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The mission of the Global Health Working Group is to explore and improve current and emerging states of health and human security worldwide.

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EU to buy more Pfizer-BioNTech but not AstraZenca vaccines

Sun, 2021-05-09 12:19 — mike kraft

EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab PORTO, Portugal (AP) — The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023... AP NEWS

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U.S. turning corner on pandemic, says White House COVID coordinator

Sun, 2021-05-09 12:01 — mike kraft

U.S. turning corner on pandemic, says White House COVID coordinator The United States is closer to getting the coronavirus pandemic under control and health officials are focused on the next challenge: getting more Americans vaccinated, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Sunday. Doina Chiacu Reuters

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EU steps up criticism of US willingness to waive patents on coronavius vaccines

Sat, 2021-05-08 20:36 — mike kraft

EU says US stand on patent virus waiver is no 'magic bullet' PORTO, Portugal (AP) — European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the U.S. call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents Saturday, arguing the move would yield no short-term or intermediate improvement in vaccine supplies and could even have a negative impact... AP NEWS

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Overview of what's known about the coronavirus variants

Sat, 2021-05-08 13:50 — mike kraft

Here's what's known about the coronavirus variants The CDC said this week it had designated a coronavirus variant first seen in India as a "variant of interest," adding it to the growing collection of viral variants it's keeping an eye on. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

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Preparations are underway for potential Covid-19 vaccine boosters, CDC director says

Sat, 2021-05-08 13:37 — mike kraft

Preparations are underway for potential Covid-19 vaccine boosters, CDC director says As experts grow concerned about a possible Covid-19 surge in the winter, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged it's still possible seasonal vaccine boosters will be necessary. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Description of how India's major vaccine producer fell short of promises to inoculate the world's poor

Sat, 2021-05-08 11:33 — mike kraft

NEW DELHI — Adar Poonawalla made big promises. The 40-year-old chief of the world’s largest vaccine maker pledged to take a leading role in the global effort to inoculate the poor against Covid-19. His India-based empire signed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to make and export doses to suffering countries.

Those promises have fallen apart. India, engulfed in a coronavirus second wave, is laying claim to his vaccines. Other countries and aid groups are now racing to find scarce doses elsewhere.

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Efforts to vaccinate the world lagging despite steps to provide more doses

Sat, 2021-05-08 11:20 — mike kraft

Even with more vaccines on the horizon, much of the world will most likely keep waiting for doses

The World Health Organization approved one Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine and could soon approve another. The Biden administration has backed waiving intellectual property protections for vaccines, which could make it easier for more countries to make them.

But the campaign to vaccinate the world is floundering, and experts warn it will take more to reverse the trend.

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India’s crisis shows how oxygen is a vital medicine not available to everyone and scarce in some other countries

Fri, 2021-05-07 20:53 — mike kraft

India’s crisis shows how oxygen is a vital medicine not everyone can access

Oxygen is an essential medical treatment to save human lives. But, in recent weeks, it’s become clear just how vital it is as India reels from a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases. Express trains are racing across the country to deliver oxygen from the eastern town of Angul to the capital of Delhi and other regions. Meanwhile, desperate pleas fill social media from people forced to helplessly watch their family members slowly suffocate.

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