UK Resilience

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Sat, 2011-01-22 09:18 — mdmcdonald

The mission of this working group is explore and understand what the U.K. resilience movement is about, and how its knowledge base and guiding principles might be of assistance to Resilience Systems and Resilience Networks around the world.

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This Working Group is focused on exploring the Resilience movement in the United Kingdom.

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Britain approves Merck's COVID-19 pill in world first shown to treat COVID

Thu, 2021-11-04 08:52 — mike kraft

UK authorizes Merck antiviral pill, 1st shown to treat COVID LONDON (AP) — Britain granted conditional authorization on Thursday to the only pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19 so far. It is the first country to OK the treatment from drugmaker Merck, although it wasn't immediately clear how quickly the pill would be available. AP NEWS

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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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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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Britain’s Gamble on Few Virus Restrictions is being tested by increases in infections, deaths

Fri, 2021-10-22 10:29 — mike kraft

LONDON — For the last four months, Britain has run a grand epidemiological experiment, lifting virtually all coronavirus restrictions, even in the face of a high daily rate of infections. Its leaders justified the approach on the grounds that the country’s rapid rollout of vaccines had weakened the link between infection and serious illness.

Now, with cases, hospital admissions and deaths all rising again; the effect of vaccines beginning to wear off; and winter looming, Britain’s strategy of learning to live with the virus is coming under its stiffest test yet.

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Explanation: What is the ‘delta plus’ variant of the coronavirus?

Fri, 2021-10-22 10:02 — mike kraft

What is the 'delta plus' variant of the coronavirus? What is the “delta plus” variant? It’s a relative of the delta variant, identified by British scientists last month. Because it isn't a variant of interest or concern, it has not yet been officially named after a letter of the Greek alphabet, like the other worrisome variants. AP NEWS

What is the “delta plus” variant?

It’s a relative of the delta variant, identified by British scientists last month.

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Europe was the only region with rise in COVID-19 last week --WHO

Wed, 2021-10-20 10:21 — mike kraft

WHO: Europe the only region with rise in COVID-19 last week LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only region in the world where cases increased. In its weekly assessment of the pandemic released late Tuesday, the U.N. AP NEWS

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only region in the world where cases increased.

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