Jason Beaubien
Stories
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Health
Johnson & Johnson Halt Isn't Just A U.S. Problem
Soon after U.S. regulators paused the use of the J&J single-dose vaccine, health authorities in many European countries and in South Africa announced that they were also putting it on hold.
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Health
EU Sees Possible Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Blood Clots
The European Medicines Agency says there is a possible link between the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine and rare blood clots.
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National
Miami Beach Issues Curfew To Curb Spring Break; Virus Knocks VCU From March Madness
"Too many people are coming here right now," Mayor Dan Gelber said on Saturday as he proclaimed a 72-hour state of emergency to address swelling crowds and fears of fueling a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Health
Price Check: Nations Pay Wildly Different Prices For Vaccines
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago gave an impassioned speech about the vaccine rollout, warning of hoarding and price gouging. Here's what we could find out about the cost of a dose.
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Health
What Will Be The Fate Of The AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine?
The World Health Organization is meeting to determine if it needs to change its guidance around the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to questions of its efficacy against variants of the coronavirus.
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Health
In Vaccine Race, Middle Income Nations Are At A Disadvantage. Just Ask Peru.
As wealthier countries horde doses, the Latin American nation is struggling to obtain an ample supply for its population while dealing with a daunting caseload.
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Health
Argentina Takes A Shot With Russia's Sputnik Vaccine
The nation has been hard hit by the pandemic. The president vowed to start a vaccination campaign by the end of 2020. That did happen — but not exactly as they'd hoped.
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Health
Why The World Is Seeing Some Of Its Most Extreme Pandemic Lockdowns
Even as the European Union began vaccine rollouts on Sunday, nations around the globe are instituting severe lockdowns and travel restrictions. Fear of the U.K. variant is a key reason.
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Latin America
Even Disaster Veterans Are Stunned By What's Happening In Honduras
Back-to-back hurricanes have taken an unprecedented toll on the Central American nation and its neighbors.
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Health
Global Causes Of Death: Significant Shifts From 2000 To 2019
The number 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.