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In U.S., Covid is still keeping hospitals backed up, even as new admissions stay low

Fri, 2022-06-24 09:36 — mike kraft

Covid is still keeping hospitals backed up, even as new admissions stay low Covid patients aren't directly overwhelming hospitals right now, but ripple effects of the pandemic are keeping beds full and patients away from the care they need. Deidre McPhillips, CNN CNN

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COVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, new estimates

Thu, 2022-06-23 18:50 — mike kraft

COVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, scientists say Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. AP NEWS

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The researchers used data from 185 countries to estimate that vaccines prevented 4.2 million COVID-19 deaths in India, 1.9 million in the United States, 1 million in Brazil, 631,000 in France and 507,000 in the United Kingdom.

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.S. CDC advisers back Moderna COVID vaccine for teens, older children

Thu, 2022-06-23 18:43 — mike kraft

U.S. CDC advisers back Moderna COVID vaccine for teens, older children Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday unanimously voted to recommend use of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17. Manas Mishra Reuters

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Update: Dr. Birx, Trump’s Covid coordinator, testifies that the White House asked her to water down guidance to states.

Thu, 2022-06-23 17:56 — mike kraft

Dr. Deborah L. Birx, President Donald J. Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, told a congressional committee investigating the federal pandemic response that Trump White House officials asked her to change or delete parts of the weekly guidance she sent state and local health officials, in what she described as a consistent effort to stifle information as virus cases surged in the second half of 2020.

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New Hampshire officials release initial list of places offering COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5

Thu, 2022-06-23 11:16 — mike kraft

NH officials release initial list of places offering COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 New Hampshire children as young as six months old can soon get a COVID-19 vaccine. Here's how. KC Downey WMUR

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New Hampshire children as young as six months old can soon get a COVID-19 vaccine.

DHHS officials said close to 10,000 doses of the vaccines have already been delivered and more will be arriving to the state on a weekly basis.

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Florida: Publix not giving COVID-19 vaccine to children younger than 5

Thu, 2022-06-23 11:11 — mike kraft

Publix not giving COVID-19 vaccine to children younger than 5 Publix will not be offering COVID-19 vaccines to children younger than 5, a spokesperson for the supermarket chain told Fox 13 Tampa Bay on Wednesday. Paul Best Fox Business

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South Africa lifts its COVID rules as fifth wave fades

Thu, 2022-06-23 10:42 — mike kraft

South Africa repeals COVID rules as fifth wave fades South Africa has repealed COVID-19 rules that made masks mandatory in indoor public spaces, limited the size of gatherings and imposed entry requirements at its borders, the health minister said on Thursday. Alexander Winning,Anait Miridzhanian Reuters

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US boosts monkeypox testing, 142 cases confirmed

Thu, 2022-06-23 10:36 — mike kraft

US boosts monkeypox testing, 142 cases confirmed WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S. AP NEWS

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New coronavirus subvariants escape antibodies from vaccination and prior Omicron infection-- studies

Thu, 2022-06-23 10:17 — mike kraft

New coronavirus subvariants escape antibodies from vaccination and prior Omicron infection, studies suggest | CNN Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 appear to escape antibody responses among both people who had previous Covid-19 infection and those who have been fully vaccinated and boosted, according to new data from researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, of Harvard Medical School. Jacqueline Howard CNN

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U.S. Covid task force members worried about 'misinformation' Trump received from others

Thu, 2022-06-23 09:59 — mike kraft

Covid task force members worried about 'misinformation' being shared with Trump Members of Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force expressed concern over “misinformation” being shared with the president. YahooNews

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