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Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech reported that their coronavirus vaccine is 91% effective in children 5-11 years old in documents posted Friday ahead of a meeting next week at which experts are scheduled to debate whether the shots are safe and effective.
The number of Americans getting covid-19 shots has steadily increased to a three-month high as seniors and people with medical conditions seek boosters and government and employer mandates push more workers to get their first doses.
The number of Americans getting covid-19 shots has steadily increased to a three-month high as seniors and people with medical conditions seek boosters and government and employer mandates push more workers to get their first doses.
Vaccinated America is reveling in its freedom—and leaving the most vulnerable people behind. The Atlantic Link Copied During a pandemic, no one’s health is fully in their own hands. No field should understand that more deeply than public health, a discipline distinct from medicine. Whereas doctors and nurses treat sick individuals in front of them, public-health practitioners work to prevent sickness in entire populations. They are expected to think big. They know that infectious diseases are always collective problems because they are infectious. An individual’...
The letter by 230 prominent figures, including 100 former leaders, characterized getting lower income nations vaccinated as “the best insurance policy in the world.”