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Putin calls for faster vaccination as Russian COVID toll hits new daily record

Tue, 2021-10-12 20:42 — mike kraft

Putin calls for faster vaccination as Russian COVID toll hits new daily record Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia needed to speed up its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 as the country recorded its highest single-day death toll since the start of the pandemic. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. FDA staff says Moderna did not meet all criteria for COVID-19 boosters

Tue, 2021-10-12 20:23 — mike kraft

U.S. FDA staff says Moderna did not meet all criteria for COVID-19 boosters Scientists at the U.S.

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Rebuffing Texas governor, American Airlines, Southwest stand by vaccine mandate

Tue, 2021-10-12 20:14 — mike kraft

Rebuffing Texas governor, American Airlines, Southwest stand by vaccine mandate Rebuffing the Texas governor, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday they would comply with U.S. President Joe Biden's executive order to require their employees be vaccinated for COVID-19 by a Dec. 8 deadline. Rajesh Kumar Singh,Sanjana Shivdas Reuters

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Judge rules New York must allow religious exemptions to health care workers, for now

Tue, 2021-10-12 20:03 — mike kraft

Religious vaccine exemption stays for NY health care workers ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York health care workers will be able to seek religious exemptions from a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate as a lawsuit challenging the requirement proceeds, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. AP NEWS

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York health care workers will be able to seek religious exemptions from a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate as a lawsuit challenging the requirement proceeds, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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Florida fines key county $3.5 million for mandating vaccines

Tue, 2021-10-12 19:47 — mike kraft

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has issued its first fine to a county it says violated a new state law banning coronavirus vaccine mandates and for firing 14 workers who failed to get the shots.

The Florida Department of Health on Tuesday issued the $3.5 million fine for Leon County, home to the state capital, saying the municipality violated Florida’s “vaccine passport” law, which prohibits businesses and governments from requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. ...

The law took effect last month and can result in a $5,000 fine per violation. It is being challenged in court and conflicts with a Biden administration order that companies with more than 100 employees require their workers to be vaccinated or face weekly testing. ..

In a statement, Leon County Administrator Vincent Long said the county believes its vaccination requirement is legally justifiable and necessary to keep people safe.

“The governor’s position in this instance unfortunately appears to be less of a public health strategy and more about political strategy,” he said. ...

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At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change-- new study

Tue, 2021-10-12 12:22 — mike kraft

At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change, new study shows Researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 100,000 studies of weather events and found that four-fifths of the world’s land area has suffered impacts linked to global warming. Washington Post

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New treatments offer hope with vaccines for 'interlocking benefits' against COVID-19

Tue, 2021-10-12 11:29 — mike kraft

New treatments offer hope with vaccines for 'interlocking benefits' against COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccines offer the best protection against severe illness and death, but new antibody and antiviral treatments offer "interlocking benefits." Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY YahooNews

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WHO is waiting for full data on Merck antiviral pill

Tue, 2021-10-12 11:18 — mike kraft

WHO says it awaits full data from Merck on antiviral pill The World Health Organization is awaiting full clinical data on the antiviral pill made by Merck & Co Inc to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients, a WHO spokesperson said on Tuesday, a day after the company said it had applied for U.S. emergency use authorisation. Reuters Reuters

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Wisconsin parents file lawsuits against school districts over their children's Covid-19 infections

Tue, 2021-10-12 10:28 — mike kraft

Wisconsin parents file lawsuits against school districts over their children's Covid-19 infections Wisconsin parents are suing two school districts over their Covid-19 mitigation efforts, arguing that the systems failed to protect their children from getting infected. Madeline Holcombe and Raja Razek, CNN CNN

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Biden's vaccinate-or-test mandate faces problems with understaffed enforcement agency

Tue, 2021-10-12 10:18 — mike kraft

Name, shame and fine: How the Biden administration could enforce its vaccine mandate The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was already a strained agency before the president announced the new requirement. NBC News

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UK report says country's slow COVID lockdown cost thousands of lives

Tue, 2021-10-12 10:01 — mike kraft

Report says UK’s slow virus lockdown cost 1000s of lives

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s failure to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic cost thousands of unnecessary deaths and ranks among the country’s worst public health blunders, lawmakers concluded Tuesday in the nation’s first comprehensive report on the pandemic.

The deadly delay derived from the failure of British government ministers to question the recommendations of scientific advisers, resulting in a dangerous level of “groupthink” that caused them to dismiss the more aggressive strategies adopted in East and Southeast Asia to limit infections, the report said. ...

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Booster Shots Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Their Shots

Tue, 2021-10-12 09:43 — mike kraft

Vaccinated people have been burning up the phone lines at the community health center in rural Franklin, La., clamoring for the newly authorized Covid booster shot.

But only a trickle of people have been coming in for their initial doses, even though the rate of full vaccination in the area is still scarcely 39 percent.

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Vaccines cut the risk of severe COVID-19 by at least 90% in a huge real-world French study of 23 million people

Tue, 2021-10-12 09:30 — mike kraft

Vaccines cut the risk of severe COVID-19 by at least 90% in a huge real-world study of 23 million people Real-world data from France shows COVID-19 vaccines give strong protection that lasts at least five months in people over 50. Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce YahooNews

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Rates of depression and anxiety climbed 25% across the globe in 2020, analysis finds

Mon, 2021-10-11 20:13 — mike kraft

Rates of depression and anxiety climbed across the globe in 2020 Researchers analyzed data from dozens of studies and found that rates of depression and anxiety climbed by more than 25% worldwide in 2020. Theresa Gaffney STAT

Rates of depression and anxiety climbed globally by more than 25% in 2020, a devastating ripple effect of the Covid-19 pandemic that has particularly affected women and young people, according to a new study.

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