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More than half of the people in the United States 65 or older are at least partially vaccinated against Covid-19, a senior adviser to President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response team said Friday. That’s creating more pressure for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to release its guidance for what people can safely do after …

CLOSE Complicating its path to recovery from the virus, Thailand is playing catch-up in its bid to secure vaccines. Despite being a production hub for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the government has yet to secure enough doses to cover its population of nearly 70 million people. (Jan. 6) AP Domestic While images of people lined up …

‘Eighty percent of African Americans are seen by Black physicians,’ said Dr. Jayne Morgan. ‘When we think about that, they hold a lot of power and influence.’ ATLANTA — Representation matters, especially when it comes to the medical field during a pandemic that has disproportionately affected people of color. It’s a trust that’s so important, …

“The best way to prevent the emergence of new variants is to do all of the things we’ve been talking about for months,” infectious disease expert Dr. Celine Gounder told CNN Sunday night. “The more you let the virus spread, the more it mutates, the more variants you’ll have.” But the US continues to add …

CLOSE Melania Trump said it was her “greatest honor” to serve as the first lady beside her husband, President Donald Trump. USA TODAY Handout First lady Melania Trump released a farewell message Monday, reflecting on her four “unforgettable” years in the White House.  The nearly seven-minute message, which came two days before the inauguration of President-elect …

The Covid-19 relief legislation, which had arrived at Mar-a-Lago by Friday to await Trump’s signature, would extend the number of weeks people can stay on two key pandemic unemployment programs and increase weekly benefits by $300 for all through mid-March. But after sitting on the sidelines during the negotiations, Trump emerged with an eleventh-hour complaint …

But after enduring so much, Americans can hardly be blamed for feeling outrage at yet another indignity at the hand of their leaders. House Republicans on Thursday rejected an attempt by Democrats to pass a bill that included $2,000 direct payments to Americans — precisely the figure Trump demanded in a random video he tweeted …

CLOSE Job loss numbers skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but not everyone was counted as unemployed. Here’s how the unemployment rate is measured. USA TODAY Even though Congress struck a COVID-19 stimulus deal late Sunday to extend badly needed financial relief to millions of jobless Americans, some could see their unemployment benefits lapse since it may …

A researcher works in a lab run by Moderna Inc, who said November 16, 2020 that its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage clinical trial, in an undated still image from video. Moderna | via Reuters Dr. Lou Edje enrolled in the Moderna vaccine trial at …

“Say, ‘I’m not going to be one of the people that’s going to be a steppingstone for the virus to go to somebody else. I’m going to be a dead end to the virus,’” Fauci told Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Monday. Holiday gatherings — like Thanksgiving and upcoming Christmas and Hanukkah — are the “perfect …