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SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels

Tue, 2021-06-08 22:30 — mike kraft

SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels - Outbreak News Today Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that are able to recognise and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India (B.1.617.2) are on average lower than those against previously circulating variants in the UK, according to new laboratory data from the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health […] Press Release Outbreak News Today

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Essay: A Strategy for the Long Fight Against COVID-19

Tue, 2021-06-08 11:37 — mike kraft

The Forever Virus Global herd immunity is now unreachable. How should governments' strategy in the fight against COVID-19 change in response? Foreign Affairs

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ANALYIS: COVID prolonged foster care stays for thousands

Tue, 2021-06-08 10:36 — mike kraft

AP analysis: COVID prolonged foster care stays for thousands SEATTLE (AP) — Leroy Pascubillo missed his daughter’s first step, her first word and countless other precious milestones. After being born addicted to heroin, she had been placed with a foster family, and he anxiously counted the days between their visits as he tried to regain custody. AP NEWS

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Research suggests why the ‘Alpha’ Coronavirus Variant Became So Powerful

Mon, 2021-06-07 19:19 — mike kraft

In December, British researchers discovered that a new variant was sweeping through their country. When it arrived in other countries, the variant, now known as Alpha, tended to become more common in its new homes as well. By April, it had become the dominant variant in the United States, and it has remained so ever since.

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CDC study finds vaccinated people have milder disease in rare breakthrough infections

Mon, 2021-06-07 19:06 — mike kraft

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and US reopening news Most adults in the US have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and about 66% said in a recent survey that their lives are at least somewhat back to normal. Follow here for the latest. By Melissa Macaya, <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a>, Mike Hayes, <a href="/profiles/meg-wagner">Meg Wagner</a> and <a href="/profiles/veronica-rocha">Veronica Rocha</a>, CNN CNN

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Studies show that well designed text messages help get people vaccinated

Sun, 2021-06-06 16:52 — mike kraft

Perspective | These are the text messages that get people to take vaccines Telling people that a vaccination is ready and waiting for them makes more people get their shot. Katy Milkman, Angela Duckworth, Mitesh Patel Washington Post

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The U.S. partisan divide on getting vaccinations is becoming starker

Sat, 2021-06-05 14:45 — mike kraft

The partisan divide in vaccinations is starker than you realize The effort to reach the unvaccinated has become the latest political fault line in the Covid response. POLITICO

The partisan divide in Covid-19 vaccinations is becoming starker as the nation inches toward President Joe Biden’s goal of providing at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4, complicating efforts to reach the unvaccinated in areas still vulnerable to virus outbreaks.

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Herd Immunity: Discussion of what happens if the U.S. can't reach it

Fri, 2021-06-04 19:24 — mike kraft

Are we there yet? What happens if the U.S. can't reach herd immunity. Without herd immunity, the country will see localized surges. But even if we don't get there, experts say there's still reason for hope. Science

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The real test of Covid-19 progress in the US is 2 weeks away, expert says

Fri, 2021-06-04 18:47 — mike kraft

Americans are celebrating steps toward normalcy. But the real test of Covid-19 progress is 2 weeks away, expert says While Memorial Day was a milestone for a return to a sense of normalcy from the Covid-19 pandemic, it could take another two weeks to determine where the US really stands, an expert said. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Experts say kids should still get a vaccine when they can. Here's why

Fri, 2021-06-04 12:02 — mike kraft

Covid-19 cases are falling, but experts say kids should still get a vaccine when they can. Here's why CNN senior medical correspondent <a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/elizabeth-cohen" target="_blank">Elizabeth Cohen</a> says it may be unlikely that President Biden meets his goal of having <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html" target="_blank">70% of adults</a> get at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by July 4, as the pace of US vaccinations falls. Jen Christensen, CNN CNN

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