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U.S. CDC says all adults should get COVID-19 booster shots

Mon, 2021-11-29 19:09 — mike kraft

U.S. CDC says all adults should get COVID-19 booster shots The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday everyone aged 18 years and older should get a booster shot, as it looks to tackle a new and highly infectious strain of the coronavirus that is quickly spreading across the globe. Reuters Reuters

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Pfizer CEO thinks Covid-19 vaccine will work against Omicron variant, but could offer less protection

Mon, 2021-11-29 14:52 — mike kraft

Pfizer CEO thinks Covid-19 vaccine will work against Omicron variant, but could offer less protection Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, said on CNBC’s Squawkbox Monday that he thinks the company's vaccine will work against the Omicron variant, but it could offer less protection. By <a href="/profiles/aditi-sandal">Aditi Sangal</a>, <a href="/profiles/helen-regan">Helen Regan</a>, <a href="/profiles/brad-lendon">Brad Lendon</a>, Rob Picheta and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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Omicron outbreak turns up heat on EU over vaccine access

Mon, 2021-11-29 11:40 — mike kraft

Omicron outbreak turns up heat on EU over vaccine access India and South Africa want a waiver on patents, but Brussels is not budging. POLITICO

An outbreak of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in Southern Africa is boosting critics of the EU, who say that Brussels is preventing a quick roll-out of jabs across poor nations by zealously defending vaccine patents.

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WHO pushes for international accoerd to counter pandemics, cites new mutation

Mon, 2021-11-29 11:14 — mike kraft

WHO chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemics The World Health Organization on Monday is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight future pandemics amid the emergence of a worrying new omicron COVID-19 variant. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said many uncertainties remain about just how transmissible and severe infection by the highly mutated omicron might be.

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WHO warns omicron poses 'very high' global risk as variant spreads

Mon, 2021-11-29 11:03 — mike kraft

LONDON — The global risk of the new omicron variant is “very high,” the World Health Organization said Monday, as more countries reported cases of the variant, sparking worldwide concern that there is more pandemic suffering ahead.

In response to the spike in cases, an increasing number of nations are tightening their borders despite pleas for caution and outbursts of dismay from some.

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Moderna CEO says it'll take months to develop, ship coronavirus vaccine targeting omicron variant

Mon, 2021-11-29 10:47 — mike kraft

Moderna CEO says it'll take months to develop, ship coronavirus The CEO of Moderna on Monday said it will take months for the company to develop and ship a vaccine that targets the new COVID-19 omicron variant. Mychael Schnell TheHill

The CEO of Moderna on Monday said it will take months for the company to develop and ship a vaccine that targets the new COVID-19 omicron variant.

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Scientists Are Racing to Find Out if Vaccines will Stop Omicron.

Mon, 2021-11-29 10:44 — mike kraft

As nations severed air links from southern Africa amid fears of another global surge of the coronavirus, scientists scrambled on Sunday to gather data on the new Omicron variant, its capabilities and — perhaps most important — how effectively the current vaccines will protect against it.

The early findings are a mixed picture. The variant may be more transmissible and better able to evade the body’s immune responses, both to vaccination and to natural infection, than prior versions of the virus, experts said in interviews.

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Omicron symptoms mild so far, says South African doctor who spotted it

Mon, 2021-11-29 10:29 — mike kraft

South African doctor who first spotted the Covid omicron variant says symptoms seem ‘mild’ so far

Covid symptoms linked to the new omicron variant have been described as “extremely mild” by the South African doctor who first raised the alarm over the new strain.

Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, told the BBC on Sunday that she started to see patients around Nov.18 presenting with “unusual symptoms” that differed slightly from those associated with the delta variant, which is the most virulent strain of the virus to date and globally dominant.

“It actually started with a male patient who’s around the age of 33 ... and he said to me that he’s just [been] extremely tired for the past few days and he’s got these body aches and pains with a bit of a headache,” she told the BBC.

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vaccine makers race to counter the new COVID-19 omicron variant

Sun, 2021-11-28 11:18 — mike kraft

How vaccine makers plan to address the new COVID-19 omicron variant A new coronavirus variant, first discovered in South Africa, has begun to spread around the globe. Vaccine producers say they're working to get ahead of the new strain. NPR.org

A new strain of COVID-19 first discovered in South Africa was declared a variant of concern by the World Health Organization on Friday. Here's how the pharmaceutical industry plans to address the latest coronavirus curve ball.

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