AUGUSTA, Ga. — With the sun rising over his shoulders, Lee Elder was introduced to a crowd of several hundred on the first tee of…
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Can the World Learn From South Africa’s Vaccine Trials?
In a year that has seesawed between astonishing gains and brutal setbacks on Covid-19, few moments were as sobering as the revelation last month that…
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Pfizer Vaccine Will Be Tested Against Variant from South Africa
BERLIN — European authorities will offer a coronavirus vaccine to every adult in an Austrian district battered by a surge in infections to determine how…
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A New Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading in New York, Researchers Report
A new form of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in New York City, and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of…
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How South Africa’s Hope of Imminent Vaccine Relief Crumbled
The infectious disease doctor in Johannesburg thought that he and his country would only have to hold on a little longer. A million doses of…
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As Virus Variants Spread, ‘No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe’
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — As a dangerous variant of the coronavirus first discovered in South Africa sickens and kills thousands across the country, Jan…
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As Virus Grows Stealthier, Vaccine Makers Reconsider Battle Plans
As the coronavirus assumes contagious new forms around the world, two drug makers reported on Monday that their vaccines, while still effective, offer less protection…
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Emerging Coronavirus Variants May Pose Challenges to Vaccines
The steady drumbeat of reports about new variants of the coronavirus — first in Britain, then in South Africa, Brazil and the United States —…
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‘I Will Get Up’: A Hard New Year Greets a World in Waiting
“We’re adrift,” said Luis Miguel Melche, 42, a Mexico City-based production manager for rock and pop groups. Mexico City, a global capital for food, literature…
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For Covid-19 Vaccines, Some Are Too Rich — and Too Poor
Poor and middle-income nations, largely unable to compete in the open market, rely on a complex vaccine sharing scheme called Covax. A collaboration of international…
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