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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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A new Covid vaccine shows 100 percent efficacy against severe disease and hospitalizations, its makers say.

Wed, 2022-02-23 12:47 — mike kraft

Covid Live Updates: Sanofi-GSK Vaccine Results Show It’s Highly Protective Against Severe Disease, Its Makers Say The vaccine, made by the Europe-based pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and GSK, is one of four candidates that received billions of dollars for development from Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s program to accelerate vaccines. The New York Ti

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International Covid vaccine supply for global program outstrips demand for first time

Wed, 2022-02-23 10:16 — mike kraft

COVID vaccine supply for global programme outstrips demand for first time The global project to share COVID-19 vaccines is struggling to place more than 300 million doses in the latest sign the problem with vaccinating the world is now more about demand than supply. Francesco Guarascio,Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Time between Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines can be up to 8 weeks for some people -- CDC update

Wed, 2022-02-23 09:37 — mike kraft

Time between Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines can be up to 8 weeks for some people, updated CDC guidance says The interval between first and second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines may be as long as eight weeks for certain people, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in vaccine guidance updated on Tuesday. Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN CNN

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Coronavirus vaccine protection was much weaker against omicron--new data

Wed, 2022-02-23 09:30 — mike kraft

Coronavirus vaccine protection was much weaker against omicron, data shows While coronavirus shots still provided protection during the omicron wave, the shield of coverage they offered was weaker than during other surges, new data shows. Dan Keating, Naema Ahmed Washington Post

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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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CDC has updated the list of certain medical conditions that put people at higher risk of getting very sick from COVID-19

Tue, 2022-02-22 18:26 — mike kraft

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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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World wide, U.S COVID cases drop for third week.

Tue, 2022-02-22 17:24 — mike kraft

Covid infections plummet 90% from U.S. pandemic high, states lift mask mandates

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Hospitalizations have also fallen sharply. There are about 66,000 patients in U.S. hospitals with Covid as of Monday, according to a seven-day average of data from the Department of Health and Human Services, down from the Jan. 20 peak of 159,000 patients.

The Covid death toll, which typically lags a rise in cases by a number of weeks, is elevated but showing signs of easing. Average daily deaths reached the highest level in about a year on Feb. 1 at nearly 2,600 per day and have since fallen below 2,000. ...

ALSO SEE: WHO: New COVID cases fall for the 3rd week, deaths also drop

GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

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Omicron COVID variant 75% less likely to kill than Delta strain --South Korea study

Tue, 2022-02-22 10:21 — mike kraft

South Korea says Omicron COVID variant 75% less likely to kill than Delta strain People infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant are nearly 75% less likely to develop serious illness or die than those who contract the Delta variant, real world data released on Monday by South Korea's health authorities showed. Hyonhee Shin Reuters

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Overview: Hong Kong to test entire population, other developments

Tue, 2022-02-22 10:15 — mike kraft

Hong Kong to test entire population of 7.5M people 3 times in March: Latest COVID updates Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since Feb. 15, imperiling its healthcare system. More updates. YahooNews

Hong Kong, struggling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, will test every one of its 7.5 million people for the coronavirus three times next month, the city’s leader said Tuesday.

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