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A guide to current status of covid vaccine apps in the US

  • 7 US states have rolled out apps to let people show they have been vaccinated against covid.
  • 22 have banned the systems to some degree, with several others debating a ban.
  • Different outlook is largely split along political lines. 
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Alaska’s Covid Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies

ANCHORAGE — There was one bed coming available in the intensive care unit in Alaska’s largest hospital.

It was the middle of the night, and the hospital, Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, had been hit with a deluge of coronavirus patients. Doctors now had a choice to make: Several more patients at the hospital, most of them with Covid-19, were in line to take that last I.C.U. spot. But there was also someone from one of the state’s isolated rural communities who needed to be flown in for emergency surgery.

Who should get the final bed?

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Johnson & Johnson to Seek F.D.A. Authorization for Booster Shot

WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson is planning to ask federal regulators early this week to authorize a booster shot of its coronavirus vaccine, according to officials familiar with the company’s plans. The firm is the last of the three federally authorized vaccine providers to call for extra injections, amid mounting evidence that at least the elderly and other high-risk groups need more protection.

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