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The findings back up laboratory tests that had suggested the vaccine would protect against variants first identified in South Africa and Britain.

The report comes as administration officials and leaders in many states are sounding more confident that the country can return to a degree of normalcy relatively soon.

Dozens of developing countries back the proposal, arguing it will allow them to rapidly produce their own generic vaccines, rather than wait months or years for sufficient doses.

It is the biggest annual decrease in almost half a century — suggesting the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated an existing trend.

With 107,000 people waiting for kidneys, hearts, livers and other organs, a Congressional subcommittee renewed efforts to force organ procurement organizations to improve

Unordered doses will go into a federal bank available to states where demand continues to outstrip supply.

Long-standing distrust of the government is combined with widespread misinformation online

A “death mechanism” built into the insects is meant to prevent viable female offspring resulting from the mating, according to the British biotech company conducting the trial.

Coffea stenophylla possesses greater tolerance for higher temperatures than Arabica and robusta coffee that dominate the market, researchers say.

Families and pediatricians have been eager for a vaccine to become available for children, particularly in advance of the next school year.