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Adolescents Can Get Routine Immunizations With Their COVID Shots, CDC Advisers Say

3:41pm May 13, 2021

Children's immunizations dropped dramatically during the pandemic, and health officials are eager to get kids caught back up on their routine shots before they return to school.

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A light micrograph of a mature sporangium of a mucor fungus. India is seeing a rise in cases of mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection.

What Is 'Black Fungus'? And Why Is It Spreading Among India's COVID Patients?

1:23pm May 13, 2021

by Kamala Thiagarajan

Doctors say India's battle with COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented rise in mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection that preys on people with weakened immune systems.

In a bid to get more Ohioans vaccinated, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a $1 million lottery offer to adults who get at least one COVID-19 dose. Kids under 18 who get the vaccine will be entered into a lottery to get a scholarship.

Ohio Wants To Make 5 People Millionaires — If They're Vaccinated

12:46pm May 13, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is pitching the $1 million lottery drawing and school scholarships as a scheme to boost vaccination levels in the state.

A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vial and syringe. An advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine be administered to children ages 12 to 15.

CDC Says Kids As Young As 12 Should Get The Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

8:39pm May 12, 2021

The White House has been urging family doctors to encourage vaccination of adolescents and the CDC director said "providers may begin vaccinating them right away."

A man walks by a mobile health clinic displaying a picture of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (right) and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, in Managua on April 14, 2020. The government claims to be successfully combating the pandemic but he

Citizens Work To Expose COVID's Real Toll In Nicaragua As Leaders Claim Success

5:53pm May 12, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government insists the country has low numbers of cases and deaths from the pandemic. A grassroots group is working to reveal the true impact is far worse.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster addresses reporters at a news conference last month in Columbia. McMaster issued a new mandate on Tuesday banning mask mandates and so-called vaccine passports.

South Carolina Governor Bans Mask Mandates

12:53pm May 12, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued a coronavirus mandate preventing schools and local governments from creating mask mandates and requiring proof of vaccination.

In New Delhi on Monday, family members cremate the body of a person who died after contracting COVID-19.

'This Government Has Failed Us': Anger Rises In India Over PM Modi's COVID Response

8:12pm May 11, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

India's health system is collapsing as daily coronavirus cases surge. Will the COVID-19 crisis check the power of the country's most popular leader in decades?

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Local Organizations Prepare To Administer Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine To Those 12-15

3:18pm May 11, 2021

by Bethany Chafin

Health care organizations across the Triad are gearing up to provide the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 12 to 15-year-olds following an announcement from the Food and Drug Administration's announcement

Sydney Porter of Bellevue, Wash., receives her COVID-19 vaccination from Kristine Gill, with the Seattle Fire Department's Mobile Vaccination Teams, before the game between the Seattle Mariners and the Baltimore Orioles at T-Mobile Park on May 5 in Seattl

4th Wave Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hits Washington State

12:12pm May 11, 2021

by Will Stone

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is extending mandates and restrictions while much of the U.S. celebrates declining COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations.

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Passengers, some wearing protective face coverings and some not, travel during rush hour on the London Underground last month.

No New COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Most Of U.K., As Restrictions Set To Ease

11:21am May 11, 2021

England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Monday recorded no new COVID-19 deaths, and Wales reported four. Health experts said the milestone represents an encouraging sign.