When asked why his state wasn’t seeing higher reported cases after removing restrictions, the Texas governor speculated that the population had reached herd immunity.
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White House Warns of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Scarcity
Johnson & Johnson will allocate 86 percent fewer doses across the United States next week than are now being allocated, according to C.D.C. data, dealing a setback to a national vaccination campaign that has just found its footing.
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Deliveries To Dip in U.S.
Johnson & Johnson will allocate 86 percent fewer doses across the United States next week than are currently being allocated, according to C.D.C. data, dealing a setback to a national vaccination campaign that has just found its footing.
Iran Nuclear Talks Start on Positive Note in Vienna
Working groups on sanctions and uranium enrichment are making progress, diplomats said. The indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington are set to resume next week.
Vaccine Passports Could Unlock World Travel and Cries of Discrimination
Vaccine rollouts in some countries have a long-locked-down world dreaming of travels abroad again. But they have also set off a fraught debate about the fairness of a two-tier system for haves and have-nots.
B.1.1.7 Variant Most Common Source of New U.S. Infections, C.D.C. Says
The worrisome development comes as officials and scientists across the country warn of a fourth possible surge of the coronavirus.
Democrats Push Biden to Take Harder Line on Saudi Arabia
Lawmakers have continued to press for harsher action and a wholesale rethinking of the American stance toward the kingdom.
Shamed Over Sex, a Generation of Evangelicals Confronts the Past | Retro Report
A Christian “purity” movement in the 90s promoted a biblical view of abstinence before marriage. But two decades later, followers are grappling with unforeseen aftershocks.
Iran and U.S. Agree on Path Back to Nuclear Deal
In indirect talks in Vienna, the U.S. and Iran agreed to try to synchronize Washington’s lifting of sanctions and Iran’s limiting of uranium enrichment.