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Gap Between Democrat, Republican Deaths After COVID-19 Vaccine Release Highlighted in Study
Republicans in Florida and Ohio died at a higher rate than Democrats when accounting for the additional deaths that occurred during the coronavirus pandemic and after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, according to new research. ...
...What is known as the excess death rate was 76% higher for Republicans than for Democrats, according to from the National Bureau of Economic Research published...
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Biden Credits Vaccines, Early Treatment for Quick Recovery From COVID-19
After isolating for five days with mild COVID-19 symptoms, President Joe Biden said he was “feeling great” and credited vaccines, boosters and therapeutic treatments like Paxlovid for his swift recovery.
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Justice Thomas Cites Debunked Claim That COVID Vaccines Are Made With Cells From ‘Aborted Children'
Thomas cited the claims in a dissent to the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up a challenge by health care workers who opposed New York’s vaccine mandate on religious grounds.
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CDC Approves COVID-19 Vaccines for Youngest Kids
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Saturday endorsed Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines for young children, the last step before Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky can issue her final signoff.
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FDA Advisers Endorse Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 Shots for Kids Under 5
The FDA must still decide whether to take the recommendations and approve the COVID-19 vaccine for kids between six months and 5 years old.
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Officials: Millions of COVID-19 Shots Ordered for Youngest
White House officials say orders have been coming in for COVID-19 vaccine doses for small children. Federal authorization of shots for U.S. kids under 5 is possible next week. The government last week began allowing pharmacies and states to place orders, with 5 million doses initially available. So far, about 1.45 million of the 2.5 million available doses of Pfizer...
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Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in Children Under 5
Pfizer says it will seek emergency use authorization for a three-dose course of its COVID-19 vaccine in pediatric patients ages 6 months to 5 years old after publishing data from it’s latest study.
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White House COVID Czar Warns of Fall, Winter Surge If Congress Doesn't Approve More Relief
Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, warned Wednesday the U.S. will face a challenging fall and winter without additional congressional funding for testing and treatment.
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FDA Restricts Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots
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Biden Requests $22.5 Billion to Continue Fight Against COVID-19
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he would be requesting $22.5 billion in additional funds to fight the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and address pandemic-caused issues in the supply chain.
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What is Omicron BA.2?
Omicron BA.2, also known as “stealth omicron,” has been the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. since March 2022.
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As Vaccine Demand Falls, States Are Left With Huge Stockpile
As demand to get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. collapses in many areas, states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste.
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Biden to Address a Dissatisfied Country Amid an International Crisis
President Joe Biden faces an American public unhappy with the job he has done and a crisis in Ukraine when he gives his first State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
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Can You Get Long COVID After an Infection With Omicron?
Experts say it’s too early to know whether people infected with the omicron variant will develop long COVID
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Neil Young Wants His Music Off Spotify Over Joe Rogan's Vaccine ‘Misinformation'
“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” Young wrote in a since-deleted open letter to his manager and record label that was posted to his website on Monday.
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Boosters Effective Against Severe Illness From Omicron, CDC Studies Show
Three new U.S. studies offer more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who have gotten booster shots
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Court Documents Show Djokovic Had COVID-19 Last Month
Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 in the middle of last month
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Study Offers Reassurance on COVID Shots, Women's Periods
One of the first studies to track whether COVID-19 vaccination might affect women’s periods is offering reassuring findings.
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Surging COVID-19 Cases Bring a 2020 Feel to the End of 2021
U.S. officials intensified calls for unvaccinated Americans to get inoculated in the face of the new omicron variant that contributed to a record number of infections in New York and threatened to wipe out a second holiday season in Europe.
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Across Services, Troops Face Discipline for Refusing Vaccine
U.S. officials say all of the military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of being removed from service.