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FDA extends shelf life of J&J vaccine, easing concerns over expiring doses

Thu, 2021-06-10 13:14 — mike kraft

FDA extends shelf life of J&J vaccine amid concern over expiring doses The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the shelf life of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by a month and a half, a move that helps ease concerns about doses that would soon expire. Peter Sullivan TheHill

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the shelf life of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by a month and a half, a move that helps ease concerns about doses that would soon expire.

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Delta variant first identified in India now comprises 91% of new UK cases

Thu, 2021-06-10 12:34 — mike kraft

Variant first identified in India now comprises 91% of new cases in the UK, health minister says The B1.617.2 variant — also called the Delta variant, which was first identified in India — now comprises 91% of new coronavirus cases in the UK according to British Health Minister Matt Hancock. By <a href="/profiles/meg-wagner">Meg Wagner</a>, Melissa Macaya, <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a> and <a href="/profiles/veronica-rocha">Veronica Rocha</a>, CNN CNN

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Scientists are learning why vaccines are working against new COVID variants.

Thu, 2021-06-10 12:19 — mike kraft

We know vaccines are working against new COVID variants. Now scientists are starting to understand why. Since the emergence of new COVID-19 variants, experts have worried that the virus may have developed mutations allowing it to outmaneuver existing vaccines. Early laboratory studies proved worrisome, showing vaccines seemed to produce far fewer virus-fighting antibodies against some of the newer variants.

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Unvaccinated people are at risk from a potentially more dangerous Covid-19 variant --US Surgeon General

Thu, 2021-06-10 11:14 — mike kraft

(CNN) As a renewed sense of optimism sweeps the US this summer with lower reported Covid-19 cases, the US surgeon general has issued a warning for those not vaccinated: Don't let your guard down quite yet.

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Moderna asks FDA to clear COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents

Thu, 2021-06-10 10:11 — mike kraft

Moderna asks FDA to clear COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents Moderna on Thursday said it has filed a request with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use its coronavirus vaccine in adolescents as young as 12 years old. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

Moderna on Thursday said it has filed a request with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use its coronavirus vaccine in adolescents as young as 12 years old.

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Reactions to US plan to donate another 500 million vaccine doses to other nations

Thu, 2021-06-10 10:03 — mike kraft

Celebrations (and questions) greet US vaccine donation plan CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Health officials and experts around the world on Thursday welcomed a U.S. plan to donate 500 million more COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, but the celebrations came with hesitation. AP NEWS

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Canada takes cautious first step toward lifting border restrictions

Wed, 2021-06-09 19:29 — mike kraft

Canada takes cautious step toward lifting border restrictions, businesses fret Canada on Wednesday took a cautious first step toward easing COVID-19 border restrictions, saying it was prepared to relax quarantine protocols for fully vaccinated citizens returning home starting in early July. David Ljunggren,Steve Scherer Reuters

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COMMENTARY: Epidemiology, not geopolitics, should guide COVID-19 vaccine donations

Wed, 2021-06-09 14:51 — mike kraft

Commentary: Epidemiology, not geopolitics, should guide COVID-19 vaccine donations --Lancet

With COVID-19 vaccine supplies shifting from scarcity to abundance in high-income settings, such as Canada, the EU, the USA, and the UK, the June 11–13, 2021, Group of Seven (G7) summit in Cornwall, UK, is the time when leaders from those countries should act on their promises to send surplus COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the many other countries where doses remain scarce.

Vaccine donations are not the only solution to the gap that has emerged between countries with and without sufficient doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Yet, the potential number of surplus vaccine doses purchased by G7 nations is likely to be in the hundreds of millions or more.

Vaccine manufacturers based in those countries have also offered to sell more than a billion doses at cost for use in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2021, which G7 governments could buy and donate.

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U.S. expected to provide additional 500 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses to 100 nations over the next year

Wed, 2021-06-09 14:24 — mike kraft

The U.S. is expected to provide 500 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses to 100 nations over the next year

The White House has reached an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech to provide 500 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to about 100 countries over the next year, a pact that President Biden plans to announce as early as Thursday, according to multiple people familiar with the plan.

Under intense pressure to do more to address the global vaccine shortage and the disparities in vaccination between rich and poor nations, the president hinted at the plan Wednesday morning, when he was asked if he had a vaccination strategy for the world.

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