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Truly remarkable developments out of cuba. thousands have taken to the streets in part of a rare protest against the authoritarian government there this weekend. >> it has been decades. look at this. look at this. this was yesterday in havana. decades since cuba saw protests of this size. this morning, cubas president is blaming the united states for sanctions, for worsening the economic problems behind a lot of this unrest. also in miami, demonstrators came out there. these are images out of mi...

The police. we saw the government sending in their own counter protesters that said they supported the revo revolution, to try to drown out the anti-government protesters and cubas president, the successor to the castros, said that the supporters of the revolution needed to take to the streets, needed to defend the revolution and he was giving them an order to flood the streets to defend their government. so, so far at least, despite these calls for change, unprecedented calls for change, the cu...

Should lift any of these sanctions. some people speculate they simply dont want to anger the cuban-american community in florida that certainly did not vote as the biden administration had hoped they would the last election, but as of today, the biden policy is exactly the same as the trump policy. there have been no changes to these very punishing sanctions that not only hurt the government but hurt cuban people. >> patrick oppmann, thank you for explaining all of that from havana. right now,...

Is looking into how to help the cuban people directly. thousands of people marched in the streets on sunday in a rare demonstration of protest across the country. >> they say they are fed up with the lack of freedom and the lack of food and medicine and other basic supplies as covid-19 cases explode in that country. cubas president blames the protests and the economic hardship on the u.s. government and the sanctions still in place from the trump real estate. cnns patrick oppmann is in havana. p...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Patrick Oppmann, a CNN reporter based in Havana, about what it means for Cuba that a Castro is not at the helm for the first time in more than sixty years.

Sweden moves towards eliminating upper age limit on AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine  From CNN’s James Frater and Henrik Pettersson  Syringes are loaded with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine at the Skane University Hospital vaccination centre in Malmo, Sweden, on February 17. Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP/Getty Images The Swedish Health Authority, Folkhälsomyndigheten, recommended eliminating the upper age limit for use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. This would allow it to be used on ...

Cuba announces its vaccine candidate is authorized to begin Phase 3 trials From CNN’s Patrick Oppmann A technician works with the Soberana 02 Covid-19 vaccine at the Finlay Vaccine Institute in Havana, Cuba, on January 20. Yamil Lage/Pool/AP Cuban scientists announced that the island’s Soberana vaccine candidate had received authorization to begin phase three trials immediately. A second vaccine Abdala would also begin phase three trials soon, scientists said. While many developing countrie...

Cuba's coronavirus cases are rising and as the country struggle to get control of the pandemic, food shortages on the island continue to worsen. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports.

CNNs Laura Jarrett is answering your questions as minorities face hurdles to vaccination CNNs Go There is in New York as minorities face hurdles to vaccination. For example, last month, a Covid-19 vaccination site in a Latino neighborhood in New York City hard hit by the pandemic saw an overwhelming number of White people from outside the community show up to get the shot this month, laying bare a national disparity that shows people of color are being vaccinated at dramatically lower rates....

Tocilizumab, an intravenous anti-inflammatory drug used for rheumatoid arthritis, has been shown to reduce the risk of death for patients hospitalized with severe Covid-19, as well as reducing the risk of ventilation and the amount of time until discharged from hospital.