UK says new study vindicates delaying 2nd virus vaccine shot

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock says a new study suggesting that a single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine may reduce transmission of COVID-19 categorically supports the government’s strategy of taking more time between injections. Hancock told Sky News on Wednesday that the preliminary findings showed that the vaccine AstraZeneca developed with Oxford University cut transmission by two-thirds. The study has not yet been peer-reviewed, but was greeted with