Vaccinations

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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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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OPINION: Covid, the state of two worlds, north and south

Fri, 2022-03-04 17:07 — mike kraft

The Pandemic Is Following a Very Predictable and Depressing Pattern As with diseases such as malaria and HIV, rich countries are “moving on” from COVID while poor ones continue to get ravaged. Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, Fredros Okumu, Madhukar Pai The Atlantic

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Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries --data

Fri, 2022-03-04 11:12 — mike kraft

Factbox: Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), has delivered 1.34 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to 144 countries, GAVI data shows. Reuters Reuters

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Millions of Americans still unboosted against COVID, public health experts face tricky messaging around potential 4th shot

Fri, 2022-03-04 10:13 — mike kraft

With millions still unboosted against COVID, public health experts face tricky messaging around potential 4th shot “The case for a fourth shot needs to be incredibly compelling, if we expect the American public to get on board,” one expert said. ABC News ABC News

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Group of physicians combats misinformation as unproven COVID-19 treatments continue to be prescribed

Fri, 2022-03-04 10:04 — mike kraft

Group of physicians combats misinformation as unproven COVID-19 treatments continue to be prescribed In July 2020, as the country faced its first summer wave of coronavirus cases, a group of physicians stood in front of the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court and held their first self-titled "White Coat Summit" to tout the unproven benefits of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment. "It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax," Dr. Stella Immanuel, a Houston-based primary care physician, told the crowd.

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As vaccine demand falls, U.S. states are left with huge stockpile

Thu, 2022-03-03 19:24 — mike kraft

As vaccine demand falls, states are left with huge stockpile As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste. AP NEWS

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From some of the least vaccinated states, like Indiana and North Dakota, to some of the most vaccinated states, like New Jersey and Vermont, public health departments are shuffling doses around in the hopes of finding providers that can use them....

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Senate Rejects Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers, House unlikely to approve

Thu, 2022-03-03 11:30 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted on Wednesday to roll back President Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers at federally funded facilities, in a symbolic move orchestrated by Republicans who are pushing to weaponize pandemic precautions against Democrats in this year’s midterm congressional elections.

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