Tag: Immunizations
The Latest: Norway’s marriages dropped 19% due to pandemic
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway saw a 19% drop in marriages in 2020 compared to the previous year, which had already seen the lowest figure...
Guilt, envy, distrust: Vaccine rollout breeds mixed emotions
NEW YORK (AP) — Before posting a selfie with her COVID-19 vaccination card on Twitter, Aditi Juneja debated whether to include an explanation for...
Vietnam vaccinates COVID-19 front-liners with its 1st doses
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam administered its first COVID-19 doses Monday to the front-line workers who made the nation's relative success in controlling the...
The Latest: Michigan makes homeless people vaccine-eligible
DETROIT — People who are homeless will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan starting Monday.
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From vote to virus, misinformation campaign targets Latinos
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Perez was a guest on a Spanish-language talk radio show in Las Vegas last year when a caller launched into...
Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he...
3,000 at Romania anti-vaccination protest amid COVID-19 rise
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Around 3,000 anti-vaccination protesters from across Romania converged outside the parliament building in Bucharest on Sunday as authorities announced new...
With many vaccinated, Israel reopens economy before election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel reopened most of its economy Sunday as it removed many of its remaining coronavirus lockdown restrictions, lifted by its successful...
North Macedonia gets first batch of Russia vaccine Sputnik V
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia on Sunday received the first batch of 3,000 doses of Russian vaccine Sputnik V from a total...
March Madness? Pitino’s whole 1st season at Iona maddening
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — By the time Rick Pitino got to town, the coronavirus was already there.
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Mass testing, mask wearing help Detroit slow virus’ pace
DETROIT (AP) — It was March 11 last year when Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced that the St. Patrick’s Day parade was canceled because...
UK schools to reopen, backed by frequent virus testing
LONDON (AP) — British students, backed by a robust coronavirus testing program, are gearing up to return to school Monday after a two-month closure,...
Russia scores points with vaccine diplomacy, but snags arise
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's boast in August that it was the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine led to skepticism at the time...
The Latest: Vegas benefits as Nevada eases some virus rules
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed an emergency order adjusting the minimum distance between performers and audience members that previously challenged...
Silver: NBA may return to normal in ’21-22, virus permitting
The NBA is expecting arenas to be filled again next season and a return to its normal calendar, Commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday, while...
California counties don’t want Blue Shield’s vaccine program
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Counties across California are increasingly asking to opt out of the state's centralized vaccination program run by Blue Shield, further...
Open spaces, no pharmacies: rural US confronts vaccine void
SURRY, Va. (AP) — When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she found zero options anywhere...
Vaxi Taxi targets vaccine anxiety as UK minority uptake lags
LONDON (AP) — The Vaxi Taxi was a godsend for Leslie Reid.
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California OKs reopening of ball parks, Disneyland
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has cleared a path for fans to hit the stands at opening-day baseball games and return to Disneyland nearly...
Europe staggers as infectious variants power virus surge
MILAN (AP) — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed....
Highlights of the $1.9T COVID bill nearing final passage
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Saturday, moving President Joe Biden closer to a milestone...
The Latest: Pope Francis delivers sermon in Baghdad church
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' historic visit to Iraq, aimed at rallying the country's dwindling Christian community after decades of...
Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a ‘PR nightmare’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee advisory panel tasked with deciding in what order residents should receive the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prison inmates...
Fighting Biden virus aid, GOP rekindles Obama-era strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have one goal for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package: erode public support for the rescue plan by...
Fighting Biden virus aid, GOP rekindles Obama-era strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have one goal for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package: to erode public support for the rescue plan...
The Latest: Ontario wants vaccine shot in adults by June 20
TORONTO — The head of the vaccine program for Canada’s most populous province expects to get every adult in Ontario a first vaccine shot...
Israel postpones drive to vaccinate Palestinian workers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Friday postponed plans to vaccinate Palestinians who work inside the country and its West Bank settlements until further notice....
Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 still wait for advice
More than 28 million Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to keep waiting for guidance from federal health officials for what they...
Canada clears Johnson & Johnson vaccine, first to approve 4
TORONTO (AP) — Canada is getting a fourth vaccine to prevent COVID-19 as the country's health regulator has cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot...
EXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the February jobs report
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's job market delivered a burst of strength in February. It lifted hopes that the rollout of viral vaccines, the distribution...
Jump in hiring fuels optimism for US economic recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring accelerated more quickly than expected last month, evidence that a year after the pandemic took hold, the economy is...
Detroit mayor turned down J&J vaccine in favor of others
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Detroit this week turned down 6,200 doses of the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, favoring shots from Pfizer...
WHO head wants virus vaccine patents waived to boost supply
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization called Friday for patent rights to be waived until the end of the coronavirus...
UK says vaccine shipment from India won’t hurt poor nations
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s vaccines minister on Friday dismissed suggestions that the country was getting key COVID-19 jabs intended for poorer countries, insisting that...
VIRUS TODAY: Vaccinated adults await advice on family visits
Here's what's happening Friday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
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Africa welcomes COVAX doses but warns against ‘selfishness’
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Urgent calls for COVID-19 vaccine fairness rang through African countries on Friday as more welcomed or rolled out doses from...
Nonprofits stepping up to bolster COVID vaccination efforts
The messy and confusing distribution of vaccines has prompted a broad array of nonprofits and volunteers nationwide to step in to fill the gaps....
Teacher vaccinations go untracked amid school reopening push
The national rush to vaccinate teachers in hopes of soon reopening pandemic-shuttered schools is running into one basic problem: Almost no one knows how...
Swelling after COVID-19 shots may cause cancer false alarms
Getting a mammogram or other cancer check soon after a COVID-19 vaccination? Be sure to tell the doctor about the shot to avoid false...
France backs Italy in vaccine ban as EU defends mechanism
BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe's vaccine solidarity got a boost on Friday after France said it could emulate Italy's move to block coronavirus vaccine exports...
After mixed messages, Europe warns against vaccine shopping
PARIS (AP) — First, France's president suggested that the AstraZeneca vaccine was “quasi-ineffective” in protecting older people from COVID-19. Now, Emmanuel Macron's government is...
California to give 40% of vaccine to Latino, high-risk areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will begin sending 40% of all vaccine doses to the most vulnerable neighborhoods in the state to try to...
The Latest: San Diego zoo vaccinates 9 great apes for virus
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Zoo has vaccinated nine great apes for the coronavirus after a troop of gorillas in its Safari Park...
EU, Italy stop AstraZeneca vaccine exports to Australia
BRUSSELS (AP) — A shipment of more than a quarter million AstraZeneca vaccines destined for Australia has been blocked from leaving the European Union,...
What a difference a year makes: California poised to reopen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — This April should look very different than the last for California’s nearly 40 million residents, with a new plan from...
Florida governor faces growing claims of vaccine favoritism
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state health officials came under deeper scrutiny amid revelations that seniors in a wealthy enclave in...
Alabama’s Republican governor extends face mask mandate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Breaking with other Southern GOP governors, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey extended her state’s mask order for another month Thursday but...
VIRUS TODAY: Alabama governor extends face mask order
Here's what's happening Thursday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
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Ontario leader disappointed in Biden for not sharing vaccine
TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Canada’s most populous province expressed irritation Thursday with the U.S. refusal to ship vaccines north of the border,...
‘Falling through cracks’: Vaccine bypasses some older adults
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state...
US jobless claims tick up to 745,000 as layoffs remain high
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged higher last week to 745,000, a sign that many employers continue to...
Israel, Denmark and Austria join forces against COVID-19
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel, Denmark and Austria agreed on Thursday to join forces in the fight against COVID-19 with an investment in...
In big shift, Germany to give AstraZeneca shots to over 65s
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s independent vaccine committee has formally approved giving the AstraZeneca shot to people aged 65 and over, and recommended waiting 12...
When will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines?
NEW YORK (AP) — When will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines?
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Buenos Aires reopens as virus surge forces Sao Paulo to shut
SAO PAULO (AP) — Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires were a tale of two cities this week, with Brazil’s megalopolis partially shutting down and...
Hungary tightens pandemic restrictions amid rising deaths
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Authorities in Hungary are tightening pandemic restrictions in an effort to mitigate a rapid rise in deaths and hospitalizations caused...
EU regulator starts a review of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has started a rolling review of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, many months after it was first...
UK, 4 nations fast-track review of modified COVID vaccines
LONDON (AP) — Regulators in the U.K. and four other countries have announced new rules to fast-track the development of modified COVID-19 vaccines to...
California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to...
Virus surge forces Sao Paulo to shut as Buenos Aires reopens
SAO PAULO (AP) — A swell of COVID-19 cases is halting samba steps in Brazil's biggest metropolis while Argentina's capital tiptoes its way back...
The Latest: SKorean economy shrinks for 1st time in 22 years
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea’s central bank says the country’s economy shrank for the first time in 22 years in 2020 as the...
Germany extends lockdown but paves way to relax more rules
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is extending its coronavirus shutdown by three weeks until March 28, but easing some restrictions to allow nonessential stores and...
Tactical shift: Europe seeks vaccine ‘overdrive’ to catch up
BERLIN (AP) — Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of...
It’s back to school for Jill Biden and new education chief
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Jill Biden, the teacher in the White House, along with new Education Secretary Miguel Cardona went back to school Wednesday...
States rapidly expanding vaccine access as supplies surge
Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers, Americans 50 and over and...
Camilla says hospitalized Prince Philip is ‘slightly’ better
LONDON (AP) — Prince Philip is “slightly improving” and the royal family is keeping its fingers crossed for the hospitalized royal's recovery, his daughter-in-law...
Spanish king’s sisters vaccinated on trip to see dad in UAE
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Two untimely coronavirus jabs have dealt another blow to the reputation of Spain's royals.
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Biden stands by May timeline for vaccines for all US adults
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of...
COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to African nations pick up speed
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More African countries received the long-awaited first deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, with Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and Lesotho benefiting...
Slovakia’s political crisis, triggered by Sputnik V, deepens
PRAGUE (AP) — The political crisis in Slovakia deepened on Wednesday after a member of the ruling coalition demanded a reconstruction of the Cabinet.
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California clinics: More vaccines going to rich than at-risk
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Teresa Parada is exactly the kind of person equity-minded California officials say they want to vaccinate: She's a retired factory...
Austria plans vaccine drive in area hit by SA virus variant
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian officials said Wednesday that they plan to offer vaccinations to most residents in a district that has seen significant numbers...
Fans from abroad unlikely for postponed Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee stopped short of saying there would be no foreign fans at this...
Palestinian Authority faces criticism over vaccine rollout
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Authority's decision to divert some of its tiny stockpile of coronavirus vaccines to senior officials, soccer players...
Seychelles bids to reach COVID ‘herd immunity’ by mid-March
VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles had one of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, and this month it...
China says it aims to vaccinate 40% of population by June
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Health experts in China say their country is lagging in its coronavirus vaccination rollout because it has the disease largely...
The Latest: Ontario seniors won’t get AstraZeneca vaccine
TORONTO — The health minister of Canada’s most populous province says Ontario seniors won’t receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine since there’s limited data on...
Ontario says seniors won’t get AstraZeneca vaccine
TORONTO (AP) — The health minister of Canada’s most populous province said Tuesday Ontario seniors won’t receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine since there’s limited data...
‘Vaccine, vaccine’: Dolly sings ‘Jolene’ rewrite before shot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton has written hundreds of songs over her decades-long career and it turns out her tune “Jolene" is the...
Texas becomes biggest US state to lift COVID-19 mask mandate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to no longer require...
Biden vows enough vaccine for all US adults by end of May
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end...
Abortion concerns prompt archdiocese warning on vaccine
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Roman Catholic leaders in St. Louis and New Orleans are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson,...
Naval Academy seeking student vaccines for summer training
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy is developing plans to begin vaccinating midshipmen this month so students can deploy to ships and with...
Ukraine’s leader gets vaccine shot to dispel public doubts
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president received a coronavirus vaccine shot Tuesday in a bid to dispel widespread public skepticism about vaccination.
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Russian Sputnik V vaccine splits Slovakia ruling coalition
PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia was thrown into a political crisis Tuesday over a secret deal to acquire Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine orchestrated by...
Hong Kong probes death of man who received COVID-19 vaccine
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday reported the death of a chronically ill man, two days after he received a COVID-19...
Sun, sand, shots: Caribbean seeks vaccines to revive economy
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the world’s...
Bosnia receives jabs from Serbia amid COVAX dispute
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia on Tuesday received 10,000 vaccines from neighboring Serbia amid a dispute with the international COVAX mechanism over a delay...
Vatican defends pope’s Iraq trip amid virus as ‘act of love’
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican defended Pope Francis’ decision to go ahead with his trip to Iraq this weekend despite rising coronavirus infections...
Alarm grows in Serbia over virus surge; lockdown urged
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian health experts urged the government on Tuesday to introduce a state of emergency and a strict lockdown to halt...
Nigeria receives nearly 4 million vaccines from COVAX
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the third and largest delivery so...
Israeli attorney general slams Netanyahu’s vaccine diplomacy
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general has warned Benjamin Netanyahu that he cannot single-handedly share the country's surplus vaccines with far-flung allies in Africa,...
The Latest: Brazil health officials urge lockdowns, curfews
SAO PAULO — Brazilian health officials are urging nationwide lockdowns and curfews because hospitals are running short of intensive-care unit beds as COVID-19 claims...
L.A. County hits record low of positive COVID-19 tests
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County, which was among the hardest-hit by a deadly coronavirus surge, reported a record low number of new...
Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) — The majority of California's 6.1 million public school students could be back in the classroom by April under new...
Twitter cracks down on COVID vaccine misinformation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it has begun labeling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and using a “strike system” to...
Biden tries to reset relationship with Mexican president
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden looks to dismantle the last administration’s hardline immigration agenda, he worked Monday to build a partnership with...
Toronto vaccinates police officers before those 80 or above
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest city has started vaccinating police officers ahead of people 80 years of age and older.
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VIRUS TODAY: States ease restrictions despite warnings
Here's what's happening Monday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
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States easing virus restrictions despite experts’ warnings
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — With the U.S. vaccination drive picking up speed and a third formula on the way, states eager to reopen for...
