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As Virus Grows Stealthier, Vaccine Makers Reconsider Battle Plans

Tue, 2021-01-26 09:42 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus assumes contagious new forms around the world, two drug makers reported on Monday that their vaccines, while still effective, offer less protection against one variant and began revising plans to turn back an evolving pathogen that has killed more than two million people.

The news from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech underscored a realization by scientists that the virus is changing more quickly than once thought, and may well continue to develop in ways that help it elude the vaccines being deployed worldwide.

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OVERVIEW: Europe and othe COVID-19 developments

Mon, 2021-01-25 11:14 — mike kraft

It's 9 a.m. in New York and 2 p.m. in London. Here are the headlines from Europe Europe continues to battle further waves of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some of the key lines from the continent today: By <a href="/profiles/nectar-gan">Nectar Gan</a>, Adam Renton, Zahid Mahmood, <a href="/profiles/lauren-moorhouse">Lauren Said-Moorhouse</a> and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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In a major setback, Merck to stop developing its two Covid-19 vaccines and focus on therapies

Mon, 2021-01-25 10:25 — mike kraft

In a major setback, Merck to stop developing its Covid-19 vaccines - STAT Merck announced it is stopping development of both of the current formulations of the Covid-19 vaccines the company was working on. Matthew Herper STAT

Merck said Monday it will stop developing both of the current formulations of the Covid-19 vaccines the company was working on, citing inadequate immune responses to the shots.

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U.S. goal to squeeze more COVID shots from Pfizer vials hampered by syringe production

Mon, 2021-01-25 09:24 — mike kraft

Exclusive: U.S. goal to squeeze more COVID shots from Pfizer vials hampered by syringe production The world's largest syringe maker does not have the capacity to substantially increase U.S. supplies of specialty syringes needed to squeeze more doses from Pfizer Inc COVID-19 vaccine vials in the coming weeks, an executive said in an interview. Carl O’Donnell U.S.

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Moderna says it’s working on Covid booster shot for variant in South Africa, says current vaccine provides some protection

Mon, 2021-01-25 09:18 — mike kraft

Moderna says it's working on Covid booster shot for variant in South Africa, says current vaccine provides some protection Berkeley Lovelace Jr. CNBC

Moderna said Monday it’s accelerating work on a Covid-19 booster shot to guard against the recently discovered variant in South Africa.

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Israel has vaccinated six times more of its population than the United States. Can others learn from its success?

Sun, 2021-01-24 19:24 — mike kraft

One Country Has Jumped Ahead on Vaccinations Israel has vaccinated six times more of its population than the United States. Can others learn from its success? Uri Friedman The Atlantic

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Do Curfews Slow the Coronavirus?

Sun, 2021-01-24 18:39 — mike kraft

With coronavirus infections rising and a contagious new variant threatening to accelerate the pandemic, France has implemented a stringent 6 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew. Citizens nationwide are sequestered indoors, and businesses must close down.

In Quebec, Canadian officials imposed a similar restriction earlier this month, running from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. It has frayed nerves: Notably, a woman who was walking her boyfriend on a leash at 9 p.m. has argued that this was permitted during the curfew, surely one of the pandemic’s most unexpected moments.

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Overview: New virus clusters hit China's north provinces, other developments

Sun, 2021-01-24 17:33 — mike kraft

The Latest: New virus clusters hit China's north provinces BEIJING — A Chinese city has brought 2,600 temporary treatment rooms online as the country’s north battles new clusters of coronavirus. The single-occupancy rooms in the city of Nangong in... AP NEWS

BEIJING — A Chinese city has brought 2,600 temporary treatment rooms online as the country’s north battles new clusters of coronavirus.

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How 'vaccine nationalism' could prolong the Covid-19 pandemic

Sat, 2021-01-23 17:38 — mike kraft

How ‘vaccine nationalism’ could prolong the Covid-19 pandemic The hoarding of vaccine doses by rich countries has complicated the effort to secure enough for the world’s poorest nations. NBC News

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Covid: 'More deadly' UK variant claim played down by UK scientists, Anericans say more data needed

Sat, 2021-01-23 17:10 — mike kraft

Covid: 'More deadly' UK variant claim played down by scientists One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is "not particularly strong". BBC News

Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a "game changer" in the UK's response to the pandemic.

Boris Johnson has said there is "some evidence" the variant may be associated with "a higher degree of mortality".

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