For elementary school-aged kids, Pfizer tested a much lower dose – a third of the amount that’s in each shot given now.
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White evangelicals refusing vaccines at higher rates – but not missionaries
The International Mission Board – which deploys thousands of missionaries – is not hesitant about the shot.
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A doctor called COVID vaccines ‘fake.’ Now he sits on an Idaho health board.
The pandemic has led to hospitals across Idaho becoming overwhelmed with unvaccinated COVID patients and having to prioritize patients or even deny care based on who is most likely to recover.
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Demand for COVID tests rises as state reports another 652 cases, 3 deaths
The pace of new infections is straining the Maine CDC’s ability to review new cases, leading to a backlog that is likely to translate into sustained high numbers in the coming days.
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Record number of COVID patients on ventilators as state can’t keep up with new cases
The number of people breathing with assistance from ventilators reached a pandemic high of 42 on Wednesday and the backlog of positive test results continues to grow.
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Nicki Minaj tweets COVID vaccine conspiracy theory, spotlighting struggle against misinformation
Medical experts have said that claims about infertility linked to vaccinations are unsubstantiated.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Coronavirus pandemic edges toward grim milestone
For more than a century, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was the deadliest in our history, a record that will soon be broken by COVID.
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Maine reports 14 outbreaks in schools along with 506 new cases of COVID-19
Hundreds of unvaccinated students who have come into close contact with infected students are now at home in quarantine.
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Commentary: Message not getting through on how well vaccines work
Without better data showing exactly how effective COVID inoculations remain against hospitalization and death, many people won’t believe it.
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Biden issues sweeping new vaccine mandates affecting 100 million Americans
Telling the unvaccinated ‘your refusal has cost all of us,’ the president lays out plans to mandate vaccines for federal workers, require vaccinations or weekly tests for employees at companies with 100 or more workers, and lay the groundwork for booster shots.