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How Congress achieved a historic breakthrough on gay marriage

Tuesday, December 6 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- In the summer, Democrats were privately debating how to handle a jolt that had been sent to the more than 1 million U.S. households with same-sex couples. The Supreme Court had just overturned its own rulings on abortion rights, and conservative Justice Clarence... Read More.

Monkeypox vaccine not ‘a silver bullet’, WHO says, as breakthrough cases emerge

Thursday, August 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As demand for monkeypox vaccines increases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun to receive preliminary reports on the efficacy of the shots, which suggests there are breakthrough cases occurring, officials said Wednesday. "We have known from the beginning that this vaccine... Read More.

Recapping Democrats breakthrough summer on Capitol Hill: Climate, gun violence and more

Tuesday, August 9 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Sunday narrowly approved a $700 billion-plus tax, climate and health care-pricing bill, capping an unusually jam-packed summer on Capitol Hill and marking another win for Democrats' fragile congressional majorities before they face a competitive midterm cycle with the GOP... Read More.

Man cured of HIV, cancer following breakthrough stem cell transplant: Doctors

Friday, July 29 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 is said to be free of both the HIV virus and cancer, following a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor for leukemia, according to a breakthrough announcement at the International... Read More.

With breakthrough COVID cases commonplace, experts set expectations about ‘vaccine efficacy’

Saturday, July 2 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- In the early days of the coronavirus vaccine rollout, scientists were hopeful it might herald the long-awaited turning point of the pandemic, not only bringing the threat of severe disease, hospitalization and death to an end, but also completely halting the... Read More.

Breakthrough COVID-19 cases, deaths on the rise amid push for boosters: ABC News analysis

Thursday, June 9 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- In the early months of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, breakthrough cases among fully-vaccinated people were a statistical anomaly. Preliminary clinical trial data offered an optimistic outlook for the months ahead, with many Americans hoping a vaccine would be their ticket to a... Read More.

Breakthrough deaths comprise increasing proportion of those who died from COVID-19

Wednesday, May 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A growing proportion of COVID-19 deaths are occurring among the vaccinated, a new ABC News analysis of federal data shows. In August of 2021, about 18.9% of COVID-19 deaths occurred among the vaccinated. Six months later, in February 2022, that proportional percent... Read More.

COVID-19 live updates: Breakthrough cases grew fourfold during omicron

Friday, January 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 860,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.2% of the... Read More.

Immunocompromised at higher risk of COVID breakthrough infection: Study

Thursday, December 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A new study suggests immunocompromised Americans people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are more likely to have breakthrough infections than people without weakened immune systems, but found full vaccination still adds more protection than being partially vaccinated. Researchers from Johns Hopkins... Read More.

Breakthrough COVID-19 infections and deaths rose during delta, but far outpaced by the unvaccinated

Tuesday, December 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As Americans brace for the possibility of another difficult winter ahead in the nation’s fight against coronavirus, there is a renewed sense of urgency to get as many people inoculated and boosted as quickly as possible, given the emergence of the... Read More.

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