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New York State to Resume Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine
New York Governor Cuomo announces move despite evidence that the vaccine has been found to be linked to rare cases of blood clots
Germany Limits Use of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Because of Fears of Blood Clots
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US Agencies OK Resumption of J&J COVID Vaccine Use Despite Clot Risk
Government found 15 vaccine recipients who had developed rare blood clots, out of nearly 8 million people given the J&J shot; FDA, CDC decide J&J vacc
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South Sudan Stops Using Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Expiration Fears
South Sudan health officials have stopped administering 60,000 AstraZeneca doses because of the COVID vaccine's expiration date, even though the drugm
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US Urges Pause in Use of Johnson & Johnson Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration cite reports of blood clots among six women after receiving dose
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Oxford-AstraZeneca Researchers Halt Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Children /
Two-shot vaccine developed jointly between British university and British-Swedish drugmaker under scrutiny over possible links to blood clots
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US Puts J&J In Charge of Plant that Botched COVID Vaccine, Removes AstraZeneca
The United States has put Johnson and Johnson in charge of a plant that ruined 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and has stopped British drugma
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Germany Limits Use of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Because of Fears of Blood Clots
Federal health officials restrict recipients to 60 years old and older after 31 cases of blood clots were reported, including nine deaths
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Britain PM Johnson Gets First Dose of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Britain broke its record for the most coronavirus shots given out in one day Friday and almost half of all adults have received one dose
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AstraZeneca Vaccine Stopped in Denmark After Reports of Blood Clots
Health officials say two-week suspension of coronavirus vaccine is a 'precautionary measure'
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South Korea Grants Emergency Use of Controversial AstraZeneca Vaccine/
Vaccine developed jointly with Oxford University has been limited due to lack of data on efficacy among elderly ////
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South Sudan Due to Receive 800,000 Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine
As of Sunday, the country registered 4,609 positive COVID-19 cases, 861 active cases, 66 deaths and 3,692 recoveries
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South Africa Suspends Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Johannesburg said it would pause its AstraZenaca inoculation program because of the vaccine's limited effectiveness against the COVID variant dominant
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China Conditionally OKs Public Use of 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine
Some poorer countries, tired of waiting for allotments, begin to buy vaccines
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Mexico/Grants Emergency Use of Russia Vaccine to Fight Coronavirus
Mexico regulatory agency grants emergency authorization of/Russian Sputnik V vaccine as it prepares to launch vaccination program ///
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Pakistan Secures 17 Million Doses of AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine
A Pakistani plane will fly to China Sunday to airlift an additional 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine gifted by Beijing
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Chile Approves Emergency Use of Second Coronavirus Vaccine
Chile set to use CoronaVac vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
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WHO Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer Vaccine
Also, China approves for use a vaccine by Sinopharm, which says it is 79% effective against coronavirus ////
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The Infodemic: Fact-checking Claim a Nurse Fainted Because of COVID Vaccine
Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here .
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Britain Grants Emergency Approval of New COVID-19 Vaccine/Developed by U.S.-Based Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech
'Historic moment' makes Britain first Western nation preparing to begin mass inoculations against novel coronavirus
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Experts Warn of China's Emergency Use of COVID-19 Vaccine
China in recent months has been injecting hundreds of thousands of people with three preliminary coronavirus vaccines that are being tested for safety
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AstraZeneca Resumes Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine in Britain
Trials were suspended after a volunteer participant became ill
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As Poland Hails US Troop Deal, Germany Fears Weakening of NATO
5,500 US troops to be permanently deployed in Poland
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US Secures 300 Million Doses of Potential AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
After President Donald Trump demanded a vaccine, the US Department of Health and Human Services agreed to provide up to $1.2 billion to accelerate Bri
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US Labor Department Limits News Outlets' Use of Embargoed Data
Department will begin restricting news organizations' use of economic data by barring computers from rooms where reporters receive such data before it
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