Covid-19: U.S. Virus Cases Fall as Variants Spread
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Feb. 12, 2021, 11:23 a.m. ETFeb. 12, 2021, 11:23 a.m. ET
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York State would soon run out of vaccines, though more doses would arrive soon. The C.D.C. has quietly changed its immunization guidelines. Pfizer is selling 40 million doses to poorer countries.
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A healthcare worker tests for the coronavirus at Beltzville State Park in Lehighton, Pa., on Wednesday. New coronavirus variants have the potential to slow progress in the fight against the virus.Credit.Hilary Swift for The New York Times
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Sheeba Shafaq faced threats for her work teaching reproductive health in Afghanistan. Now she leads a Covid-19 testing site in California.Credit.Max Whittaker for The New York Times
Sheeba Shafaq
International Rescue Committee
Sheeba Shafaq grew up in Afghanistan watching her grandmother work as a midwife and her father help patients as a plastic surgeon and emergency medical technician. For her, treating people was the ultimate goal.
But when Ms. Shafaq traveled outside Kabul to teach women about reproductive health, she faced threats and was unable to complete her residency to become a gynecologist and obstetrician.
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