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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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WHO release on beginning of COVAX vaccine shipments

Fri, 2021-02-26 12:15 — mike kraft
COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by the COVAX Facility head to Ghana, marking beginning of global rollout COVAX announces 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine licensed to Serum Institute of India have arrived in Accra, Ghana

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Pharmacists say "pooling" of leftover vaccines would provide more shots

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:47 — mike kraft
Pharmacists say 'heartbreaking' waste of Covid vaccines has a simple solution The FDA says leftover Covid-19 vaccine cannot be combined because neither Moderna's nor Pfizer's products contain preservatives to prevent contamination. NBC News
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Asia Developments, South Korea first shots, China approves 2 more vaccines

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:25 — mike kraft
Asia Today: 1st vaccines reach arms in S. Korea, Hong Kong South Korea administered its first available shots of coronavirus vaccines to people at long-term care facilities Friday, launching a mass immunization campaign that health authorities hope will... AP NEWS
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FDA approves storage of Pfizer vaccine at normal freezer temperatures.

Thu, 2021-02-25 19:16 — mike kraft
FDA gives permission for Pfizer vaccine to be stored at normal freezer temperatures The US Food and Drug Administration handed Pfizer a victory on Thursday, agreeing to allow its Covid-19 vaccine to be transported and stored for up to two weeks at "conventional temperatures" typically found in pharmaceutical freezers. By Eoin McSweeney, Hannah Strange and Jessie Yeung, CNN CNN
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White House planning to give governors longer range estimates for vaccine shipments

Thu, 2021-02-25 18:30 — mike kraft
White House planning to forecast vaccine shipments months in advance The longer planning window could address concerns from governors who complained that limited shipment forecasts affect their planning abilities. Rachel Roubein POLITICO

The Biden administration is planning to provide states with estimates of their expected vaccine shipments likely months ahead of time rather than weeks, according to multiple sources with knowledge.

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CDC launches nationwide site to help people find Covid-19 vaccine providers

Thu, 2021-02-25 17:43 — mike kraft
CDC launches VaccineFinder tool to locate Covid-19 vaccine providers Federal officials have quietly opened up access to VaccineFinder, which lets the public to search for approved Covid-19 vaccine providers. Katie Palmer STAT

Federal officials Wednesday quietly opened up access to VaccineFinder, a site that allows the U.S. public to search nationwide for approved Covid-19 vaccine providers.

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Nursing homes coronavirus infections and deaths decline faster that rest of the populationr

Thu, 2021-02-25 17:30 — mike kraft
Nursing Homes, Once Hotspots, Far Outpace U.S. in Covid Declines New cases among residents of nursing homes have dropped more than 80 percent since vaccines became available, and deaths have decreased by more than 65 percent. nytimes

 

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Pfizer vaccine highly effective in real-world study, Israeli researchers say

Thu, 2021-02-25 11:48 — mike kraft
Pfizer vaccine highly effective in real-world study, Israeli An Israeli study of more than 1 million people indicated Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine is highly effective against the virus. Zack Budryk TheHill
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Pfizer to study using booster shot aimed at virus variant

Thu, 2021-02-25 11:32 — mike kraft
Pfizer to study booster shot aimed at virus variant Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said Thursday they are beginning a stu Peter Sullivan TheHill

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said Thursday they are beginning a study to test whether a third shot of their COVID-19 vaccine will help protect against variants of the virus.

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ANALYSIS of the difficulties in comparing vaccines

Wed, 2021-02-24 19:09 — mike kraft
Why COVID vaccines are so difficult to compare Despite the widespread roll-out of several vaccines, it could be months before they can be ranked. Heidi Ledford nature

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi knows that a vaccine that offers 70% protection against COVID-19 could be a valuable tool against the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria — especially if that vaccine is cheap and doesn’t have to be stored at extremely cold temperatures. But what if another vaccine — one that is more expensive to buy and to store — was 95% effective?

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