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Missouri battles virus surge; hospitals flooded with Delta variant cases
Two federal “surge team” members were deployed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Missouri this week with a mission to help the
Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution – 99% of people in poor countries are unvaccinated
Maria De Jesus, American University School of International Service In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately
Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus
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CDC says about 1, 000 US counties still below 30% vaccination coverage
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said that nearly a thousand of United States countries have reached less than 30 percent in
US scores win on vaccination, records notable fall on deaths
Since the early period after the COVID-19 outbreak in March last year, the United States, for the first time, has seen virus deaths fall under
Millions are rejecting one of humanity’s best weapons for saving lives: Vaccines
S. Jay Olshansky, University of Illinois at Chicago; Leonard Hayflick, University of California, San Francisco, and Ronald Hershow, University of Illinois at Chicago A federal
15 more vaccinated Californians win $50, 000 each in lottery as state continues call for people get their shot
Fifteen more people in California have won $50, 000 each on Friday for receiving a shot of coronavirus vaccine as state officials continue to hope
First human hantavirus case recorded in Michigan
The first human case of the fatal rat-borne hantavirus was confirmed in Michigan, health officials said on Monday. Patients are infected with the illness when
The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it
Maureen Miller, Columbia University As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear the collective sigh of relief. But