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A different approach to reach vaccination holdouts in rural areas

Mon, 2021-10-11 11:14 — mike kraft

New Ads Target Vaccine Holdouts in Rural Pennsylvania Three groups turn to local newspapers for public health messaging Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday

As rural counties in Pennsylvania continue to see lower COVID-19 vaccination rates than other parts of the state, three organizations have deployed a unique approach to hopefully reach more holdouts.

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Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops have not yet complied with vaccine mandate as deadlines near

Mon, 2021-10-11 10:51 — mike kraft

Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops have not yet complied with vaccine mandate as deadlines near Lopsided rates across the individual services and a spike in deaths among military reservists illustrate how political division over the shots has seeped into a nonpartisan force with unambiguous orders. Alex Horton Washington Post

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Black Covid patients receive fewer medical follow-ups- new study

Mon, 2021-10-11 10:30 — mike kraft

Black Covid patients receive fewer medical follow-ups, study shows The results also found that more than 50 percent of hospitalized patients of color were re-admitted to the hospital less than 60 days after being released. NBC News

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Merck formally requests FDA authorization for COVID-19 antiviral pill

Mon, 2021-10-11 09:42 — mike kraft

Merck requests FDA authorization for COVID-19 antiviral pill Merck said on Monday that it has requested authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its antiviral COVID-19 pill. Joseph Choi TheHill

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Analysis: How COVAX failed on its promise to vaccinate the world

Fri, 2021-10-08 19:33 — mike kraft

'Naively ambitious':How COVAX failed on its promise to vaccinate the world The global collaboration, set up early in the pandemic to give people in rich and poor nations equitable access to vaccines, has fallen short. Olivia Goldhill STAT

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Scientists hail historic malaria vaccine approval — but point to challenges ahead

Fri, 2021-10-08 19:19 — mike kraft

Scientists hail historic malaria vaccine... Nature - The WHO-approved RTS,S vaccine has modest efficacy and requires a complex regimen of doses, so ample funding and clear communication will be crucial to success. Maxmen, Amy nature

More than 130 years after the naming of the Plasmodium parasites behind malaria, the world now has its first approved vaccine against them. Many malaria researchers have celebrated the development, but others have expressed concerns over the deployment of a vaccine that has only moderate efficacy.

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Delta does not appear to make children sicker; Secondary immune response stronger after infection than after shot--studies

Fri, 2021-10-08 18:22 — mike kraft

Delta does not appear to make children sicker; Secondary immune response stronger after infection than after shot The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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Florida state officials issue financial penalties to school districts that mandate masks

Fri, 2021-10-08 11:49 — mike kraft

Florida issues financial penalties to school districts with mask mandates Washington Post

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Comparing the risk of Covid-19 for kids compares to other dangers

Fri, 2021-10-08 11:18 — mike kraft

How the risk of Covid-19 for kids compares to other dangers Children are at much lower risk of Covid-19 than adults. But what does that actually mean? German Lopez Vox

Kids are back in school. The federal government seems to be on the verge of approving vaccines for younger children. And as more adults are fully vaccinated, much of the US is slowly returning to normal.

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