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European regulator approves Pfizer's Omicron booster for children

Fri, 2022-11-11 10:29 — mike kraft

European regulator recommends Pfizer's Omicron booster for children Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech said on Thursday the EU health regulator has recommended authorising the use of their bivalent COVID-19 shot as a booster in children aged 5 through 11. Reuters Reuters

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German health minister warns of winter COVID wave as four states plan easing isolation measures

Fri, 2022-11-11 10:25 — mike kraft

German health minister warns of winter COVID wave as states plan easing Germany is headed towards a surge in COVID-19 cases this winter, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Friday as he criticised four states' plans to relax isolation rules for infected people. Reuters Reuters

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China's government promises change but sticks to severe ‘zero COVID’ plan

Thu, 2022-11-10 10:19 — mike kraft

China promises change but sticks to severe 'zero COVID' plan BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders promised Thursday to improve quarantine and other anti-virus policies after public frustration boiled over into protests but said they will stick to a severe “zero COVID” strategy that has confined millions of people to their homes and disrupted the economy. AP NEWS

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U.S. authorizes Sobi's drug to treat COVID-19 in high-risk patients

Thu, 2022-11-10 08:50 — mike kraft

U.S. authorizes Sobi's drug to treat COVID-19 in high-risk patients Sobi North America, a unit of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB , said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized its arthritis drug for treatment of high-risk hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. faces third Covid winter, without key tools and treatments

Thu, 2022-11-10 08:42 — mike kraft

U.S. set to face third Covid winter without key tools and treatments Already, some hospitals in New York City are planning to stop using certain drugs because resistant Covid variants are spreading, an infectious disease specialist told STAT. Andrew Joseph STAT

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UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID booster targeting Omicron BA.4/5

Wed, 2022-11-09 09:57 — mike kraft

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID booster targeting Omicron BA.4/5 Britain's health regulator on Wednesday approved the country's first two-pronged COVID-19 booster targeting the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants and the original coronavirus strain. Pushkala Aripaka Reuters

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Opinion: The Uganda Ministry Of Health Is A Model Of Public Communication During An Ebola Health Crisis

Tue, 2022-11-08 09:46 — mike kraft

The Uganda Ministry Of Health Is A Model Of Public Communication During An Ebola Health Crisis Governments have often failed their citizens during health crises, including the Covid-19 pandemic. But in the ongoing outbreak of Ebola, Uganda is doing it right. John Drake Forbes

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Novavax says Omicron shot shows strong immune response as second booster

Tue, 2022-11-08 08:56 — mike kraft

Novavax says Omicron shot shows strong immune response as second booster Vaccine maker Novavax Inc said on Tuesday its COVID-19 shot retooled against the Omicron BA.1 variant showed a strong immune response as the fourth dose and met the main goal of strain change in a late-stage study. Reuters Reuters

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Doctors are trying to understand why Covid Patients Coming Off Ventilators Can Take Weeks to Regain Consciousness

Mon, 2022-11-07 18:45 — mike kraft

In March 2020, New York City’s hospitals filled up with patients desperately ill with Covid-19. In many cases, when their fluid-filled lungs could no longer give them oxygen, doctors sedated them and put them on ventilators.

The patients who recovered were taken off the machines and anesthesia. Within a day or so, their doctors expected them to wake up.

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Paxlovid reduces risk of long Covid -USG study

Mon, 2022-11-07 10:23 — mike kraft

Paxlovid reduces risk of long Covid, Veterans Affairs study finds | CNN Paxlovid, the antiviral pill that reduces the risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19, also reduces the risk of long Covid, according to a new study by researchers at the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Jamie Gumbrecht CNN

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