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Overview: Thousands of New York City employees face unpaid leave as mandate deadline arrives; global death toll surpasses 5M:

Mon, 2021-11-01 09:14 — mike kraft

Thousands of NYC employees face unpaid leave as mandate deadline arrives; global death toll surpasses 5M: COVID-19 updates New York City's vaccine mandate deadline arrives Monday. Worldwide, more than 5M people have died. Latest COVID-19 updates. Celina Tebor and John Bacon USA TODAY

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Vaccine confers better protection than natural immunity--new CDC study

Fri, 2021-10-29 18:04 — mike kraft

Vaccine confers better protection than natural immunity, CDC finds A study published on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that natural immunity offers far weaker protection against COVID-19 than a vaccine does. YahooNews

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U.S. FDA authorizes first COVID-19 shot for young kids

Fri, 2021-10-29 16:24 — mike kraft

U.S. FDA authorizes first COVID-19 shot for young kids The U.S. health regulator on Friday authorized the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years, making it the first COVID-19 shot for young children in the United States. Reuters Reuters

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U.K. study finds vaccinated family members can still spread the delta variant to each other

Fri, 2021-10-29 11:40 — mike kraft

Delta Makes COVID a (Vaccinated) Family Affair Real-world U.K. study finds vaccinated family members can still spread the variant to each other Molly Walker medpagetoday

Vaccinated individuals with breakthrough infections with the Delta variant still have the risk of transmitting the virus even to their vaccinated family members, British researchers found.

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Analysis: Yes You Need A Booster If You Had COVID And Got The Vaccine

Fri, 2021-10-29 11:05 — mike kraft

Do You Need A Booster If You Had COVID And Got The Vaccine? If you have "natural" immunity and you've been vaccinated, here's what experts say you should do about additional shots. YahooNews

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Three takeaways from the emergence of the ‘Delta Plus’ coronavirus variant

Thu, 2021-10-28 18:57 — mike kraft

3 takeaways from the emergence of the ‘Delta Plus’ coronavirus variant - STAT Experts say Delta Plus is more of a headache than a devastating gamechanger in the scope of the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Joseph STAT

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UK study finds vaccinated people easily transmit Delta variant in households

Thu, 2021-10-28 18:49 — mike kraft

UK study finds vaccinated people easily transmit Delta variant in households The Delta coronavirus variant can transmit easily from vaccinated people to their household contacts, a British study found on Thursday, although contacts were less likely to get infected if they were vaccinated themselves. Reuters Reuters

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Covid-19 infections and deaths are dropping across Latin America

Thu, 2021-10-28 11:33 — mike kraft

Covid-19 infections and deaths are dropping across Latin America Covid-19 is slowly retreating across most of North, Central and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. NBC News

BRASILIA — Covid-19 is slowly retreating across most of North, Central and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, reporting that last week the continent’s death and infection figures were the lowest in over a year.

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The antidepressant fluvoxamine drug can help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalizations--new study

Thu, 2021-10-28 11:05 — mike kraft

The antidepressant fluvoxamine can reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations | Science News A 10-day course of fluvoxamine sharply reduced hospital visits and deaths, raising hopes for an easy at-home treatment for COVID-19. Helen Thompson Science News

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EU set to produce over 3.5 billion COVID vaccine doses in 2022; Pfizer gets big contract for kids'' vaccinations

Thu, 2021-10-28 10:53 — mike kraft

EU set to produce over 3.5 billion COVID vaccine doses in 2022 - chief executive The European Union will produce more than 3.5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines next year, the head of the bloc's excutive, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said on Thursday. Reuters Reuters

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