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J&J COVID-19 vaccine with a warning label about rare clots receives OK from CDC advisory panel

Fri, 2021-04-23 17:26 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson vaccine use should resume with a warning about risk of rare blood clots, CDC advisers recommend If the United States lifts the pause on the vaccine's use with a warning added to the label, the position would be similar to one taken by Europe’s drug regulator. Lena H. Sun, Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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Japan declares a state of emergency in Tokyo and Osaka as coronavirus cases rise

Fri, 2021-04-23 12:12 — mike kraft

TOKYO — Japan on Friday declared states of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and surrounding areas in an effort to stem a widening coronavirus outbreak three months before the country plans to host the Summer Olympics.

The measures will take effect on Sunday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, calling them “a short and concentrated measure” to slow the virus’s spread during the Golden Week holiday, traditionally one of the year’s busiest travel periods.

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Some US states appear to have turned a corner following early springtime COVID-19 surges

Fri, 2021-04-23 11:56 — mike kraft

States with springtime Covid-19 surges appear to have turned a corner Average daily Covid-19 counts in Michigan, Massachusetts, and other states have started to fall, hinting at a relatively normal summer. Andrew Joseph STAT

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Ranking of states by percentage of COVID-19 vaccine shots goven

Fri, 2021-04-23 11:31 — mike kraft

States ranked by percentage of COVID-19 vaccines administered: April 23 North Dakota has administered the highest percentage of COVID-19 vaccines it has received, according to the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker. Maia Anderson

New Hampshire has administered the highest percentage of COVID-19 vaccines they have received, according to the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker.

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Comparisons of how California and Texas took different approaches to vaccinations

Fri, 2021-04-23 11:14 — mike kraft

California and Texas Took Different Routes to Vaccination. Who’s Ahead? California stresses equity for minority groups. Texas is all about personal choice and liberty. Both are struggling to vaccinate Latinos and contending with vaccine hesitancy among conservative com… Lydia Zuraw Kaiser Health News

California and Texas, the country’s two most populous states, have taken radically different approaches to the pandemic and the vaccination campaign to end it.

California has trumpeted its reliance on science and policies it says are aimed at improving social equity.

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