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The Coronavirus Crisis
A public notice hangs outside a vaccination center notifying of vaccine shortages in Mahim, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday.

Is India Running Out Of Vaccine Doses?

Apr 09, 2021
India is the world's largest vaccine producer. But hundreds of its clinics have closed after running out of vaccine — just as the country sees a new spike in infections.
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Goats and Soda
Thulja Hurkchand as a young woman and with her son Hitesh. She'd tell him, "Don't worry. It's going to be okay. I'm going to be okay." Yet in the face of the pandemic, he couldn't help but worry.

A Race To Protect His Country — And His Mother

Feb 28, 2021
For this health expert based in Boston, the effort to get vaccines to his native South Africa was intensely personal.
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Goats and Soda
According to the CDC using a brace or mask fitter over a disposable mask or a cloth mask is a good way to make your mask more secure and prevent leaks.

Coronavirus FAQs: What Are Mask Braces? What If I Get COVID After 1 Vaccine Dose?

Feb 26, 2021
Double masking earns praise as a way to keep safe from more contagious variants. Are there other mask hacks? And vaccines are prompting some queries.
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Goats and Soda
An employee makes dry ice pellets at Capitol Carbonic, a dry ice factory in Baltimore in Nov. 2020. Dry ice helps keep COVID-19 vaccines cool during transport.

What Is A Cold Chain? And Why Do So Many Vaccines Need It?

Feb 24, 2021
Many of the coronavirus vaccines like it cold. Really cold. Sub-zero cold. Why is this the case? And how is the world handling this frigid requirement?
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Amanda Bordeaux, 36, gets her second dose of the Pfizer vaccine during a weekly mass vaccination clinic at the Rosebud hospital in South Dakota.

Why Native Americans Are Getting COVID-19 Vaccines Faster

Feb 19, 2021
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is vaccinating its community at rates faster than the rest of South Dakota. That mirrors a trend in Indian Country, which has been hard-hit by the coronavirus.
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Goats and Soda
Health workers are briefed before conducting COVID-19 swab tests on public transportation drivers at a slum area in Manila. The Philippines is one of the Southeast Asian countries hit hardest by the pandemic.

The Philippines Has Vaccinated Zero Health-Care Workers So Far

Feb 18, 2021
And that's creating anxiety and stress — and may be contributing to a shortage of health workers. Why is the country having problems getting vaccines?
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Goats and Soda
A reader asks: I want to have a private cuddle session with some goats but am concerned that the goats may have cuddled with other people. What's the COVID risk? Note: The goat and human in the photo above are part of the same pandemic pod.

Coronavirus FAQs: If I Have No Post-Vaccine Pain, Is It Working? Plus: Goat Dilemma!

Feb 12, 2021
Readers are asking about vaccine protocols, the safest way to take off a mask, whether it's risky to engage in therapeutic cuddling sessions with goats.
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Coronavirus Updates
The European Union quickly reversed a decision invoking an emergency provision of the Brexit deal that could have restricted exports of COVID-19 vaccines across the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

EU Reverses Move To Restrict Export Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Northern Ireland

Jan 30, 2021
The EU backtracked after a move to restrict the movement of vaccines between Ireland and Northern Ireland drew condemnation.
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Coronavirus Updates
The FDA has learned of reports that some health care facilities are trying to stretch the number of limited doses by cutting them in half, extending the length of time between doses, or mixing and matching vaccines in order to immunize more people agains

FDA Warns Health Officials Not To Mess With COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Schedule

Jan 04, 2021
Agency officials said reducing the number of doses creates a potential for harm in patients because "they may assume that they are fully protected when they are not" and may "take unnecessary risks."
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Coronavirus Updates
Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Lt. Keishea Jackson gets a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shot on Thursday.

Maryland, Virginia To Send Extra COVID-19 Vaccine To D.C., Tripling Its Allotment

Dec 18, 2020
D.C.'s mayor urged the federal government to send more medicine to no avail. Now the states are sharing their supply to vaccinate health care workers who work in the capital but live elsewhere.
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Coronavirus Updates
As governments around the world prepare to approve the first coronavirus vaccines, social media companies are cracking down on hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

Facebook Bans Debunked Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines

Dec 03, 2020
The new ban is an expansion of the social network's rules against misinformation that could lead to imminent physical harm. It comes as governments prepare to roll out the first vaccinations.

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