Eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine has rapidly expanded in recent weeks. As of April 19, everyone over age 16 is eligible to get vaccinated in every state. But how are you supposed to sign up? In late April, the Biden administration launched a few centralized tools to help with the process. You can look up […]
India reported its highest daily death toll — 4,187 people — on Saturday, weeks into the world’s worst wave of coronavirus cases that’s leaving people without lifesaving hospital beds, oxygen and drugs. In all, nearly 240,000 people in India are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, with reported infections topping 21 million. It’s a bitter […]
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the top respiratory disease official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was among the first to warn the American public about how much the pandemic would change everyday life, is stepping down from the agency. She made the announcement in an email to staff Friday, as first reported by […]
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the top respiratory disease official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was among the first to warn the American public about how much the pandemic would change everyday life, is stepping down from the agency. She made the announcement in an email to staff Friday, as first reported by […]
England — Shenaz Sajan works as a caregiver in a hospice in this city, which made her eligible for the coronavirus vaccine soon after England’s National Health Service began rolling it out in December. When friends urged Sajan to get vaccinated, her response was unequivocal. “I just jumped and said, ‘No! Of course not,’” she […]
