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US expected to toughen testing requirement for travelers, other developments

Wed, 2021-12-01 09:20 — mike kraft

US expected to toughen testing requirement for travelers after omicron: Latest COVID-19 updates The United States may toughen testing requirements for travelers as omicron is discovered in more countries. Latest COVID updates. YahooNews

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Biden administrations considering stricter coronavirus testing for all travelers to U.S.

Tue, 2021-11-30 20:09 — mike kraft

Stricter coronavirus testing being weighed for all travelers to U.S. Biden officials also reviewing additional measures, including self-quarantine for seven days, and retesting after arrival. Washington Post

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It's too soon to know if Omicron causes less severe illness, Fauci says

Tue, 2021-11-30 20:00 — mike kraft

It's too soon to know if Omicron causes less severe illness, Fauci says It’s too soon to know if the Omicron variant of coronavirus causes less severe disease than the Delta variant – in spite of reports that many cases so far have been mild, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday. By <a href="/profiles/adrienne-vogt">Adrienne Vogt</a>, <a href="/profiles/ben-westcott">Ben Westcott</a>, Adam Renton, Sheena McKenzie and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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U.S. FDA panel narrowly backs Merck's at-home COVID-19 pill

Tue, 2021-11-30 19:49 — mike kraft

U.S. FDA panel narrowly backs Merck's at-home COVID-19 pill A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday narrowly voted to recommend the agency authorize Merck & Co's antiviral pill to treat COVID-19. Michael Erman,Manas Mishra Reuters

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Merck says its COVID-19 drug should be effective against any variant

Tue, 2021-11-30 10:35 — mike kraft

Merck says its COVID-19 drug should be effective against any variant Merck & Co Inc's experimental COVID-19 drug molnupiravir should have similar activity against any new coronavirus variant, a company executive said on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

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Experts call for multi-pronged approach to Omicron, including testing, vaccines, world wide campaign

Tue, 2021-11-30 10:26 — mike kraft

Testing, vaccines, sequencing: experts call for multi-pronged approach to Omicron ‘Best hope’ for containing the new variant is worldwide vaccine campaign where rates are low, public health experts say the Guardian

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Omicron may cause milder symptoms. But experts aren’t breathing easy yet.

Tue, 2021-11-30 10:11 — mike kraft

Amid the global concern over a new coronavirus strain has been one piece of hopeful news: Those infected with the omicron variant appear to have “very mild” symptoms, according to the South African doctor who first spotted the variant.

Dr. Angelique Coetzee told the BBC that neither she nor her colleagues had admitted anyone who had the strain to the hospital so far. Her patients had experienced extreme fatigue but no loss of taste or smell, which are often telltale symptoms of Covid-19, she said.

The early reports are encouraging, epidemiologists and other experts said.

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