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India’s crisis shows how oxygen is a vital medicine not available to everyone and scarce in some other countries

Fri, 2021-05-07 20:53 — mike kraft

India’s crisis shows how oxygen is a vital medicine not everyone can access

Oxygen is an essential medical treatment to save human lives. But, in recent weeks, it’s become clear just how vital it is as India reels from a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases. Express trains are racing across the country to deliver oxygen from the eastern town of Angul to the capital of Delhi and other regions. Meanwhile, desperate pleas fill social media from people forced to helplessly watch their family members slowly suffocate.

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Cruise line blows warning whistle against Florida governor's ban on vaccine passports

Fri, 2021-05-07 20:39 — mike kraft
Major cruise ship company may avoid Florida if state doesn't permit Covid-19 vaccination checks Florida's new law prohibiting businesses from asking whether employees or customers have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may take a toll on its cruise business. By Mallika Kallingal and Andy Rose, CNN CNN
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CDC updates guidances, cites dangers from very fine respiratory droplets

Fri, 2021-05-07 17:34 — mike kraft

Federal health officials on Friday updated public guidance about how the coronavirus spreads, emphasizing that transmission occurs by inhaling very fine respiratory droplets and aerosolized particles, as well as through contact with sprayed droplets or touching contaminated hands to one’s mouth, nose or eyes.

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W.H.O. approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use.

Fri, 2021-05-07 11:45 — mike kraft
 

The World Health Organization on Friday approved China’s Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, easing the way for poorer nations to get access to another much-needed shot to help end the pandemic.

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As India sets another record, main opposition leader warns COVID-19 wave also threatens other countries

Fri, 2021-05-07 11:33 — mike kraft
Gandhi warns 'explosive' COVID wave threatens India and the world India's main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi warned on Friday that unless the deadly second COVID-19 wave sweeping the country was brought under control it would devastate India as well as threaten the rest of the world. Anuron Mitra,Nivedita Bhattacharjee Reuters
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India's disaster finds echo in other countries facing COVID-19 surges

Fri, 2021-05-07 11:17 — mike kraft
India's disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges SOHAG, Egypt (AP) — Countries worldwide wrestling with new coronavirus surges are trying to ensure they aren’t hit by an India-style disaster. They face many of the same risks, including large populations that have shirked restrictions and fragile health systems shaken under the strain... AP NEWS
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Overview of studies showing vaccines working against variants

Fri, 2021-05-07 10:35 — mike kraft
Covid vaccines can take on new coronavirus variants, studies show A batch of new studies out Wednesday shows how Covid-19 vaccines can take on new variants of coronavirus. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN
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ANALYSIS: Biden's vaccine waiver "pretty marginal" for increasing supply. Germany opposes

Fri, 2021-05-07 10:19 — mike kraft
‘It’s pretty marginal’: Experts say Biden’s vaccine waiver unlikely to boost supply quickly The head of the World Trade Organization says she will seek a decision by December, but some doubt the 164 members can reach consensus. Tyler Pager, Dan Diamond, Jeff Stein Washington Post
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Pfizer, BioNTech request FDA full approval of their Covid-19 vaccine

Fri, 2021-05-07 09:55 — mike kraft
Pfizer, BioNTech ask FDA for full approval of Covid-19 vaccine If granted, the Pfizer vaccine would be the first in the U.S. to be fully approved. NBC News

Pfizer and BioNTech asked the Food and Drug Administration Friday for full approval of the companies' Covid-19 vaccine. If approved, it would be the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States to hold that distinction.

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WHO and Germany announce a hub to share health related information

Thu, 2021-05-06 22:10 — mike kraft

WHO, Germany launch new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence

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Scientists discuss how to detect, resist and counter fake news

Thu, 2021-05-06 21:08 — mike kraft
How to detect, resist and counter the flood of fake news Misinformation about health is drowning out the facts and putting us at risk. Researchers are learning why bad information spreads and how to protect yourself. lily Science News

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Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine 96 percent effective in teens

Thu, 2021-05-06 20:25 — mike kraft
Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine 96 percent effective in teens Moderna on Thursday released the results of its COVID-19 vaccine trials for those aged 12 to 17, reporting it 96 percent effective against the virus. Justine Coleman TheHill

Moderna on Thursday released the results of its COVID-19 vaccine trials for those aged 12 to 17, reporting it 96 percent effective against the virus. 

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New data on Pfizer COVID vaccine protecting against worrying coronavirus variants

Thu, 2021-05-06 20:13 — mike kraft
Pfizer COVID vaccine protects against worrying coronavirus variants Data from Qatar provide strongest evidence yet that COVID-19 vaccines can stop strains thought to pose a threat to immunization efforts. Ewen Callaway nature
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U.S. organizations offer more incentives to encouage vaccinations; poll shows progress

Thu, 2021-05-06 19:00 — mike kraft
US rolls out carrots and expands access in push to get holdouts vaccinated against Covid-19 The United States is offering up freebies, expanding the pool of those eligible and shifting access to local pharmacies in its attempts to encourage vaccine holdouts to get inoculated against Covid-19. Madeline Holcombe and Eric Levenson, CNN CNN
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Europe's vaccine campaign is accelerating. It expects to match the U.S. by July.

Thu, 2021-05-06 18:10 — mike kraft
Europe's vaccine campaign is accelerating. It expects to match the U.S. by July. The European Union has fixed some of its logistical problems and is relying heavily on production from Pfizer-BioNTech. Chico Harlan, Michael Birnbaum Washington Post
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