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No one likes needles. Of all the barriers to Covid-19 vaccination, fear of needles may seem trivial to overcome. But millions of American adults, not to mention children, still need to be injected to keep themselves and their communities safe. And it’s likely some of them aren’t doing so in part because they fear or just don’t like needles.

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FDA recommends not using certain syringes from Chinese firm after safety issues

Sat, 2021-05-22 12:24 — mike kraft

FDA recommends not using syringes from Chinese firm after safety issues with vaccine injections At least one pharmacist that Reuters spoke to said the syringes had been shipped for use with the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine. An FDA spokesperson said the devices stopped being shipped in COVID-19 vaccination kits as of March 22.

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Glodbal Health Summit: Rich countries acknowledge vaccine inequities but offer little to rapidly close the gap

Sat, 2021-05-22 11:58 — mike kraft

Leaders of rich countries acknowledge vaccine inequities at global health summit but offer little to rapidly close the gap G-20 leaders offered sometimes-conflicting ideas for expanding vaccine access. Chico Harlan, Emily Rauhala Washington Post

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India: insights into "black fungus" and could India's surge protend problems elsewhere

Fri, 2021-05-21 20:17 — mike kraft

They recovered from Covid, only to die of 'black fungus.' Here's what we know Many of those infected with black fungus in India are coronavirus patients, or those who have recently recovered from Covid-19, whose immune systems have been weakened by the virus or who have underlying conditions, most notably diabetes. Jessie Yeung, CNN CNN

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masks, improved ventilation reported fewer COVID-19 cases: CDC study

Fri, 2021-05-21 18:03 — mike kraft

Schools that required masks, improved ventilation reported fewer COVID-19 cases: CDC study Schools in Georgia that required teachers and staff to wear masks and improved ventilation reported fewer COVID-19 cases, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Justine Coleman TheHill

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EU warns against 2nd AstraZeneca shot for people with blood clots; Spain lifts suspension

Fri, 2021-05-21 12:19 — mike kraft

EU advises against second AstraZeneca shot for people with blood clots The second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford must not be given to anyone who has had blood clots with low blood platelets after receiving the first, Europe's medicines regulator said on Friday. Pushkala Aripaka U.S.

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WHO's Europe director says fully vaccinated people should still wear a mask

Fri, 2021-05-21 11:37 — mike kraft

The WHO's Europe director says fully vaccinated people should still wear a mask, breaking with CDC guidance Hans Kluge said people should also "rethink or avoid" international travel, in a departure from the EU position. Marianne Guenot Business Insider

Fully vaccinated people should still wear a mask and socially distance in public, the World Health Organization's Europe director said Thursday.

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W.H.O. estimates two to three times more persons died of COVID-19 than officially recorded

Fri, 2021-05-21 11:19 — mike kraft

Virus deaths are probably two to three times more than official records, the W.H.O. says.

GENEVA — Deaths from Covid-19 and Covid-related causes are likely to be two to three times the number that countries have recorded in their official data, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Some six to eight million people may have now died from Covid-19 or its effects since the start of the pandemic, compared with 3.4 million deaths recorded in countries’ official reporting, Dr. Samira Asma, assistant director of the W.H.O.’s data division, told reporters.

The W.H.O. also estimates that at least three million people may have died from Covid-19 in 2020, compared with 1.8 million recorded in official data, the W.H.O. reported in annual statistics released on Friday.

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