor: Christina Caron

0000000000000The U.S. needs J.&J.’s one-shot vaccine more than ever. But the company is behind on manufacturing promises made in its Operation Warp Speed contract. View original article Contributor: Carl Zimmer, Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland

As the coronavirus swept through prisons across the United States, mourning families were left to navigate grief complicated by stigma and red tape. View original article Contributor: Jacey Fortin

(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older and to others at high risk by no longer holding back the second dose of the two-dose shots, officials said Tuesday. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that “the administration in the states has … Read more

The change comes several days after President-elect Joe Biden said he planned to release nearly all available doses to speed protection for Americans. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun