Covid vaccine figures lay bare global inequality as global target missed

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:40 — FNUOvviyaa
Covid vaccine figures lay bare global inequality as global target missed Only one in seven people in low-income countries are fully vaccinated with poorest pushed to the ‘back of the queue’ the Guardian

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DC to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:36 — FNUOvviyaa
DC to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall Students over the age of 12 will be required to receive COVID-19 vaccines this fall in Washington, D.C., the district's Office of the State Superintendent of Education has announced. "We want to make sure that all of our students have everything they need for a healthy start to the school year," State Superintendent of Education Dr. Christina Grant said in a statement on Tuesday.
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WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:33 — FNUOvviyaa
WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency LONDON (AP) — As the World Health Organization's emergency committee convened Thursday to consider for the second time within weeks whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis, some scientists said the striking differences between the outbreaks in Africa and in developed countries will complicate any coordinated response. AP NEWS

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Oral vaccine shows promise; hypertension ups COVID hospitalization risk

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:29 — FNUOvviyaa
Oral vaccine shows promise; hypertension ups COVID hospitalization risk The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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BA.5 is causing more Covid-19 reinfections, data suggests, but they don't appear to be more frequent

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:22 — FNUOvviyaa
BA.5 is causing more Covid-19 reinfections, but they don't appear to be more frequent It's not your imagination: As the rapidly spreading BA.5 coronavirus subvariant causes a surge in infections across the United States, more people are catching Covid-19 for the second or third time. Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN

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Out of nearly 300,000 infections since March 2021, the share that are reinfections almost doubled from 3.6% during the BA.2 wave in May to 6.4% during the BA.5 wave in July...
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Monkeypox spreading in 'cluster events,' but vaccines can help stop it, local health officials say

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:18 — FNUOvviyaa
Monkeypox spreading in 'cluster events,' but vaccines can help stop it, local health officials say The monkeypox virus has spread quickly in clusters across the United States -- at certain music festivals, pool parties and bathhouses -- and now public health officials in areas with a lot of infections want more vaccines made available to help control transmission, which appears to happen when people touch intimately, skin to skin. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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Study: Yale-developed mRNA vaccine offers superior protection against Omicron variants compared to Moderna, Pfizer vaccines

Wed, 2022-07-20 21:58 — FNUOvviyaa
Study: Yale-developed mRNA vaccine offers superior protection against Omicron variants compared to Moderna, Pfizer vaccines Yale scientists have developed a new Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine that offers better protection over subvariants than standard mRNA vaccines, according to the university.
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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine wins backing of CDC advisory panel

Wed, 2022-07-20 21:54 — FNUOvviyaa
Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine wins backing of CDC advisory panel An expert panel that advises the CDC on vaccine policy voted Tuesday to recommend use of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine. Helen Branswell STAT

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AMA chief says mask mandates becoming more likely amid ‘pretty scary’ Covid hospital numbers

Wed, 2022-07-20 21:50 — FNUOvviyaa
AMA chief says mask mandates becoming more likely amid ‘pretty scary’ Covid hospital numbers ‘I don’t know how far [politicians] can let the numbers go while still saying we don’t need mask mandates,’ Omar Khorshid says the Guardian
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Senate Health chair says she’s ‘concerned’ about U.S. monkeypox response

Wed, 2022-07-20 18:24 — FNUOvviyaa
Senate Health chair says she’s ‘concerned’ about U.S. monkeypox response Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, said she is “concerned” by the state of the U.S. monkeypox response in a letter… jchoi The Hill
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EU drops nearly all of its order for Valneva COVID vaccine

Wed, 2022-07-20 18:16 — FNUOvviyaa
EU drops nearly all of its order for Valneva COVID vaccine The European Commission has dropped nearly all of its order of 60 million doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine from French firm Valneva , the EU executive said on Wednesday, in a move that all but wipes out the shot's value for the company. Francesco Guarascio,Natalie Grover Reuters
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Weekly tests dropped for unvaccinated state employees

Wed, 2022-07-20 18:10 — FNUOvviyaa
Weekly tests dropped for unvaccinated state employees Minnesota state government employees who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 are no longer required to take weekly tests for the virus in order to stay in the workplace. The requirement that went into effect in September 2021 meant thousands of employees took tests each week. AP NEWS

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Monkeypox is on the rise in the LGBTQ community. Here's what to know

Wed, 2022-07-20 18:08 — FNUOvviyaa
Monkeypox is on the rise in the LGBTQ community. Here's what to know Monkeypox isn't considered a sexually transmitted disease, but most people who have gotten it in the US in the latest outbreak report some level of sexual activity, an official from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN on Monday. Jen Christensen and John Bonifield, CNN CNN

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What is the Marburg virus and how can it be avoided?

Tue, 2022-07-19 14:29 — FNUOvviyaa
What is the Marburg virus and how can it be avoided? Two people in Ghana have died from the infectious Marburg virus, raising fears of a mass outbreak.. BBC News

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Nasal vaccines may stop Covid infections. Will we get them soon?

Tue, 2022-07-19 14:27 — FNUOvviyaa
Nasal vaccines may stop Covid infections. Will we get them soon? Research on nasal vaccines is mostly in its early phases in the U.S., though many scientists believe this twist on vaccination could prove to be an effective way to block infections. NBC News

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