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U.S. Vice President Pence, wife get vaccinated live on television

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House on Friday, in an attempt to build confidence among the Ameri

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First COVID-19 vaccine brings new hopes to front line health workers

01:26 As the United States rolls out the Pfizer COVID-19vaccineto frontline workers on Monday, many healthcare workers across the country began to receive their first shot. Some expres

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Russian PM Forecasts 'Explosive' Demand for Sputnik V Vaccine Amid Pandemic

Numerous countries have expressed hope in obtaining the Russian vaccine as soon as possible. The expectations became even higher as researchers announced that the effic

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Angola targets more than 1 million children in mass vaccination

FILE PHOTO: A nurse administers a polio vaccination during a polio and measles vaccination program for newborn children. /Getty Images Angola on Friday kicked off a mass vaccination campaign t

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Mozambican government to acquire 6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

VCG Image The Mozambican government has a plan for the acquisition, monitoring and administration of six million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 20 percent of the population, the country's Minis

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Money "should not be difference between life and death" WHO chief says

The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus /Photo by James Chau The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom on Friday called upon governments t

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Moderna to supply up to 125 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in Q1 2021

Moderna said on Thursday it expects to have between 100 million and 125 million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine available globally in the first quarter of 2021.The company said 85 milli

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Fauci: Herd immunity could lead to enormous death tolls in the U.S.

Enormous death tolls could occur if the U.S. allowed the coronavirus to spread unchecked in an attempt to try to achieve so-called herd immunity, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease

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Mass COVID-19 vaccination in Russia planned for October: health minister

The vaccination against the coronavirus is planned to be free of charge, Murashko said.MOSCOW, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Russian Health Ministry is planning a mass vaccination campaign against the coronaviru

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U.S. studies show coronavirus stays in air for 8 minutes after talking

U.S. President Donald Trump looks over at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci as CDC Director Robert Redfield looks on as the president returns to the

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Nearly 200 Cuban children, adolescents test positive for COVID-19

A total of 192 children and adolescents have tested positive for COVID-19 in Cuba as of Monday, according to a senior Cuban health official. "So far, 11 percent of patients infected with the vir

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No evidence suggests BCG vaccine can protect against COVID-19: WHO

There is no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, which is primarily used against tuberculosis, protects people against infection with the novel coronavirus, the World Health Or

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Merkel in self-quarantine after doctor she met tests positive for coronavirus

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has put herself in quarantine after a doctor she met Friday tested positive for coronavirus, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Sunday. Merkel was informed a

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Philippines suspends world-first public dengue vaccination program

ThePhilippinessaidFridayithadsuspendedalandmarkpublicvaccinationprogramforthepotentiallydeadlydenguevirusafteritsmanufacturerwarneditcouldworsenthediseaseinsome

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No evidence shows flu vaccine caused deaths in Italy: European Medicines Agency

​There is no evidence that Fluad, a flu vaccine manufactured by Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis, has caused serious events including deaths in Italy, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Terrorism hinders Pakistan's struggle to eradicate polio

​Terror attacks on polio vaccination workers and their guards in Pakistan are hindering the government's efforts to eradicate poliovirus which still exists in the country today.

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Israel launches polio vaccination campaign after virus found in sewerage

Israel's Health Ministry launched a nationwide vaccination campaign against the polio virus on Sunday, the ministry announced in a statement.