Franz Josef Huber, responsible for deporting tens of thousands of Jews, escaped punishment with U.S. backing and went on to work for West German intelligence, newly disclosed records reveal.
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Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say
Declining infection rates overall masked a rise in more contagious forms of the coronavirus. Vaccines will stop the spread, if Americans postpone celebration just a bit longer.
As U.S. Shots Near 3 Million Daily, Experts Warn of Complacency
The milestone, which comes amid a worrying resurgence of variants in certain parts of the country, reflects a steady increase in the capacity of states to deliver shots into arms.
Fully Vaccinated Americans Can Travel With Low Risk, C.D.C. Says
They should still wear masks but no quarantines are necessary, the agency said in new guidance that cited growing data about the effectiveness of the shots.
The US Travel Industry Welcomes the Prospective Return of the Vaccinated
New C.D.C. guidance says that those who are fully vaccinated can travel at little risk to themselves — a boon, but not a cure-all, for airlines and other related businesses.
Can Vaccinated People Spread the Virus? We Don’t Know, Scientists Say.
Researchers pushed back after the C.D.C. director asserted that vaccinated people “do not carry the virus.”
A ‘Game Changer’ for Patients With Esophageal Cancer
A drug that unleashes the immune system offers a rare glimmer of hope for those with a cancer that resists most treatments.
Covid Was 3rd Leading U.S. Death Cause in 2020
“Since the beginning of the pandemic, people were claiming deaths were simply being attributed to Covid when people were dying of other causes,” a federal health official said. “We show that’s not the case.”
The Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Is Said to Be Powerfully Protective in Adolescents
A clinical trial found no symptomatic infections among vaccinated children ages 12 to 15, the companies said, and there were no serious side effects. The data have not yet been reviewed by independent experts.
More Eager for Covid Vaccine but Skeptics Remain, U.S. Poll Says
Roughly 61 percent of adults have either received their first dose or are eager for one, up from 47 percent in January, according to the latest monthly survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.