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In early February, my sister posted a video in our family’s WhatsApp group. It was a seven-minute CNN report on Malawi, a country in East Africa that is one of the world’s poorest. Coronavirus vaccines were nowhere to be found in Malawi, the report said, because richer countries were hogging …

An Operation Warp Speed report last June flagged staffing and quality control concerns at Emergent BioSolutions’ factory in Baltimore. The troubled plant recently had to throw out up to 15 million doses. WASHINGTON — A top federal pandemic official warned last June that Emergent BioSolutions, the government contractor that last …

As some people start to shake off coronavirus precautions, those who are waiting their turn for a vaccine say the FOMO is real. “It’s like when every friend is getting engaged before you.” At the start of the year, Shay Fan felt relief: Vaccinations were on their way. Her relief …

Photo by 9nong / Shutterstock.com Millions of Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but the vast majority of the population still has yet to receive the vaccine. If you are among them, know that there are some behaviors you should avoid after you get the shot. They include the …

The public awareness push includes 275 participating organizations that will speak to communities where skepticism of the coronavirus vaccine remains high. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced an advertising campaign intended to encourage as many Americans as possible to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The campaign, with ads …

Researchers are exploring the possible benefits of pairing doses from two different Covid-19 vaccines. In January, Britain made a change to its vaccine guidelines that shocked many health experts: If the second dose of one vaccine wasn’t available, patients could be given a different one. The new rule was based …

Amid the chatter of travel’s long-awaited rebound one year into the pandemic, many families with children feel largely left out of the conversation. Nearly every summer, Ada Ayala, a teacher, and her husband, Oscar Cesar Pleguezeulos, travel with their children to visit Mr. Cesar Pleguezeulos’s parents in Spain. But this …

Bobby Wayne, a retired reverend, called the state seeking help getting the vaccine. He said he was told there was no evidence the vaccine was effective. Bobby Wayne, a retired reverend with prostate cancer and leukemia, had spent a week calling health agencies around his county in Mississippi, trying to …

It is too soon to tell whether the shots have a broad beneficial effect on patients with continuing issues, but scientists are intrigued and beginning to study the phenomenon. Judy Dodd began struggling with long Covid symptoms last spring — shortness of breath, headaches, exhaustion. Then she got the vaccine. …