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U.S. FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up

Tue, 2022-03-29 16:14 — mike kraft

FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds. The Food and Drug Administration's decision opens a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to that age group at least four months after their previous booster. AP NEWS

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Long Covid: New research into effects on brain and heart

Mon, 2022-03-28 13:51 — mike kraft

How covid brain fog may overlap with 'chemo brain' and Alzheimer's People with "chemo brain" and covid brain fog could not seem more different: Those with "chemo brain" have a life-threatening disease for which they've taken toxic drugs or radiation. Many of those with covid brain fog, in contrast, describe themselves as previously healthy people who have had a relatively mild infection that felt like a cold. So when Stanford University neuroscientist Michelle Monje began studies on long covid, she was fascinated to find similar changes among patients in both g YahooNews

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Overview: International developments, UK, Canada, Europe, Mideast, Asia

Mon, 2022-03-28 13:31 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus * Pfizer Inc's oral COVID-19 therapy will be evaluated as a potential treatment for patients hospitalised with the illness in a major British trial, scientists said on Monday, as cases rise in some parts of the world Reuters Reuters

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Second COVID vaccine booster significantly lowers death rate-- Israeli study

Mon, 2022-03-28 09:37 — mike kraft

Second COVID vaccine booster significantly lowers death rate, Israeli study shows Senior citizens who received a second booster of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination had a 78% lower mortality rate from the disease than those who got one only, a study from Israel showed on Sunday. Reuters Reuters

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Shanghai starts China’s biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years

Mon, 2022-03-28 09:28 — mike kraft

Shanghai starts China's biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years BEIJING (AP) — China began its most extensive coronavirus lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation's “zero-COVID” strategy. AP NEWS

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Shanghai, China’s financial capital and largest city with 26 million people, had managed its smaller previous outbreaks with limited lockdowns of housing compounds and workplaces where the virus was spreading.

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FDA expected to OK additional Covid-19 booster shots for adults over 50

Mon, 2022-03-28 09:11 — mike kraft

FDA expected to OK additional Covid-19 booster shots for adults over 50 next week The Biden administration is expected to give older adults the option of getting a second Covid-19 vaccine booster as early as next week. Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN

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Ukranian war impact: Curtailed harvests and scarcer fertilizer all but promise hunger and hardship for tens of millions.

Fri, 2022-03-25 18:39 — mike kraft

Russia’s Invasion Unleashes ‘Perfect Storm’ in Global Agriculture Curtailed harvests and scarcer fertilizer all but promise hunger and hardship for tens of millions. Christina Lu Foreign Policy

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Data dashboards have been an important part of pandemic response and planning. What have their developers learned?

Fri, 2022-03-25 17:40 — mike kraft

Lessons from the COVID data wizards Nature - Data dashboards have been an important part of pandemic response and planning. What have their developers learnt about communicating science in a crisis? Peeples, Lynne nature

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Africa’s Low Death Rates from Covid: Trying to solve the mystery

Fri, 2022-03-25 13:27 — mike kraft

The low rate of coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths in West and Central Africa is the focus of a debate that has divided scientists on the continent and beyond. Have the sick or dead simply not been counted? If Covid has in fact done less damage here, why is that? If it has been just as vicious, how have we missed it?

The answers “are relevant not just to us, but have implications for the greater public good,” said Austin Demby, Sierra Leone’s health minister, in an interview in Freetown, the capital.

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Nearly2 in 5 Covid-19 researchers have faced harassment, mainly over Covid issues. , survey finds

Fri, 2022-03-25 13:17 — mike kraft

Almost 2 in 5 Covid-19 researchers have faced harassment, survey finds Harassment of researchers and public health officials during the pandemic has become a growing concern and a focus for professional organizations. NBC News

Nearly 2 in 5 Covid-19 researchers reported they had been harassed since the pandemic began, according to a new survey published Thursday in Science.

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