Vaccinations

EU makes deals to get more vaccines, plans to tackle variants

Wed, 2021-02-17 21:44 — mike kraft

EU hails deals to get more vaccine shots, tackle variants BRUSSELS (AP) — Amid signs that more infectious coronavirus variants are spreading unchecked across Europe, governments and EU leaders scrambled Wednesday to speed up vaccine efforts that have... AP NEWS

BRUSSELS (AP) — Amid signs that more infectious coronavirus variants are spreading unchecked across Europe, governments and EU leaders scrambled Wednesday to speed up vaccine efforts that have been hampered by limited supplies and to fund ways to hunt down variants and counter them.

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UN says 130 countries have not received a single Covid vaccine dose

Wed, 2021-02-17 20:18 — mike kraft

'Wildly unfair': UN says 130 countries have not received a single Covid vaccine dose UN secretary general calls for ‘global vaccine taskforce’ led by G20 in what he says is a ‘moral test’ of world community Associated Press the Guardian

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Lab studies suggest Pfizer and Moderna vaccines can protect against coronavirus variants

Wed, 2021-02-17 18:53 — mike kraft

Lab studies suggest Pfizer and Moderna vaccines can protect against coronavirus variants A new report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday suggests that Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against concerning new coronavirus variants, including one first seen in South Africa called B.1.351. By <a href="/profiles/jessie-yeung">Jessie Yeung</a> and <a href="/profiles/sarah-faidell">Sarah Faidell</a>, CNN CNN

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ANALYSIS: The problem of peoplegetting picky over which vaccine--Why false perceptions overlook facts

Wed, 2021-02-17 10:56 — mike kraft

The myth of 'good Covid vaccines' and 'bad Covid vaccines' Experts fear false narratives about vaccines could slow down the task of inoculating people and create other problems in the future. Helen Branswell STAT

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Native Americans take steps to vaccinate and reduce COVID-19 spread

Wed, 2021-02-17 10:38 — mike kraft

Native Americans embrace vaccine, virus containment measures CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) — Joyce Dugan did not hesitate before sitting down inside the Cherokee Indian Hospital for her second and final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I’m proud of our hospital,” the... AP NEWS

...While minority communities across the United States have struggled to trust the vaccine, the opposite is true for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a Native American tribe of 16,000 in western North Carolina, and other tribes across the country, which were also quick to adopt coronavirus prevention measures.

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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30% below plans, sources say

Wed, 2021-02-17 10:15 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30% below plans, sources say Pfizer has not yet delivered to the European Union about 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that were due in December, EU officials said, leaving it about one-third short of the supplies it had expected by now from the U.S. company. Francesco Guarascio U.S.

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OVERVIEW: Rate of new coronavirus cases declining around the world, WHO says

Wed, 2021-02-17 10:05 — mike kraft

Live updates: Rate of new coronavirus cases declining around the world, WHO says In the United States, the number of new infections has fallen by 23.7 percent in the past week. That decline came as nearly 40 million people were reported to have received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose in the United States. Erin Cunningham, Derek Hawkins Washington Post

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WHO listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Tue, 2021-02-16 22:47 — mike kraft

WHO lists two additional COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and COVAX roll-out Today WHO listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX.

WHO listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX. The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India.

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Covid may never completely go away but become seasonal like the flu or colds

Tue, 2021-02-16 22:35 — mike kraft

Will COVID-19 become seasonal, like the flu? Here's what infectious disease experts think will happen in the years to come. TODAY.com

It's not guaranteed, but it's looking more like the winter months may become cold, flu and COVID-19 season.

Vaccines promise to defang the new coronavirus, taming it so that it's unable to cause serious disease and deaths, or threaten hospitals' ability to deal with patients.

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New COVID-19 cases in U.S. fall for fifth week in a row

Tue, 2021-02-16 20:31 — mike kraft

New COVID-19 cases in U.S. fall for fifth week in a row The United States last week reported a 23% drop in new cases of COVID-19 and a 16% fall in the number of people hospitalized with the virus, with both figures declining for a fifth week in a row. Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - The United States last week reported a 23% drop in new cases of COVID-19 and a 16% fall in the number of people hospitalized with the virus, with both figures declining for a fifth week in a row.

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