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Information on vaccines to counter Ebola and other diseases

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States reallocate hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses held in federal long-term care program

Tue, 2021-02-02 17:25 — mike kraft
States reallocate hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses held in federal long-term care program States are reallocating hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses – initially set aside to vaccinate long-term care residents and staff members – through a federal partnership between the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and pharmacies including Walgreens and CVS. By Jessie Yeung and Adam Renton, CNN CNN
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Oxford finds COVID-19 shot 76% effective for 3 months after single dose

Tue, 2021-02-02 14:18 — mike kraft
Oxford finds COVID-19 shot 76% effective for 3 months after single dose Oxford University and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine showed in a study it had 76% efficacy against symptomatic infection for three months after a single dose, which increased if the second shot is delayed, backing Britain's vaccine rollout policy. Alistair Smout U.S.
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Small study suggests Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine less effective against South African variant

Tue, 2021-02-02 14:07 — mike kraft
Study suggests Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine less effective against South African variant The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may be less able to protect against infection with a South African variant of the virus that has a worrying mutation, according to results of a British study released on Tuesday. Kate Kelland U.S.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may be less able to protect against infection with a South African variant of the virus that has a worrying mutation, according to results of a British study released on Tuesday.

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Biden administration to provide COVID vaccine to pharmacies

Tue, 2021-02-02 13:39 — mike kraft
Biden administration to provide COVID vaccine to pharmacies WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are starting to appear, the White House said Tuesday.

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Had Covid? You May Need Only One Dose of Vaccine, Study Suggests

Tue, 2021-02-02 10:56 — mike kraft

 

Shannon Romano, a molecular biologist, came down with Covid late last March, about a week after she and her colleagues shut down their lab at Mount Sinai Hospital. A debilitating headache came first, followed by a fever that kept rising, and then excruciating body aches. “I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t move,” she said. “Every one of my joints just hurt inside.”

It was not an experience she wanted to repeat — ever. So when she became eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine earlier this month, she got the shot.

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CDC Report: Many US nursing home staff decline first COVID shots

Tue, 2021-02-02 09:59 — mike kraft
Report: Many US nursing home staff decline first COVID shots A little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting COVID-19 vaccines when the shots are first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control... AP NEWS

A little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting COVID-19 vaccines when the shots are first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday.

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Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 91.6% effective in late-stage trial

Tue, 2021-02-02 09:20 — mike kraft
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 91.6% effective in late-stage trial Russia's Sputnik V vaccine was 91.6% effective in preventing people from developing COVID-19, according to peer-reviewed results from its late-stage clinical trial published in The Lancent international medical journal on Tuesday. Polina Ivanova U.S.
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White House cautions providers against holding back vaccine doses

Mon, 2021-02-01 14:53 — mike kraft
White House cautions providers against holding back vaccine doses The Biden administration expressed concern on Monday that health care providers could essentially be hoarding Covid-19 vaccine doses for second shots that could be administered for initial shots, warning that that "should not happen." Betsy Klein, CNN CNN
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OVERVIEW: Worldwide Coronavirus Developments

Mon, 2021-02-01 12:03 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has agreed to help CureVac produce its experimental vaccine, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed Pfizer and its partner BionTech will deliver 75 million extra doses to the European Union in the second quarter. Reuters Staff U.S.
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EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses

Mon, 2021-02-01 10:45 — mike kraft
EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses BERLIN (AP) — Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, the bloc's executive arm... AP NEWS
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