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Experts are warning that the push to vaccinate kids has already been seized on by groups looking to spread anti-vaccination messages.

Thu, 2021-11-04 10:26 — mike kraft

Dr. Natasha Burgert is well aware of the concerns parents have about the Covid-19 vaccines.

The Kansas pediatrician, who is a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, said she’s already been counseling some parents about their fears. And she worries that they are entering a particularly sensitive time — one that anti-vaccination activists could exploit.

“If the anti-vaccine industry starts doing what we anticipate, with those very graphic and emotionally charged videos, and bringing out their supposed experts, I think it’s going to affect a new group of parents,” she said.

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Scientists fear animals could harbor coronavirus and then pass it back to humans

Wed, 2021-11-03 20:25 — mike kraft

Scientists fear animals could harbor coronavirus and then pass it “This also raises the possibility of the spillback from deer back to humans, especially in exurban areas with high deer densities,” researchers said. Joseph Guzman TheHill

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COVID proteins that trigger strokes and heart attacks identified by Israeli team

Wed, 2021-11-03 20:12 — mike kraft

COVID proteins that trigger strokes and heart attacks identified by Israeli team Discovery, made through ‘peek in virus's black box,’ could lead to therapies that halt havoc wrought on vascular system, say Tel Aviv University scientists timesofisrael

Israeli scientists have identified the virus proteins that are triggering strokes and heart attacks in COVID-19 patients, in a breakthrough they expect will pave the way for new drugs.

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Summary of some recent COVID studies, including breast milk benefitsit

Wed, 2021-11-03 20:06 — mike kraft

Antibodies in breast milk provide extra benefit to babies; vaccine protection varies among immunocompromised The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine is 73.6% effective, according to new real-world study, WHO authorizes an Indian-made vaccine

Wed, 2021-11-03 19:12 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine is 73.6% effective, according to new real-world study Data from a real-world study assessing Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine finds it is 73.6% effective, according to research published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. John Bonifield, CNN CNN

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Immunocompromised people may get less protection from mRNA vaccines: new study

Wed, 2021-11-03 17:57 — mike kraft

Two Doses of mRNA COVID Vax Not Enough for the Immunosuppressed Largest study yet supports extra doses for these patients Crystal Phend medpagetoday

COVID-19 vaccines worked fairly well in keeping immunocompromised patients out of the hospital from the infection, but still less than for those with a competent immune system, a study showed.

After two vaccine doses, immunocompromised patients saw 77% vaccine effectiveness (95% CI 74%-80%) against hospitalization for confirmed COVID-19, with a 3.9% rate of SARS-CoV-2 test positivity in hospital compared with 11.8% among those who were unvaccinated.

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Country by country, scientists are charting a possible end to the COVID-19 pandemic

Wed, 2021-11-03 09:45 — mike kraft

Analysis: Country by country, scientists eye beginning of an end to the COVID-19 pandemic As the devastating Delta variant surge eases in many regions of the world, scientists are charting when, and where, COVID-19 will transition to an endemic disease in 2022 and beyond, according to Reuters interviews with over a dozen leading disease experts. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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COVID-19 cases rise in Europe for 5th consecutive week an hour ago

Wed, 2021-11-03 09:31 — mike kraft

COVID-19 cases rise in Europe for 5th consecutive week GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases has risen in Europe for the fifth consecutive week, making it the only world region where COVID-19 is still increasing, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday. AP NEWS

GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases has risen in Europe for the fifth consecutive week, making it the only world region where COVID-19 is still increasing, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday.

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