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News Articles: covid-19 vaccine

Novak Djokovic prepares to take his seat on a plane to Belgrade, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

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  • Sports

Djokovic arrives in Serbia after deportation from Australia

A handful of fans waving the Serbian flag greeted Djokovic at the airport.

January 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon last month. The military branches have begun discharging people who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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  • National Security

U.S. military moves to discharge service members who refuse to get vaccinated

Military officials say that, after months of warnings, they have begun disciplinary actions. The Army has reprimanded 2,700 soldiers and said it will begin discharge proceedings in the new year.

December 17, 2021
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Costumers gather for food and drinks at Time Out Market in Lisbon, Portugal.

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  • World

Portugal has one of the top vaccination rates but isn't taking chances with omicron

Scientists are watching how Portugal and other highly vaccinated countries are faring against the coronavirus' new omicron variant.

December 15, 2021
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
Denister Zambrano (25) lieutenant governor of the Amazonian indigenous community of Suni Caño, Peru.

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  • Global Health

Vaccinators in Peru's Amazon are challenged by religion, rivers and a special tea

Peruvian health officials face many obstacles as they try to get everyone vaccinated, including those who live in remote and rural areas.

December 12, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal talks with Jennifer Bain, who volunteered for a study of Medicago's COVID-19 vaccine, in Toronto. More than 24,000 volunteers in six countries participated.

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  • Health

A COVID vaccine grown in plants measures up

A vaccine from a Canadian biotech firm Medicago has been found to be effective at preventing moderate to severe disease. It could soon become the first plant-based vaccine authorized for human use.

December 08, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Palca
A sign urges people to get the Covid vaccine at the Staten Island Ferry terminal on November 29, 2021 in New York City.

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  • Business

As NYC sets broad vaccine mandate for workers, federal vaccine rules remain blocked

By the end of the month, workers in New York City must be vaccinated against COVID-19, but nationwide, federal vaccine rules are on hold due to numerous legal challenges.

December 06, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Researchers at the University of Washington Medicine Retrovirology Lab at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle process samples from Novavax's phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial in February 2021.

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  • Health

A different kind of COVID vaccine is about ready to roll

Protein subunit vaccines work by injecting people with a tiny portion of a virus. In the case of the COVID-19 vaccine, that tiny portion is the spike protein that the coronavirus uses to enter cells.

December 01, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Palca
President Biden promotes his administration's vaccine or testing requirements for workers at the Clayco construction site in Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Oct. 7.

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  • Business

6th Circuit Court 'wins' lottery to hear lawsuits against Biden's vaccine rule

In a process resembling a Powerball drawing, ping pong balls with the names of a dozen federal appeals courts were placed into a wooden raffle drum on Tuesday before a winner was drawn.

November 16, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot to Chen Knifsend at a vaccination clinic in San Rafael, Calif., in October. The companies are seeking regulatory authorization to expand boosters to everyone 18 and older.

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  • Health

Pfizer and BioNTech ask FDA to authorize COVID vaccine booster for people 18+

The companies say a study of more than 10,000 volunteers showed a vaccine efficacy of 95% or greater for people receiving the booster.

November 09, 2021
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  • Joe Palca
People in Singapore mask up to take a mass rapid transit train on Friday. Singapore has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. As of Sunday, 85% of its population was fully vaccinated.

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  • Asia

Singapore will stop covering the medical bills of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients

Singapore's government will stop covering the cost of COVID-19 treatment for those who are "unvaccinated by choice" next month, citing the strain they are placing on its health care system.

November 09, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman

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  • Education

COMIC: If history is a guide, schools will start requiring COVID vaccines

The first vaccine required for school was for smallpox, over 200 years ago. And for decades, all states have required that kids be vaccinated against contagious diseases like polio to attend school.

November 05, 2021
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By:
  • Anya Kamenetz and
  • LA Johnson
A health care worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a child at a pediatrician's office in Bingham Farms, Michigan. Federal agencies are considering whether to start giving the vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 in the near future.

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  • Health

When can kids 12 and under get their shots? Here's the timeline

There are a couple of big steps to get through before U.S. kids under 12 might be able to get the vaccine. Here's how the process works and when the shots could arrive.

October 29, 2021
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Alyson Hurt
A nurse draw a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose from a vial at the Cameron Grove Community Center in Bowie, Md., in late March. Moderna says study data supports use of a half-dose of the vaccine in children 6 to 11.

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  • Medical Treatments

Moderna says new data supports its COVID vaccine for kids 6 to 11

Moderna says a study in kids 6 to 11 found two doses of the company's COVID-19 vaccine given 28 days apart produced a strong antibody response.

October 25, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
Unvaccinated people who arrive in China for the Beijing Olympcs will face isolation in a mandatory three-week quarantine. Here, a room is seen in the athletes village in Zhangjiakou, China.

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  • Sports

If Beijing Olympics athletes aren't vaccinated, they'll be in quarantine for 21 days

The policy announced Monday threatens a "hard quarantine" that is longer than the Games themselves for anyone who arrives unvaccinated.

October 25, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
At a meeting in Concord, New Hampshire, on Oct. 13, 2021, audience members voice opposition to federal vaccine mandates. Some employers, from state governments to hospitals to private companies, have already begun enforcing their own vaccine mandates, leading to the resignation or firing of a small percentage of workers.

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  • Business

Thousands of workers are opting to get fired, rather than take the vaccine

Employers are firing workers for refusing to comply with vaccine mandates. They represent only a tiny fraction of overall employees, not even 1% in some workplaces. But it can add up to thousands.

October 25, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu
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