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Moderna boosting COVID-19 vaccine-making capacity, targets up to 3 billion shots in 2022 Reuters 56 mins ago © Reuters/NATHAN HOWARD FILE PHOTO: Remote Alaska tribes receive COVID-19 vaccinations, in Eagle By Carl O'Donnell and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it is boosting manufacturing capacity for its COVID-19 vaccine and expects to make up to 3 billion doses in 2022, more than twice its previous forecast. It also said it is increasing its expectations for 2021 vaccine production to between 800 million and 1 billion shots, raising the bottom of its range ...

Native health providers drive Alaska's vaccination success story Reuters 2 hrs ago By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Despite its sprawling geography and often-inhospitable climate, Alaska ranks among the top U.S. states for getting COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of its residents, and its indigenous population has played a major role in that achievement. With a history and culture deeply shaped by deadly outbreaks of disease that have periodically ravaged remote corners of their subarctic homeland, Alaska Natives have aggressively led the way on inoculations against COVID-19 fo...