Health

WHO expert group recommends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Independent experts advising the World Health Organization have recommended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine to fight COVID-19 even in countries that have turned up worrying coronavirus variants in their populations.

Dems attempt to push through school funding, wage increase

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

House Democrats are muscling past Republicans on major portions of President Joe Biden's pandemic plan, including a proposed $130 billion in school relief and a gradual increase of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

COVID-19 vaccines can adapt to new variants. Here's what it will take

By Laura Santhanam

Drugmakers are exploring how to tailor vaccines more narrowly to these mutants, but modifying existing vaccines is not as easy as flipping a switch.

Slowing the spread of new COVID strains by changing public attitudes toward vaccinations

The data are preliminary so far, but there are concerns that some new COVID strains are more infectious, more deadly, and possibly even more resistant to the vaccines -- and experts stress mass vaccination is crucial to slowing the spread.

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West Virginia emerges as a leader in the inoculation fight against COVID-19

By Amna Nawaz, Gretchen Frazee

States across the country have been struggling to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines quickly. But seven weeks into their rollout, West Virginia has found a way to vaccinate more of its population than almost any other state, including delivering both doses…

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Native Americans use technology to keep traditions, language alive during pandemic

By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News

Tribes across the U.S. have turned to social media and the internet as leaders worry about COVID-19’s threat to their culture and elders.

Iran starts limited COVID vaccinations with Russian shots

By Associated Press

Iran on Tuesday launched a coronavirus inoculation campaign among healthcare professionals with recently delivered Russian Sputnik V vaccines as the country struggles to stem the worst outbreak of the pandemic in the Middle East with its death toll nearing 59,000.

WHO team concludes coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

By Emily Wang Fujiyama, Associated Press

The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday as the group wrapped up a…

WATCH: Biden and Harris take virtual tour of vaccination site in Glendale, Arizona

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden virtually toured the State Farm Stadium vaccination site in Glendale, Arizona Monday, thanking front line workers distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.

Tampa mayor frustrated by maskless fans after Super Bowl

By Tamara Lush, Freida Frisaro, Associated Press

Throngs of mostly maskless fans took to the streets and packed sports bars as the clock inside Raymond James Stadium ticked down on a hometown Super Bowl win for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.