Coronavirus outbreak in Florida government building killed 2 people, hospitalized 4; a vaccinated employee wasn't infected

Shut out from mainstream medicine, some immigrants are buying expensive, unproven Covid therapies

FRESNO, Calif. — On a Tuesday afternoon in April, among tables of vegetables, clothes and telephone chargers at Fresno’s biggest outdoor flea market were prescription drugs being sold as treatments for Covid.

Vendors sold $25 injections of the steroid dexamethasone, several kinds of antibiotics and the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — the malaria drugs pushed by President Donald J. Trump last year — make regular appearances at the market as well, as do sham herbal supplements.

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

Government study: U.S. Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

Thousands of young children lost parents to Covid but help is scarce

CDC launches Covid-19 WhatsApp chat in Spanish to spur more Latino vaccinations

Cuba says its Abdala vaccine is 92.28% effective against coronavirus

Cuba says Abdala vaccine 92.28% effective against coronavirus

HAVANA, June 21 (Reuters) - Cuba said on Monday its three-shot Abdala vaccine against the coronavirus had proved 92.28% effective in last-stage clinical trials.

The announcement came just days after the government said another homegrown vaccine, Soberana 2, had proved 62% effective with just two of its three doses. ...

The announcement came from state-run biopharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma, which oversees Finlay, the maker of Soberana 2, and the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, the producer of Abdala.

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

Difficulties in getting more people vaccinated shown in Missouri

WHO says delta is the most contagious Covid variant and will ‘pick off’ most vulnerable

Coronavirus Delta Variant Could Dominate In U.S. Within Weeks

The dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading so quickly in the United States that it's likely the mutant strain will become predominant in the U.S. within weeks, according to a new analysis.

The variant, first identified in India, is the most contagious yet and, among those not yet vaccinated, may trigger serious illness in more people than other variants do, say scientists tracking the spread of infection.

The Delta variant apparently already accounts for at least 14% of all new infections, according to the research analysis posted online Monday of more than 242,000 infections nationwide over the last six months.

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

IN DEPTH: A look at the disputes over the origin of COVID-19 --Washington Post

Ebola outbreak in Guinea declared over

WHO's new global lists of high-burden countries for TB, HIV-associated TB and drug-resistant TB

WHO releases new global lists of high-burden countries for TB, HIV-associated TB and drug-resistant TB

17 June 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released updated global lists of high burden countries for tuberculosis (TB), HIV-associated TB and multidrug/rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB). The new lists are for 2021–2025 and replace those previously used between 2016 and 2020.

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

UIPDATE: Israel hopes to restore vaccine echange deal after Palestinians reject initial doses for being too old

India faces "black fungus" complictions as COVID-Wave begins to flatten despite vaccine hesitancy

ANALYSIS: Partisan divide shows in frequency of vaccinated Americans going out

Pages

Subscribe to Global RSS
howdy folks
Page loaded in 1.126 seconds.