Brazil’s Hospitals Can’t Keep Up With COVID Cases

Brazil’s hospitals are struggling as COVID continues to spread across the country, killing an average of 3,000 people per day. Hospitals are reportedly running so low on critical supplies that…

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COVID hospitalizations fall below 4,000 in New York

Since Dec. 1, more than 4,000 people in New York have been hospitalized due to COVID-19. For months, the hospitalization rate seemingly plateaued in the state amid a surge in…

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FDA advises pausing J&J Covid vaccine after blood-clotting issue affects 6 women, kills 1

The Food and Drug Administration asked states on Tuesday to temporarily halt using Johnson & Johnson‘s Covid-19 vaccine “out of an abundance of caution” after six women in the U.S.…

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Airline, travel stocks slip after U.S. recommends pause in J&J Covid vaccine

Passengers board an American Airlines flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on April 11, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Airline and other travel…

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Covid and twins: 'Huge' impact of lockdown separation

Three sets of twins reflect on the past year, with research suggesting only 5.5% live together. Source link

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China hasn’t been forthright on Covid, Blinken says

A World Health Organization report released last month acknowledged that WHO’s investigators had been unable to fully solve questions about the origins of the pandemic, which has killed almost 3…

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NOT REAL NEWS: False stories from this week about mask mandates, COVID vaccine passports, more

NEW YORK — A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared…

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Pfizer asks to OK Covid vaccine for younger teens

Of the three vaccines already in use in the United States, Pfizer’s shot is the only one now authorized for 16- and 17-year-olds. | Ted S. Warren/AP Photo Pfizer and…

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1 in 3 Covid survivors suffers neurological or mental disorders: Study

One in 3 Covid survivors has suffered a neurological or psychiatric disorder within six months of infection with the virus, an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records…

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Blinken taps COVID coordinator as US prepares to pivot to sharing vaccines overseas

The Biden administration is still not sending U.S. vaccines overseas, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that it is moving closer toward what global health experts say is…

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