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U.S. CDC urges Americans to avoid treaveling to Hong Kong, New Zealand, Thailand

Mon, 2022-03-07 19:40 — mike kraft

U.S. CDC urges Americans to avoid travel to Hong Kong, New Zealand The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday urged Americans to avoid travel to Hong Kong, New Zealand and Thailand over COVID-19 cases. David Shepardson Reuters

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Omicron infections contagious for at least 6 days; Takeda drug shows promise as COVID treatment --research

Mon, 2022-03-07 19:27 — mike kraft

Omicron infections contagious for at least 6 days; Takeda drug shows promise as COVID treatment 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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Biden’s ‘test to treat’ covid plan draws praise, questions

Mon, 2022-03-07 18:49 — mike kraft

Biden’s ‘test to treat’ covid plan draws praise, questions The program will start in hundreds of locations next week with the goal of increasing access to lifesaving treatments, Biden officials say. Katie Shepherd Washington Post

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New York City lifts indoor vacciune mandates and school mask mandates

Mon, 2022-03-07 18:03 — mike kraft

Pandemic restrictions lift POLITICO

New York City’s indoor vaccine mandate is gone, as of today. Restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and gyms will no longer be required to check for proof of Covid-19 vaccination from customers. Nor will kids be required to wear masks to school, after Mayor Eric Adams moved to lift most of the city’s remaining pandemic restrictions. ...

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Florida to recommend against Covid-19 vaccine for healthy children

Mon, 2022-03-07 17:54 — mike kraft

Florida surgeon general recommends against Covid vaccination for 'healthy' children The state's top medical officer cited possible links to myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, among young males as the rationale for his suggestion. NBC News

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COVID is not over but some global health leaders are making preparing for the next pandemic a new priority

Mon, 2022-03-07 10:59 — mike kraft

Is Covid Over? No, But Global Health Funders Are Moving On People in poorer countries are still waiting for vaccines, but the leaders of global health organizations have a new priority: preparing for the next pandemic. POLITICO

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ANALYSIS: 5 ways we'll know COVID has become endemic

Mon, 2022-03-07 10:45 — mike kraft

5 ways we'll know COVID has become endemic: ANALYSIS "As we move toward a COVID-controlled life, it'll be ever-important to assess for real-time changes in the virus and its community impact because we know just how unpredictable this virus can be," said Dr. Atul Nakhasi, an internist at the Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles County, where Nakhasi practices, public health officials have developed an alert system designed to signal the risk level of the virus. If we see hospitalizations continue to decrease and remain stable, that will suggest endemicity. Yahoo

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More than 200,000 American children have lost a parent or caregiver to Covid. Help efforts have been haphazard.

Mon, 2022-03-07 10:19 — mike kraft

Children who have lost caregivers to Covid may be flying under the radar, experts say “If a child has lost a parent, someone needs to show up at that doorstep right away — and I mean right away,” one professor of pediatrics said. NBC News

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White House says Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds

Mon, 2022-03-07 10:13 — mike kraft

White House: Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will soon begin to run out of money to bolster COVID-19 testing supplies and to guarantee that uninsured Americans keep getting free treatment for the virus unless Congress swiftly approves more funding, the White House warned. AP NEWS

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Ukraine: Hundreds of thousands cut off from aid--UN report

Mon, 2022-03-07 10:05 — mike kraft

Hundreds of thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, U.N. says Hundreds of thousands of people inside Ukraine have been cut off from life-saving aid due to the military encirclement of cities, a U.N. report said on Monday, calling urgently for safe passage. Reuters Reuters

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Former Biden advisers, outside experts outline proposals for White House to go further in responding to Covid pandemic

Mon, 2022-03-07 09:51 — mike kraft

White House must go further on new pandemic response, say former Biden advisers, outside experts The group’s road map for 'living with covid’ focuses on boosting indoor air quality, helping those with long covid and broadening the focus to other respiratory diseases. Dan Diamond Washington Post

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NIH reached out to communities of color about Covid-19, but some grassroots groups say they were not paid properly

Mon, 2022-03-07 09:40 — mike kraft

NIH needed help reaching communities of color about Covid-19, but grassroots groups say they were not paid properly Some of the small groups representing communities of color that were contracted as part of a National Institutes of Health Covid-19 outreach project tell CNN they have not been paid properly. Elizabeth Cohen and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN CNN

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Mainland China daily local COVID cases climb to 2-year high

Mon, 2022-03-07 09:27 — mike kraft

Mainland China daily local COVID cases climb to 2-year high Mainland China has logged its highest number of daily new local symptomatic COVID-19 infections in about two years, with the highly transmissible Omicron variant putting pressure on the government's strict policy of curbing each outbreak quickly. Reuters Reuters

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Covid world wide death toll surpasses 6 million

Mon, 2022-03-07 09:17 — mike kraft

Death toll surpasses 6 million for pandemic now in 3rd year BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million on Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe. AP NEWS

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a second Covid booster shot — here’s when experts say about when it could happen

Fri, 2022-03-04 17:40 — mike kraft

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A second Covid booster shot — here’s discussion of when experts say it could happen

Pandemic restrictions may be easing across the country, amid declining Covid cases — but experts say the virus is going to stick around for a long time.

That likely means you’ll need another Covid booster shot sometime in the future. The big question is: When?

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