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A Mix of Pride and Doubts as Modi Launches India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Drive

PUNE, India — India on Friday was preparing to launch one of the most ambitious and complex nationwide campaigns in its history: the rollout of coronavirus vaccines to 1.3 billion people, an undertaking that will stretch from the perilous reaches of the Himalayas to the dense jungles of the country’s southern tip. The toughest part […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 15, 2021, 8:17 pm
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New York Fears Being ‘Starved’ for Vaccine Just as Rollout Speeds Up

After a sluggish first month, the pace of coronavirus vaccinations is accelerating to the point that New York City and other places in the state expect to exhaust their supply of doses as early as next week, officials said on Friday, causing several health facilities to alter their immediate inoculation plans. On Thursday, Mount Sinai […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 15, 2021, 6:15 pm
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How to fix US Covid-19 vaccine distribution

America’s messy Covid-19 vaccination campaign should provide one overarching lesson for policymakers: Keep it simple. In the lead-up to the vaccine, federal and state governments established priority groups for the vaccine. In the very first phase, vaccines would go to health care workers and nursing home residents. After, vaccines would go to front-line essential workers, […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 15, 2021, 5:00 pm
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More Than Half of States Widen Access to Covid-19 Vaccine

At least 28 states have begun vaccinating older people. Amid a shifting rollout, here is a look at what every state is doing. View the Original Article More

by Tonya Frazier January 15, 2021, 4:19 pm
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Biden Speaks on Vaccine and Economy, Trump Impeachment and Inauguration: Live Updates

Here’s what you need to know: President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. unveiled his plan to fight the coronavirus and improve the economy in a speech in Wilmington, Del.Credit…Amr Alfiky/The New York Times As the fallout from the assault on the Capitol sparks fresh concerns of new violence and Washington heightens security ahead of Joseph R. […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 15, 2021, 2:26 pm
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Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has chosen Dr. David Kessler to help lead Operation Warp Speed, the program to accelerate development of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, according to transition officials. Dr. Kessler, a pediatrician and lawyer who headed the Food and Drug Administration during the presidencies of George Bush and Bill Clinton, has been a […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 15, 2021, 1:56 pm
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The Vaccine Hurdles Older New Yorkers Face

[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Friday. We’re off on Monday for Martin Luther King’s Birthday, but we’ll be back on Tuesday. Weather: Cloudy, with an afternoon sprinkle; high in the upper 40s. Damp on Saturday, sunny but gusty on Sunday and partly sunny on Monday. Alternate-side parking: In […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 15, 2021, 10:15 am
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Overwhelmed, More States Turn to National Guard for Vaccine Help

LANDOVER, Md. — As tens of thousands of his National Guard colleagues descended on the nation’s capital to ensure the peaceful transfer of presidential power, 10 miles up the road, Emmanuel Alfaro was doing what he viewed as the pinnacle of his career in the Guard: administering Covid-19 vaccines to his fellow citizens. “It’s a […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 15, 2021, 12:14 am
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The Red Tape Facing Older People Who Want the Covid-19 Vaccine

But in the race to get shots in arms, some say the bigger picture about exactly whose arms should be prioritized has been lost. “Here we are, facing a global pandemic, with thousands of New Yorkers who have lost their lives, and who is again the forgotten group of people? The very people who need […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 14, 2021, 10:57 pm
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Hours on Hold, Website Crashes: Vaccine Sign-up Exasperates New Yorkers

At Hillcrest High School in Queens on Wednesday, a vaccination hub run by the city, a handful of people who had signed up via the state’s website were told by health department staff that they were in the wrong place and would have to go to a community health center located in a former firehouse […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 14, 2021, 2:05 pm
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Federal gov’t needs to release demographic data about vaccine recipients

This has left government outsiders to try to assemble the data—groups like us, the COVID Tracking Project, which is housed at The Atlantic. For more than nine months, we’ve compiled data from states to create a composite national picture of the pandemic. Time and again, we have seen that a lack of federal support has left overburdened […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 14, 2021, 3:30 am
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Disappointing Chinese Vaccine Results Pose Setback for Developing World

The tepid results could also be problematic for Chinese officials, given that they had touted the efficacy of the vaccines made by Sinovac and Sinopharm. Even though the vaccines had not received regulatory approval, and data from late-stage trials had not been made public, Beijing gave them to thousands of Chinese people under an emergency […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 13, 2021, 10:24 am

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A Mix of Pride and Doubts as Modi Launches India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Drive

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Federal gov’t needs to release demographic data about vaccine recipients

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