“To push for the termination of this lifesaving project in order to protect the interests of pharmaceutical companies is shameful,” said one advocate. Documents published Wednesday by a prominent medical journal reveal that a foundation representing the German company BioNTech—Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine partner—has been working behind the scenes to undercut African scientists’ burgeoning effort to produce an mRNA-based […]
OVERVIEW – 2,264 new cases | 21 deaths* | 119 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 58.7% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated * – As of the week starting on Feb. 6, newly accounted COVID-19 deaths will be reported weekly on Wednesdays. Please see this webpage for more information on the process used to report COVID-19 deaths: dhss.alaska.gov/dph/epi/id/pages/covid-19/deathcounts.aspx. […]
OVERVIEW – 3,082 new cases | No deaths reported* | 127 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 58.6% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated * – As of the week starting on Feb. 6, newly accounted COVID-19 deaths will be reported weekly on Wednesdays. Please see this webpage for more information on the process used to report COVID-19 deaths: dhss.alaska.gov/dph/epi/id/pages/covid-19/deathcounts.aspx. […]
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 passed the 900,000-mark Friday, a tally President Joe Biden described in a statement as a “tragic milestone” fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus. Biden said the victims were “beloved mothers and fathers, grandparents, children, brothers and sisters, neighbors and friends,” and urged vaccinations for all […]