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Pfizer Antiviral Pill To Treat Covid Could Be Ready By The End Of The Year--CEO

Wed, 2021-04-28 16:59 — mike kraft
Pfizer CEO Says Antiviral Pill To Treat Covid Could Be Ready By The End Of The Year Being able to take an at-home antiviral would be a “game changer,” according to Bourla. Tommy Beer Forbes
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Africa: coronavirus vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout of doses

Wed, 2021-04-28 16:49 — mike kraft
In Africa, vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout of doses KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Some Africans are hesitating to get COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety, alarming public health officials as some countries start to destroy thousands of doses that expired before use. Malawi and South Sudan in recent days have said they will destroy some of their doses, a concerning development on a continent where health officials have been outspoken about the need for vaccine equity as the world's rich nations hold the bulk of shots.
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Why mask mandates for kids need to continue

Wed, 2021-04-28 16:35 — mike kraft
Why mask mandates for kids continue even as case numbers go down As COVID-19 vaccinations increase and cases begin a downward trend, states are slowly rolling back health guidance such as limited crowds and mask wearing. In Michigan, several outbreaks of cases have been reported over the last few weeks, including some in child care centers. The state is now mandating masks for children over 2. IVAN PEREIRA YahooNews
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New studies say Pfizer and Moderna vaccines reduce Covid-19 hospitalization risk by 94% among older adults

Wed, 2021-04-28 15:04 — mike kraft
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines reduce risk for Covid-19 hospitalization by 94% among older adults, study shows The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines were found in the real world to be 94% effective against Covid-19 hospitalization among fully vaccinated adults ages 65 and older in the United States, according to a new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. By <a href="/profiles/joshua-berlinger">Joshua Berlinger</a>, <a href="/profiles/jessie-yeung">Jessie Yeung</a>, <a href="/profiles/brett-mckeehan">Brett McKeehan</a>, <a href="/profiles/kara-fox">Kara Fox</a&gt
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BioNTech chief says Europe can reach herd immunity this summer

Wed, 2021-04-28 14:53 — mike kraft
BioNTech boss: Europe will reach herd immunity this summer BERLIN (AP) — Europe can achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus within three to four months, the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved COVID-19 vaccine with U.S. partner Pfizer, said Wednesday. While the exact threshold required to reach that critical level of immunization remains a matter of debate, experts say a level above 70% would significantly disrupt transmission of the coronavirus within a population.
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India suffers record new cases and fatalities, variant may be contributing factor

Wed, 2021-04-28 12:33 — mike kraft
India reports record new cases and fatalities, official Covid death toll surpasses 200,000 Government data showed at least another 3,293 people died, while overall cases also rose by a record 360,960 reported infections. Saheli Roy Choudhury CNBC

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Single COVID-19 vaccine dose can reduce household transmission by up to half: British researchers

Wed, 2021-04-28 12:10 — mike kraft
Single COVID-19 vaccine dose can reduce household transmission by up A single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can limit household transmission by up to half, according to a Justine Coleman TheHill
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OVERVIEW: US case counts fall; vaccine trials underway for small children

Wed, 2021-04-28 10:18 — mike kraft
'New normal' may be near as US case counts fall; vaccine trials underway for small children; 200,000 deaths in India: Live COVID-19 updates India crossed a bleak milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus. In the US, infections are falling. Latest COVID-19 news. John Bacon and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY YahooNews
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Studies: Higher stroke risk linked to asymptomatic COVID-19 in younger men and spread of virus in cars, vans

Tue, 2021-04-27 21:20 — mike kraft
COVID-19 Scan for Apr 26, 2021 CIDRAP

Men under 50 recovering from asymptomatic COVID have double the likelihood of acute ischemic strokes (AIS) compared with men of the same age without COVID infection, according to a study last week in JAMA Network Open.

Eighteen South Asian men were treated in Singapore for AIS a median of 54.5 days after their initial COVID-19 diagnosis. Twelve (67.7%) had no known pre-existing risk factors. While AIS is a known neurologic complication from symptomatic COVID-19, none of these men experienced respiratory symptoms during their infection.

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CDC issues new guidance for wearing masks outdoors.

Tue, 2021-04-27 12:46 — mike kraft
CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say fully vaccinated Americans don't need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers, and those who are unvaccinated can go without a face covering outside in some cases, too. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the updated guidance Tuesday in yet another carefully calibrated step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 570,000 people in U.S.
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Pakistan provinces run low on oxygen supplies, ban non-urgent surgeries

Tue, 2021-04-27 11:00 — mike kraft
Provinces in Pakistan ban non-urgent surgeries as oxygen supplies run low In light of depleting oxygen supplies in Pakistan, two provinces in the country have imposed a “complete ban” on elective surgeries in order to manage supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. By Ben Westcott, Kara Fox and Niamh Kennedy, CNN CNN
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India update: Aid is arriving but situation will contionue dire

Tue, 2021-04-27 10:54 — mike kraft
Aid is coming to India, but its Covid-19 catastrophe is likely to continue. The European Union has sued AstraZeneca over its failure to deliver hundreds of millions of Covid vaccination doses by the end of June as promised. The New York Times
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US to share millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses with other countries

Mon, 2021-04-26 15:49 — mike kraft
US to share AstraZeneca shots with world after safety check WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews, the White House said Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected to be available for export in the coming months. The move greatly expands on the Biden administration's action last month to share about 4 million doses of the vaccine with Mexico and Canada. The AstraZeneca vaccine is widely in use around the world but has not yet been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Suggestions on how to reach people who are reluctant to get vaccinated

Mon, 2021-04-26 12:05 — mike kraft
These are the pro-vaccine messages people want to hear No single strategy works for everyone, but a combination of several types of messages and messengers is persuading on-the-fence folks to get vaccinated. Frances Stead Sellers, Bonnie Berkowitz Washington Post
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ANALYSIS: India, the world’s largest vaccine producer struggles to overcome its latest COVID-19 surge—and that’s everyone’s problem.

Mon, 2021-04-26 09:34 — mike kraft
India Is a Warning The world’s largest vaccine producer is struggling to overcome its latest COVID-19 surge—and that’s everyone’s problem. Yasmeen Serhan The Atlantic
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