India starts vaccinating its 1.3 billion people
The campaign is unfolding in India, a country that has reported more than 10 million coronavirus infections. — NYT: Top Stories
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Sidelining experts, Brazil bungled its immunization plans
FILE – In this Dec. 23, 2020 file photo, a woman participates in a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the new coronavirus pandemic in Brazilia, Brazil. The country hasn’t approved a single vaccine yet, and independent health experts who
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ENHERTU® approved in the U.S. for the treatment of patients with previously treated HER2 positive advanced gastric cancer
First HER2 directed medicine approved for patients with gastric cancer in a decade TOKYO & MUNICH & BASKING RIDGE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca’s ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved in the U.S. for the treatment of
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Confused about the vaccine rollout? You’re not alone
Friday: The New York State’s vaccine rollout is not going smoothly. — NYT: Top Stories
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Biden picks former F.D.A. chief to lead federal vaccine efforts
Dr. David Kessler, who helped speed the development and approval of AIDS drugs in the 1990s, will become the top science official at Operation Warp Speed. — NYT: Top Stories
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Harold N. Bornstein, Trump’s former personal physician, dies at 73
He attested that President Trump would be the “healthiest president ever,” but he was later expelled from his orbit. — NYT: Top Stories
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U.S. budget deficit up 60.7% in first 3 months of budget year
FILE – This Aug. 24, 2020 file photo shows Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin at the White House in Washington. The U.S. government’s deficit in the first three months of the budget year was a record-breaking $572.9 billion. The Treasury Department reported Wednesday,
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EXPLAINER: Vaccine push gains steam but many still face wait
A senior is vaccinated against COVID-19 at a New York State vaccination site in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in New York. New York state expanded COVID-19 vaccine distribution Tuesday to people 65 and over, increasing access
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Trump Administration to recommend vaccinating everyone over 65
The state is ramping up inoculation, transforming Dodger Stadium and Disneyland into mass vaccination centers. — NYT: Top Stories