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Information on vaccines to counter Ebola and other diseases

The Mission of this group is to follow the development of vaccines and other medications to counter Ebola and other diseases.

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W.H.O. approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use.

Fri, 2021-05-07 11:45 — mike kraft

The World Health Organization on Friday approved China’s Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, easing the way for poorer nations to get access to another much-needed shot to help end the pandemic.

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Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines. It is a delicate decision balancing employee health and personal privacy.

Fri, 2021-05-07 10:53 — mike kraft

As American companies prepare to bring large numbers of workers back to the office in the coming months, executives are facing one of their most delicate pandemic-related decisions: Should they require employees to be vaccinated?

Take the case of United Airlines. In January, the chief executive, Scott Kirby, indicated at a company town hall that he wanted to require all of his roughly 96,000 employees to get coronavirus vaccines once they became widely available.

“I think it’s the right thing to do,” Mr. Kirby said, before urging other corporations to follow suit.

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Overview of studies showing vaccines working against variants

Fri, 2021-05-07 10:35 — mike kraft

Covid vaccines can take on new coronavirus variants, studies show A batch of new studies out Wednesday shows how Covid-19 vaccines can take on new variants of coronavirus. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

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ANALYSIS: Biden's vaccine waiver "pretty marginal" for increasing supply. Germany opposes

Fri, 2021-05-07 10:19 — mike kraft

‘It’s pretty marginal’: Experts say Biden’s vaccine waiver unlikely to boost supply quickly The head of the World Trade Organization says she will seek a decision by December, but some doubt the 164 members can reach consensus. Tyler Pager, Dan Diamond, Jeff Stein Washington Post

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Pfizer, BioNTech request FDA full approval of their Covid-19 vaccine

Fri, 2021-05-07 09:55 — mike kraft

Pfizer, BioNTech ask FDA for full approval of Covid-19 vaccine If granted, the Pfizer vaccine would be the first in the U.S. to be fully approved. NBC News

Pfizer and BioNTech asked the Food and Drug Administration Friday for full approval of the companies' Covid-19 vaccine. If approved, it would be the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States to hold that distinction.

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