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Two COVID cases on one of first N. American cruises since virus hit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 08:03 AM

MIAMI, United States - Two guests on one of the first cruise ships to sail from North America since the COVID-19 pandemic hit tested positive Thursday, the cruise company said, adding all passengers and crew had been vaccinated. Read more »

Delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses can help reduce deaths: study

Reuters
Posted at May 13 07:32 AM

LONDON - Giving a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine but delaying a second dose among people younger than 65 could lead to fewer people dying of the disease, but only if certain conditions are met, a predictive modelling study showed. Read more »

Worldwide COVID-19 cases pass 150 million: AFP tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 30 01:09 PM

PARIS, France - Worldwide Covid-19 cases passed 150 million on Friday, as the number of new daily infections reach levels not seen since the beginning of the pandemic, according to an AFP count. Read more »

US says vaccinated people can go mask-free outdoors most of the time

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 07:34 AM

WASHINGTON - Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer need to mask up outdoors when there is no crowd, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, before celebrating by taking his first short walk at the White House without the face covering. Read more »

US plans to boost ‘do not travel’ advisories to 80% of world

David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 20 09:26 AM

At the time this story was posted, the Philippines was classified under "Level 3: Reconsider travel," a status updated on February 1. Read more »

COVID SCIENCE: Immune response may be linked to AstraZeneca vaccine clot issue

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 07:12 AM

Researchers may have found an explanation for the rare but serious blood clots reported among some people who received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.  Read more »

US workers enticed with bonuses, time off to get COVID-19 vaccine

Juliette Michel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 10:40 AM

NEW YORK - As COVID-19 vaccination drives get into gear across the United States, some businesses are offering transportation, paid time off and bonuses of up to $500 to encourage workers to get the jab. Read more »

For Asian-Americans, Atlanta shooting sows fresh fear after a year of mounting discrimination

Rich McKay and Gabriella Borter, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 12:58 PM

ATLANTA - Before the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, Kyung Cho noticed people sometimes gave him odd looks or asked if he spoke English. Read more »

NBA's LeBron saddened, Lin heartbroken over shootings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 06:56 AM

LOS ANGELES - Basketball stars LeBron James and Jeremy Lin were among those Wednesday condemning acts of hatred directed at the Asian community after a series of shootings in the Atlanta area left six Asian women dead. Read more »

Fully-vaccinated people can gather without masks: CDC

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 11:32 AM

WASHINGTON - People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can gather indoors unmasked with others who have been vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance Monday. Read more »

COVID SCIENCE: Vaccine response may be weaker in elderly; Merck drug shows promise in reducing virus level

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Mar 09 09:19 AM

The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE induces weaker immune responses in elderly people compared to younger and middle-aged adults, new data suggest.  Read more »

China, U.S. should lift COVID-19 travel bans if herd immunity reached

Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 11:13 AM

BEIJING - China and the United States should remove all barriers to travel between the two countries if the United States achieves herd immunity for COVID-19 with 90% of its population vaccinated, potentially by August, a Chinese epidemiologist has said.   Read more »

Half a million dead: a timeline of US COVID catastrophe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 06:37 AM

WASHINGTON - Unfathomable just one year ago, the United States on Monday passed the horrific marker of 500,000 dead from Covid-19. Read more »

US passes 500,000 COVID deaths: Johns Hopkins tracker

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 23 08:56 AM

WASHINGTON - More than 500,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University on Monday, by far the highest reported toll of any country. Read more »

COVID SCIENCE: One vaccine dose might be enough for COVID-19 survivors

Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 07:49 AM

COVID-19 survivors might only need one shot of the new vaccines from Moderna Inc and Pfizer/BioNTech , instead of the usual two doses, because their immune systems have gotten a head start on learning to recognize the virus, according to two separate reports posted this week on medRxiv ahead of peer review. Read more »

Some US pharmacies will offer COVID vaccines from February 11

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 09:22 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States will begin to offer Covid-19 vaccines at pharmacies from February 11, part of efforts to rapidly increase the rate at which shots reach arms. Read more »

How Aussie doctor's at-home COVID test won US approval

Holly Robertson, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 11 11:48 AM

BRISBANE - An Australian doctor who began inventing virus detection tools as a "hobby" is now helming a mammoth effort to ship the first non-prescription home COVID-19 tests cleared by US regulators. Read more »

US tops 21 million COVID-19 cases, record hospitalizations

Maria Caspani and Peter Szekely, Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 06:35 AM

NEW YORK - More Americans were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Wednesday than at any time since the pandemic began, as total coronavirus infections crossed the 21 million mark, deaths soared across much of the United States and a historic vaccination effort lagged. Read more »

For Christmas, pastors offer comfort and joy in a somber season

Ruth Graham, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 25 08:09 PM

When the Rev. Timothy Cole learned he had COVID-19 in early March, it was the first known case of the virus in Washington, D.C. Cole, rector of Christ Church Georgetown, was hospitalized for three weeks. Read more »

Feeling socially awkward? Even extroverts are a little rusty

Bob Morris, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 25 08:08 PM

Cece Cord, a loquacious socialite and designer, hosted a small luncheon over the summer graced with flowers from the garden at her hillside cottage in Millbrook, New York. But when the guests arrived, her social game was a little off. Read more »