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Coronavirus

India sets virus record; hospitals plead for oxygen

NEW DELHI — India put oxygen tankers on special express trains as major hospitals in New Delhi begged on social media on Friday for more supplies to save COVID-19 patients who are struggling to breathe. More than a dozen people died when an oxygen-fed fire ripped through a coronavirus ward ...

US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

JACKSON, Miss. — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal ...

FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused

The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadly coronavirus. Thousands of medical providers have died in the COVID-19 ...

Canada reaches deal with Pfizer for vaccines in future years

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday Canada has reached an agreement with Pfizer for 35 million booster shots next year and 30 million in 2023 in case the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines fades with time and need to be reinforced. He said the country of 38 million also ...

How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last?

NEW YORK — How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last? Experts don’t know yet because they’re still studying vaccinated people to see when protection might wear off. How well the vaccines work against emerging variants will also determine if, when and how often additional ...

North Country chamber prez: Border impact hard to quantify

PLATTSBURGH — In the face of yet another expected extension of restrictions on nonessential travel across the U.S.-Canada border, North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas again called for a greater sense of urgency from both governments to come up with a plan for what ...