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The mission of the Global Health Working Group is to explore and improve current and emerging states of health and human security worldwide.

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If we don't have the booster campaign early enough we might not be in a great spot in the fall --Moderna CEO

Fri, 2022-05-06 10:10 — mike kraft

COVID-19: 'We might not be in a great spot in the fall': Moderna CEO

While the U.S. waits on funding and for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide on which virus strain to attack through boosters, Moderna and other vaccine companies are anticipating waning immunity to become a concern.

"This virus is not getting less infectious," Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel told Yahoo Finance. "As you see more and more infectious variants ... We are not done with this virus mutating," he said.

The biggest risk in the fall, if boosting is delayed, is the potential for hospitals to fill up with those that are the most vulnerable all over again, Bancel said.

The increased circulation from the intersection of waning immunity and a more transmissible variant, as is being observed with more Omicron subvariants in the U.S. and abroad, is the real risk, he said.

"We have a risk in the fall — if we don't have the booster campaign early enough —that we might not be in a great spot in the fall," Bancel said.

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A new WHO report indicates that other countries had more excess deaths that the US during the Covid pandemic

Thu, 2022-05-05 19:40 — mike kraft

Does US really have world's highest Covid death toll? A new report suggests other countries had more excess deaths than US during the pandemic. BBC News

The US is approaching one million Covid deaths - the highest total officially recorded anywhere in the world.

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The U.S. FDA restricts J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk

Thu, 2022-05-05 18:48 — mike kraft

FDA restricts J&J's COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or specifically request J&J's vaccine. AP NEWS

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EU drug regulator hopes to approve COVID variant-adapted vaccines by autumn

Thu, 2022-05-05 10:59 — mike kraft

EU regulator hopes to approve COVID variant-adapted vaccines by autumn The European Union's drug regulator said on Thursday it hoped to have vaccines adapted to address coronavirus variants, such as Omicron, approved by September. Reuters Reuters

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Omicron as severe as previous COVID variants, large U.S.study finds

Thu, 2022-05-05 10:20 — mike kraft

Omicron as severe as previous COVID variants, large study finds Four scientists conducted the study based on records of 130,000 COVID patients. Reuters Reuters

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Nearly 15M deaths worldwide associated with COVID-19--WHO

Thu, 2022-05-05 08:54 — mike kraft

WHO: Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19 LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million. AP NEWS

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Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches 1 million deaths

Thu, 2022-05-05 08:44 — mike kraft

Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths "It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said. NBC News

The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.

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