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Southern states top list of worst states for kids during the pandemic -- Save the Children report

Wed, 2021-03-03 12:51 — mike kraft

Southern states top list of worst states for kids during the pandemic, Save the Children finds Save the Children looks at the growing number of kids facing hunger and other hardships one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Audrey McNamara CBSNews

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White House announces program for insurers to help vaccinate vulnerable populations

Wed, 2021-03-03 12:10 — mike kraft

White House taps insurers to boost vaccinations among vulnerable communities The initiative is aimed at boosting lagging efforts to ensure Covid-19 shots are distributed equitably. Susannah Luthi POLITICO

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new initiative with health insurers to ensure some of their most high-risk customers get vaccinated against Covid-19, as the White House tries to energize lagging efforts to distribute the shots equitably.

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Antibodies from South African variant may offer cross-protection-- South African scientists

Wed, 2021-03-03 11:59 — mike kraft

South African scientists find antibodies from variant may offer cross-protection Research by South African scientists suggests that antibodies triggered by exposure to the country's dominant coronavirus variant can prevent infection by other variants, the scientists said on Wednesday. Alexander Winning U.S.

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OVERVIEW: Europe and other coronavirus developments

Wed, 2021-03-03 10:28 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Johnson & Johnson's newly authorized vaccine has started shipping, while a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus has been detected in Britain for the first time. Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson’s newly authorized vaccine has started shipping, while a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus has been detected in Britain for the first time.

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Europe shifts tactics to speed vaccinations

Wed, 2021-03-03 10:09 — mike kraft

Tactical shift: Europe seeks vaccine 'overdrive' to catch up BERLIN (AP) — Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject them into. Like... AP NEWS

BERLIN (AP) — Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject them into.

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The problems with the Tiberius system to prioritize vaccine distribution

Wed, 2021-03-03 09:56 — mike kraft

A national system to prioritize COVID-19 vaccines has largely failed as states rely on their own systems Operation Warp Speed tried to help states set priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution with Tiberius. Few states use it as designed. YahooNews

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Loosening of covid-19 restrictions prompts concerns about potential surge

Wed, 2021-03-03 09:48 — mike kraft

Experts are warning of a potential Covid-19 surge while several governors are loosening restrictions For weeks, public health leaders across the US have stressed that now is not the time to ease Covid-19 restrictions and let up on safety measures, warning that another potentially dangerous surge, fueled by variants, could come soon. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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Hundreds of thoiusands of Texas and Mississipi residents still have no running water after winter storms.

Tue, 2021-03-02 20:16 — mike kraft

In Texas and Mississippi, Hundreds of Thousands Still Have No Water Weeks After Winter Storms | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com Two deadly and devastating winter storms cracked water mains, froze equipment and shut down treatment plants. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com The Weather Channel

In the weeks following two deadly and devastating winter storms, millions of people across the South have seen their power restored. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands remain without clean water.

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Food inovation: Lab-grown cultured chicken meat

Tue, 2021-03-02 20:02 — mike kraft

This multibillion-dollar company is selling lab-grown chicken in a world-first Californian food start-up Eat Just has become the first company to receive approval for the sale of its lab-grown cultured chicken meat. And it all started with a single cell. Karen Gilchrist CNBC

You’d know a chicken nugget if you saw one, right? How about one grown from a single cell, with no animals harmed in the process?

Josh Tetrick is betting not.

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Chinese Covid vaccines getting widespread distribution despite some concerns.

Tue, 2021-03-02 19:22 — mike kraft

Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago’s airport in late January, and Chile’s president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. “Today,” he said, “is a... AP NEWS

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago’s airport in late January, and Chile’s president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. “Today,” he said, “is a day of joy, emotion and hope.”

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