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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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Booster Covid shots can protect most people from serious illness or death for a loing time--new study

Tue, 2022-02-22 19:03 — mike kraft

As people across the world grapple with the prospect of living with the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, one question looms large: How soon before they need yet another shot?

Not for many months, and perhaps not for years, according to a flurry of new studies.

Three doses of a Covid vaccine — or even just two — are enough to protect most people from serious illness and death for a long time, the studies suggest.

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Misinformation: Opinions -- How many people died believing vaccine misinformation, which often is subtle ?

Tue, 2022-02-22 17:47 — mike kraft

Opinion | How many people died believing vaccine misinformation? The U.S. population was offered a vaccine shown to have more than 90 percent efficacy in the face of a deadly disease, tested and proven safe, ready within a year of the outbreak, provided in two doses plus a booster, widely available and free. There is no parallel in modern times. Yet, some people chose to believe otherwise. Editorial Board Washington Post

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Iran returns vaccines donated by Poland because they were made in US

Mon, 2022-02-21 17:43 — mike kraft

Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in US TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has returned 820,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by Poland because they were manufactured in the United States, state TV reported Monday. TV quoted Mohammad Hashemi, an official in the country’s Health Ministry, as saying that Poland donated about a million doses of the British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran. AP NEWS

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U.S. may recomend fourth Covid-19 shot this fall, as officials 'continually' look at emerging data

Mon, 2022-02-21 09:55 — mike kraft

A fourth Covid-19 shot might be recommended this fall, as officials 'continually' look at emerging data As the world approaches the second anniversary of the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization, on March 11, more nations are rolling out -- or are discussing the possibility of -- fourth doses of coronavirus vaccine for their most vulnerable. In the United States, leading public health officials say they are "very carefully" monitoring if or when fourth doses might be needed. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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NY Y won’t enforce booster mandate for health care workers

Fri, 2022-02-18 18:19 — mike kraft

NY won't enforce booster mandate for health care workers ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will not enforce its mandate requiring health care workers to get COVID-19 boosters in light of concerns about staffing shortages, state health officials said Friday. Gov. AP NEWS

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U.S. will step up vaccine support to 11 African countries

Fri, 2022-02-18 10:10 — mike kraft

U.S. will ‘surge’ vaccine support to 11 African countries The initiative aims to protect Americans and the world from new coronavirus variants. Washington Post

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Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine production technology

Fri, 2022-02-18 10:00 — mike kraft

Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology BRUSSELS (AP) — The first African countries selected to receive the technology necessary to produce mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a summit meeting of European Union and African Union nations heard on Friday. AP NEWS

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Analysis: We now have a tool kit to live with the coronavirus

Thu, 2022-02-17 18:03 — mike kraft

The coronavirus is here to stay. We now have a tool kit to live with it. For the last two years, scientists have built a powerful array of tools to prevent and treat covid-19. With vaccines, home tests and treatments, people can coexist with the virus. Carolyn Y. Johnson, Aaron Steckelberg Washington Post

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Pfizer and BioNTech Omicron-targeted vaccine is delayed -

Thu, 2022-02-17 17:32 — mike kraft

Pfizer and BioNTech Omicron-targeted vaccine delayed - BioNTech CEO Delivery of Pfizer and BioNTech SE's vaccine to combat the Omicron COVID-19 variant was delayed by several weeks due to a slower-than expected data gathering process, BionTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin told Germany's Bild on Thursday. Reuters Reuters

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Britain will offer COVID vaccine to all children 5-11

Thu, 2022-02-17 10:30 — mike kraft

UK to offer COVID vaccine to all children 5-11 LONDON (AP) — British authorities will offer a coronavirus vaccine to almost six million children from age 5 to 11, officials said Wednesday. The government said young children will be offered a low-dose COVID-19 shot on a “non-urgent” basis beginning in April in England. AP NEWS

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