What we're reading

The Food and Drug Administration is expected by next week to authorize Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for children a young as 12

The Biden administration's announcement that it will support waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines was a stunner

COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis

Haiti has one of the lowest death rates from COVID-19 in the world

Chimeras might one day be used to grow human organs for transplant

A comparison across demographic groups over 20 years offers some clues, and there has been a particular rise in misuse among women during the pandemic

Beijing's early advantages in supply, speed and demand are slipping.

And about the vulnerabilities of the system protecting global health

Younger women among those most at risk.

The case for sharing supplies prior to reaching herd immunity.

We need good data to see how this year has gone and to know what action to take in the future.

The largest vaccination campaign in world history is underway, but many nations remain excluded from its benefits.