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COVID-19 Vaccine

President Joe Biden meets with the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the omicron variant in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 4, 2022
COVID-19
‘Hope is not a plan’: Dr. Atul Gawande says global COVID funding is dwindling but the crisis continues
A 5-year-old boy gets his first dose of China's Sinovac vaccine, at a vaccination center in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. 
COVID-19
Why Chile moved ahead with COVID vaccines for the very young
A health worker gives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 8-year-old Indigenous youth Davi Seremramiwe Xavante at the Hospital da Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2022. 
COVID-19
Omicron hits Indigenous communities in Brazil as fake news and denialism undermine vaccination efforts
Dozens take turns to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Adabraka vaccination center in Accra, Ghana. 
COVID-19
Ghana revs up its COVID-19 vaccination campaign as omicron cases surge
A man gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at a site near Johannesburg, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. 
COVID-19
At least 9 African countries set to produce COVID vaccines, Africa’s CDC chief says
Merck corporate headquarters in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
Medicine
New Merck pill could help treat COVID-19 symptoms for people without access to vaccines
Door with a "face masks required" sign and a person blurred in the distance
COVID-19
Countries must ‘improve vaccine coverage and equity everywhere’ to combat COVID delta variant, doctor says
Eusebio Torres waits to be vaccinated as a nurse prepares the dose of the Cuban Abdala COVID-19 vaccine at the Gustavo Aldereguia hospital in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Sunday, May 30, 2021.
COVID-19
Cuba’s promise of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine  
Movistar employee Alejandra Arias, 29, get her first dose of the Sinovac vaccine on July 4.
COVID-19
In Colombia, companies expedite vaccine rollout with private funds
A member of the National Guard, center, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a farmworker.
COVID-19
Vaccine mandates aren’t new. But do they work?
Five cows roam in a field with trees in the background and a person walking behind them with a hat and satchel
COVID-19
In Thailand, you could win a free cow with a COVID jab
A woman wearing a hat stands next to a blue bucket
COVID-19
How a Vietnamese community emerged among the most vaccinated in Alabama
A large cargo ship is shown smoking and sinking into the ocean.
Top of The World
Sri Lanka faces an environmental disaster
Dr. Fauci stands at a podium in the White House press room with the American flag over his shoulder
COVID-19
A future pandemic is ‘almost guaranteed,’ Fauci says
A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall
COVID-19
Filipinos hesitant about getting COVID jab after dengue fever vaccine debacle
A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall
COVID-19
Vaccine hesitancy: A nationwide challenge in the Philippines
President Biden speaks at a podium while VP Harris stands to his right to listen
COVID-19
Amid growing pressure, Biden announces plans to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines worldwide
A pregnant person wearing a red shirt holds her belly, wearing a face mask and gloves.
Commentary
For pregnant women, getting the COVID-19 jab is a challenging choice
People queue to get vaccinated
Cash, beer, doughnuts: Can incentives work to get people vaccinated?
A masked man in a suit stands in front of a line of people waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19
Efficiency over privacy: How trust in the Chinese government helped contain the pandemic
A nurse shows an elderly man a syringe prepared with a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, before he is inoculated at the Americas Cultural Center in Ecatepec, Mexico, April 3, 2021.
COVID-19
Thousands of medical workers left behind in Mexico’s vaccination program 
Two lab technicians dressed in white protective gear organize vials.
COVID-19
US loosens export restrictions to help India’s ‘full-blown’ coronavirus crisis
A stadium is set up as a vaccination drive site in France.
Health & Medicine
French citizens can choose a preferred jab. Some say ‘vaccine shopping’ leads to waste.
Army captain in scrubs administers COVID-19 vaccine to man in black shirt
Medicine
The quest for a universal coronavirus vaccine
Anita Anand, Canada's Minister of Public Services and Procurement opens a box with some of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses that Canada has secured through a deal with the Serum Institute of India in partnership with Verity Pharma at a facility in M
COVID-19
A Canadian company challenges vaccine rules to increase access 
A man receives a shot from a health worker, both wear masks and protective gear.
COVID-19
In Zimbabwe, vaccine hesitancy among front-line workers stalls rollout 
A person holds a vial of a vaccine dose wearing blue gloves
Top of The World
EU moves toward stricter export controls for COVID-19 vaccines
A health worker inoculates a woman at a COVID-19 vaccination point for priority elderly persons in the Ceilandia neighborhood, on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, March 22, 2021.
COVID-19
Brazil saw its first COVID-19 death a year ago. Today the death toll nears 300,000.
A person receives a jab from a health worker wearing white gloves
Top of The World
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 79% effective, US trial shows
An administrative worker explains to people how to fill up the national vaccination certificate in a vaccination center in Strasbourg, France, March 18, 2021. France is set to announce new coronavirus restrictions on Thursday, including a potential lockdo
COVID-19
The EU proposes certificates to ease travel during the pandemic. Not everyone is on board.
A man wearing a blue shirt and black cap gets a vaccine shot by a health care worker.
COVID-19
Grassroots organizations tackle vaccine misinformation in farmworker communities
A medical worker gives a shot of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to a woman during the vaccination in Belgrade, Serbia, Feb. 17, 2021. 
COVID-19
Serbia lets people choose their COVID-19 vaccine. Some call it a ‘political ballot.’
Residents of the Iztacalco borough follow a long, snaking line to receive doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, during a mass vaccination campaign for Mexicans over age 60, at the Advanced School for Physical Education, in Mexico City, Feb. 24,
COVID-19
Russia expands ‘soft power’ in Latin America with Sputnik vaccine
A doctor gives a patient the coronavirus vaccine in his office.
COVID-19
France launches citizens’ collective to tackle widespread vaccine hesitancy
An Indian British woman wears a face mask and receives a shot in her arm with someone wearing purple gloves.
COVID-19
British celebs, religious leaders fight vaccine hesitancy in minorities
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address to a restricted parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. 
South Africa changes course on vaccine rollout after disappointing study
A gloved hand holds a needle up-close.
COVID-19
How India’s Serum Institute became a COVID-19 vaccine powerhouse
A health care worker prepares a dose of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, at the Del Norte Hospital in El Alto, Bolivia, on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021.
COVID-19
Sputnik V vaccine is nearly 92% effective — a ‘political win for Putin’
MC Fioti during the recording of the remix version of his 2017 hit "Bum Bum Tam Tam," which has become Brazil's COVID-19 vaccine anthem. 
COVID-19
This funk remix became Brazil’s COVID-19 vaccine anthem
Amazonas Federal University's workers carry empty oxygen tanks at the Getulio Vargas Hospital amid the new coronavirus pandemic, Manaus, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Scores of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city will be transferr
Brazil weighs COVID-19 vaccines as its death toll climbs
A health worker gives an injection to a mock patient during a coronavirus vaccine drill in Bali, Indonesia.
COVID-19
China’s ‘vaccine diplomacy’ fills void in developing world left by US ‘vaccine nationalism’
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House, Nov. 19, 2020.
COVID-19
‘We could crush this outbreak’ with mass vaccinations, says Dr. Anthony Fauci
People stand next to offerings during a ceremony in honor of Yemanja, the goddess of the sea, which is part of New Year's celebrations to plea for relief from the coronavirus pandemic and asks for a better new year at Praia Vermelha beach in Rio de Janeir
Brazilians flock to the coast during the height of tourist season while coronavirus cases surge
A pregnant woman wearing a red shirt holds her belly with a plastic gloved hand.
COVID-19
Should pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine? An immunologist answers 3 questions.
A woman wearing a colorful sweater and brimmed hat is shown from behind walking in a narrow path on a lawn filled with small white flags.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: The year ahead in the coronavirus pandemic
In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, a Russian medical worker administers a shot of Russia's experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia.
COVID-19
The key to combating vaccine hesitancy? Deep listening, tailored messaging.
KEMRI’s principal investigator, George Warimwe, for the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial is shown at the KEMRI Wellcome Trust lab in Kilifi, Kenya, on Nov. 13, 2020.
Kenya launches Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine trial amid second wave of coronavirus
Illustration of two doses of an mRNA vaccine
Science
How mRNA vaccines work so brilliantly and why they must be kept so cold
Four vertical syringes of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19
Pandemic set to widen global inequality
Clinical Research Nurse Aneta Gupta labels blood samples from volunteer Yash during the Imperial College vaccine trial, at a clinic in London, Aug. 5, 2020.
COVID-19
A global initiative could ensure equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine. Can it work?