Two vaccines are in wide use, a third is getting there, and there may soon be more alternatives. Here is a rundown.
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European Countries Suspend Use of AstraZeneca Shots Over Worries About Blood Clots
Millions of people have received the vaccine without safety problems, and there is no evidence of any causal link between the vaccine and blood clots.
As Covid Deaths Soar in Brazil, Bolsonaro Hails an Untested Nasal Spray
Vaccines and critical-care beds are in short supply. Yet President Jair Bolsonaro is railing against social distancing and calling an experimental treatment from Israel “miraculous.”
Here is What We Know About the Rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine.
Much is still to be determined about how this new tool will be used, but some things are already clear.
Johnson & Johnson Will Test its Vaccine in Infants
The company’s coming trials will also involve pregnant women and people whose immune systems are compromised.
U.S. Buys 100,000 Doses of an Eli Lilly Antibody Treatment
The government will pay $210 million for the doses, which Eli Lilly will ship by the end of March.
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F.D.A. Authorizes Another Antibody Treatment
Researchers hope Eli Lilly’s new combination therapy will be better able to fight virus variants than a similar treatment already in use.
Solidarity Is Not an Easy Sell as E.U. Lags in Vaccine Race
Europe’s collective vaccine purchase is an experiment in deeper integration. Despite a rocky start, many countries still stand to benefit, but it’s the most powerful who have least to gain.
US Health Experts: Vaccines Will Increase by Spring
Officials are racing to vaccinate as many people as possible in order to outpace more contagious variants of the virus that were first identified in Britain and South Africa.