Tag: Vaccination and Immunization
Another Covid Surge May Be Coming. Are We Ready for It?
“We should be reading about how the federal government is using its resources to go nursing home to…
Confusion and Chaos in Hong Kong as Leaders Fumble Virus Response
HONG KONG — From week to week as infections barreled through the city, residents in Hong Kong watched…
Pfizer and BioNTech Seek Authorization of a Second Booster Shot for Older Americans
But since Israel only recently began its second booster program, researchers could not determine whether the added protection…
Mounting Data Shows J&J Vaccine as Effective as Pfizer and Moderna
Roughly 17 million Americans received the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine, only to be told later that it…
Which Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work in the Youngest Children?
WASHINGTON — Over the past 10 months, as tens of millions of children and teenagers received the Pfizer-BioNTech…
Covid Surge in New Caledonia, in the Pacific, HIts Indigenous Hardest
NOUMÉA, New Caledonia — Festooned with hibiscus flowers and woven palm fronds, scores of guests gathered for a…
New Vaccine Findings Pose Tough Questions for Parents of Young Children
For American parents, particularly those with young children, the last couple of months have been dizzying and beyond…
Hong Kong’s Covid Crackdown Empties Stores and Sets Off Exodus
HONG KONG — As the government in Hong Kong struggles to contain the city’s worst Covid outbreak ever,…
Trucker Convoy Protesting Covid Mandates Slows Traffic Around Washington
Although the People’s Convoy was one of several groups inspired by the Canadian protests against pandemic measures that…
New Zealand Police Move to End Protest, and Violence Erupts
For more than three weeks, hundreds of protesters have disabled the center of New Zealand’s capital city, occupying…
Pfizer Shot Is Far Less Effective in 5- to 11-Year-Olds Than in Older Kids, New Data Show
The coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech is much less effective in preventing infection in children ages 5 to…
Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Crusade Against Covid Vaccine Anguishes Family
Blake Fleetwood, a writer who calls Mr. Kennedy “an inspiration” and has been a friend and skiing companion…