more money for an accelerating american covid vaccine rollout now climbing past 109 million doses administered. that means more than one in five americans are now at least partially vaccinated. the global vaccine rollout also a big issue today, especially across europe. a few dozen recipients of the astrazeneca vaccine report dangerous blood clots. a growing list of countries now suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, including france, italy and germany. world health organization and european experts are taking a new urgent look at the issue. but the executive director of the eu agency that regulates vaccines says every piece of available data says the astrazeneca vaccine is both effective and safe. at present there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions. they have not come up in the clinical trials and they re not listed as known or expected side events with this vaccine. we are still firmly convinced that the benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine
with 740 deaths, and more than 41,000 hospitalizations, which is a significant reduction from peaks two months ago. but it s still far too high say health policy experts trying to prevent another surge. 11 states are reporting an uptick in new infections compared to last week. vaccinations are the bright spot here, the nation is averaging 2.4 million actual shots a day. with more than 11% of the country fully inoculated against coronavirus through the vaccine. then s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us now. i feel like this uk variant has been the tsunami we see coming at us. where is at this point in time? that s for sure. remember, brianna, when we were counting cases by variant, one by one, but now there are thousands. what we know about this uk variant, it s been spotted in 48 out of 50 states. the vaccine seems to work pretty well against it but it seems to spread more easily. and according to a new study just out, the risk of death when you get
breeanna keilar reporting me to talk about the author of the residence. kate andersen brower. thanks for joining med. congrats on the book. a lot of fascinating, not all of them flattering but i wonder if you think this helps humanize her, stories like this? i think it does. the storeroom manager, bill hamilton told me hillary clinton knew this happened with lewinsky and he knew everyone was staring at her. they all felt badly for her. she was short-tempered at the time and understandably so. there s a scene where she asks for she would call down in the late asps on very hard days and call the pastry chef and the pastry chef topped me he always knew when to expect that phone call. she would ask for a slice of her favorite mocha cake. i think that does humanize her. she also had the president sleeping on the sofa in the