Pfizer seeks full FDA approval of COVID-19 vaccine, awaits OK for adolescents
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Full approval and licensing from the FDA would allow Pfizer to market its BNT162b2 coronavirus vaccine directly to customers in the United States. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
A health worker prepares a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which is one of three coronavirus vaccines approved for use in the United States. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
A health worker prepares a dose of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine, which is one of three coronavirus vaccines approved for use in the United States. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
U.S. to start talks with WTO over lifting COVID-19 vaccine patents
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A medical worker handles vials of COVID-19 vaccine at the town hall of the 5th district in Paris, France, on January 18. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo
A medic of Israel s Magen David Adam emergency agency holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Lamed Hei Checkpoint between Gush Etzion and Beit Shemesh on March 8. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
A health worker holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center Northwell Health in New York City on December 14, 2020. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
GAVI alliance buys 500M Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses for poorer nations
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A pharmacist readies a dose of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine at the Cottages of Lake St. Louis Retirement Center in Lake St. Louis, Mo., on December 28, 2020. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo
A health official examines a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, which were acquired through the international COVAX alliance, at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 1. File Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA-EFE
Homeless people wait for COVID-19 screening and testing at a shelter in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 9, 2020. The GAVI/COVAX alliance aims to provide coronavirus vaccines to lower-income nations where there has been less access to the shots. File Photo by Nic Bothma/EPA-EFE
80,000 NYC workers allowed to return to offices for first time in a year
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The sun rises and shines on One World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City on April 23. About 80,000 municipal workers are being allowed to return to their work offices in the city on Monday. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
The sun is seen through storm clouds over One World Trade Center and the Manhattan skyline in New York City on Friday. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
A health worker attends to a woman after she was vaccinated at the American Museum of Natural History on April 23. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Income inequality raises risk for increased COVID-19 cases, deaths
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Patrons dine at outside tables in Palo Alto, California in July as COVID-19 cases were peaking in the United States. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo
May 3 (UPI) Elevated levels of income inequality increase a region s risk for experiencing more COVID-19 cases and deaths, according to an analysis published Monday by JAMA Network Open.
Areas with higher levels of unequal distribution of income have up to a 30% increased likelihood of rising coronavirus caseloads and an up to a 50% raised risk for more deaths from the disease, the data showed.