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WHO elevates XBB.1.16 to variant of interest as levels rise in US and other countries

Fri, 2023-04-21 18:09 — mike kraft

WHO elevates XBB.1.16 to variant of interest as levels rise in US and other countries CIDRAP

The World Health Organization (WHO) this week boosted the XBB.1.16 Omicron subvariant to a variant of interest (VOI) from a variant under monitoring (VUM), based on the latest assessments from its technical advisory group on virus evolution.

The subvariant is fueling India's biggest surge in about 7 months, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported another jump in the proportion of XBB.1.16 viruses.

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COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic

Fri, 2023-04-21 10:16 — mike kraft

COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic Nature Medicine - COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic Nature

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Opinion: The NIH has little to show for the $1 billion spent to study long Covid

Thu, 2023-04-20 11:46 — mike kraft

The NIH has poured $1 billion into long Covid research — with little to show for it The federal government has burned through more than $1 billion to study long Covid, and there's basically nothing to show for it. Rachel Cohrs STAT

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The National Institutes of Health hasn’t signed up a single patient to test any potential treatments — despite a clear mandate from Congress to study them. And the few trials it is planning have already drawn a firestorm of criticism, especially one intervention that experts and advocates say may actually make some patients’ long Covid symptoms worse.

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Mozambique Asks WHO for Additional Cholera Vaccine following Cyclone

Thu, 2023-04-20 11:07 — mike kraft

Mozambique Asks for Additional Cholera Vaccine After Cyclone Freddy Health officials intend to vaccinate people in high-risk areas Charles Mangwiro VOA

Maputo, Mozambique — Mozambique has asked the World Health Organization to supply an additional 2 million doses of a cholera vaccine as the country struggles to control a spreading outbreak.

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People worldwide lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic -- UNICEF survey

Thu, 2023-04-20 10:47 — mike kraft

People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF. Jennifer Rigby,Emma Farge Reuters

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U.S. court rules that Biden's COVID vaccine mandate rule for federal contractors was valid.

Wed, 2023-04-19 17:25 — mike kraft

Biden's COVID vaccine rule for federal contractors was valid, US court rules President Joe Biden had the power to require employees of federal contractors to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday, throwing out a judge's ruling that had blocked the mandate in Arizona. Daniel Wiessner Reuters

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New White House plan aims to provide uninsured with free Covid-19 vaccines

Wed, 2023-04-19 10:05 — mike kraft

New White House plan aims to provide uninsured with free Covid-19 vaccines | CNN Politics The Biden administration unveiled Tuesday a $1.1 billion program aimed at providing Covid-19 vaccines and treatments to the uninsured at no cost after the federal supply is exhausted. Tami Luhby CNN

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The U.S. FDA's new guidance on Covid vaccines for adults

Wed, 2023-04-19 09:53 — mike kraft

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Changes to Simplify Use of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines The FDA amended the EUAs of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines to simplify the vaccination schedule for most individuals. Office of the Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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U.S. FDA authorizes spring covid booster shots for older adults and the immunocompromised

Tue, 2023-04-18 12:03 — mike kraft

FDA says older adults and the immunocompromised may get a spring booster dose of Covid vaccine People ages 65 and older and those who are immunocompromised will be allowed to receive an additional dose of Covid-19 vaccine — a spring booster — if they wish, the FDA announced Tuesday. Helen Branswell STAT

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In American counties with more Black doctors, Black people have higher life expectancy --study

Mon, 2023-04-17 10:15 — mike kraft

In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds The study is the first to link a higher prevalence of Black doctors to longer life expectancy and lower mortality in Black populations. Usha Lee McFarling STAT

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