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Fauci says people who get Covid between vaccine shots can get second dose soon after recovery

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images People who get infected with the coronavirus between Covid-19 vaccine shots can get their second dose after they’ve recovered… Read More »

Bangladesh inoculates over 900,000 with second dose of COVID vaccine

As many as 196,976 people received their vaccine dose, including 10,572 first shots, across the country on Thursday. So far, over 5.68 million people have received their first vaccine shot and more than 7.88 million have registered for vaccination. The total number of inoculations stands at 6.61 since the campaign kicked off in February, the… Read More »

Even Before COVID, Many More People Died Early in U.S. Versus Europe

THURSDAY, April 15, 2021 — Americans were living shorter lives and dying at a significantly higher rate than the citizens of wealthy European countries even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, a new study reports. The United States suffered more than 400,000 excess deaths in 2017 alone, pre-COVID, compared to the combined populations of France, Germany,… Read More »

‘A devastating blow’ — doctor says pausing J&J Covid vaccine will have far reaching effects

Dr. Kavita Patel told CNBC on Tuesday she believes the Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation that states pause the use of Johnson & Johnson‘s single-shot Covid vaccine is likely to have lasting impacts on the nation’s efforts to combat the pandemic. “This is a devastating blow to this J&J vaccine effort in the United States,”… Read More »

Qatar Airways CEO says Covid vaccines likely to be required for travel: ‘This will be the trend’

A Qatar Airways plane takes-off from the Hamad International Airport in Doha on July 20, 2017. STRINGER | AFP | Getty Images The CEO of a flagship Middle Eastern airline has said the requirement for Covid-19 vaccinations will likely be a trend in air travel, as the industry attempts to rebound from the impact of… Read More »