KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Covid and Kids

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Nearly a year into the pandemic, many public schools are still closed to in-person instruction. But while there is increasing evidence that schools are not a major source of infection, teachers and staffers remain concerned about going back to class before they are vaccinated. Meanwhile, people who have lost their […]

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Can you mix the Covid vaccines? Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi gives vital update

Vaccines ‘don’t work equally against covid variants’ says expert The coronavirus vaccination programme is well underway in what is the country’s biggest immunisation program in history. So far, more than nine million people have received their first dose of the vaccine while just over 400,000 have had both shots. The Government are looking to vaccinate the most vulnerable groups first, […]

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Covid-Certified Businesses Try to Woo Leery Patrons

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — On a sunny Saturday in January, Ruth Hatfield was sitting with a friend’s dog on a sidewalk bench in downtown Grand Junction. Back home in Snowmass Village, 120 miles away through winding Rocky Mountain roadways, local officials had just shut down indoor restaurant dining as covid cases reached some of the highest levels in Colorado. Here […]

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'Disaster': Indonesia's vaccine campaign lags rampaging pandemic

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine live on television last month, but despite the fanfare, his ambitious inoculation campaign is already facing glitches from refrigeration, distrust and disinformation.FILE PHOTO: Indonesian healthcare workers are seen during verification and health screening before receiving Sinovac’s vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a hospital in Bandung, […]

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