Experts concerned that Miami Beach spring break crowds could spark another Covid-19 surge when they leave.

AstraZeneca vaccine protects fully against Covid-19’s worst outcomes, new study shows.

LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday.

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Overview: Overseas and U.A. briefs.

ANALYSIS: How to encourage Trump supporters to get vaccinated and help achieve herd immunity

ANALYSIS: Lack of access not vaccine hesitancy may not be why people of color are getting Covid shots at a lower rate

State by state graphics showing vaccine rollout information

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday about 79.4 million people have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, including about 43 million people who have been fully vaccinated by Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine or the two-dose series made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

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How the rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout backfired in some US states

Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better.

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Covid cases are rising in 21 states. Federal health officials warn against reopening too quickly

ANALYSIS: How Europe Went Wrong in Its Vaccine Rollout

BRUSSELS — The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine. Even then, it was clear that the European Union was a few weeks behind, and its leaders wanted to know what they could learn from their American counterparts.

The questions were the same, from President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, and Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium.

“How did you do it?” Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the United States vaccine czar, recalled them asking on the calls. “And what do you think we missed?”

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Idaho Legislature suspends session until April due to Covid-19 outbreak among lawmakers and staff

Florida hit hard by coronavirus variants; state finally releases data after newspaper law suit.

Scientists explore theories on whether AstraZeneca shot actually linked to blood clots

U.S. International Covid-19 developments briefs.

Overview of Covid-19 cases rising in much of the world--the Economist, with graphs

LIKE A STORY-BOOK villain, the covid-19 pandemic has a habit of fighting back from the brink of defeat. Last summer politicians were quick to assume that the coronavirus had been squashed, only for a second wave to engulf much of Europe and North America in the autumn.

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Can vaccines stop the more contagious coronavirus variants spreading in the US?

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