Are at-home covid tests accurate? What the results can and can’t tell you.

Tue, 2021-09-21 19:26 — mike kraft
Are at-home covid tests accurate? What the results can and can’t tell you. While at-home coronavirus tests can be a useful diagnostic tool, the tests aren’t 100 percent accurate and a negative result shouldn’t be thought of as a “free pass.” Allyson Chiu Washington Post
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Routine Covid testing can help schools stay open this year

Tue, 2021-09-21 17:39 — mike kraft
Covid-19 testing data can help schools stay open this year - STAT Testing for SARS-CoV-2 is an underappreciated tool that can give schools real-time and context-specific situational awareness. Patrick Skerrett STAT
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A COVID-19 booster shot that could protect against multiple variants at once is being tested in humans for the first time

Tue, 2021-09-21 16:59 — Naomisfreeman
A COVID-19 booster shot that could protect against multiple variants at once is being tested in humans for the first time Gritstone's booster shot uses vaccine tech that self-replicates once in the muscle, meaning potentially lower doses and therefore fewer side effects. Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce YahooNews
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A COVID-19 booster shot that could protect against multiple variants at once is being tested in humans for the first time

Tue, 2021-09-21 16:58 — Naomisfreeman
A COVID-19 booster shot that could protect against multiple variants at once is being tested in humans for the first time Gritstone's booster shot uses vaccine tech that self-replicates once in the muscle, meaning potentially lower doses and therefore fewer side effects. Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce YahooNews
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Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find

Tue, 2021-09-21 16:55 — Naomisfreeman
Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is overloading hospitals and threatening to shutter classrooms around the country. AP NEWS
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Will AstraZeneca shots be accepted for travel to the US?

Tue, 2021-09-21 12:21 — Naomisfreeman
EU says people vaccinated with AstraZeneca shots should be able to travel to U.S BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Tuesday it would make sense for the United States to allow travel by people vaccinated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots, although existing U.S. guidance already authorises those travellers. On Monday, the White House said it would lift restrictions from November that bar EU citizens, including those fully vaccinated, from traveling to the United States.
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J&J says Covid booster shot is 94% effective when given 2 months after first dose

Tue, 2021-09-21 09:51 — mike kraft
J&J says Covid booster shot is 94% effective in the U.S. when given two months after first dose A J&J booster dose given six months out from the first shot appears to be potentially even more protective against Covid, the company added. Berkeley Lovelace Jr. CNBC
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CDC recommends waiting period for Afghan flights to U.S. after measles cases

Mon, 2021-09-20 18:56 — mike kraft
CDC recommends waiting period for Afghan flights to U.S. after measles cases The CDC announced that it would halt flights to the U.S. for Afghan evacuees for at least a week out of an abundance of caution. Erin Banco POLITICO

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending the Biden administration halt flights of Afghan evacuees from military bases overseas to the U.S. for at least 21 days following a measles vaccination, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Thailand to try alternative COVID-19 vaccination method to stretch supplies

Mon, 2021-09-20 17:58 — mike kraft
Thailand to try alternative COVID-19 vaccination method to stretch supplies Doctors in Thailand have been given the go-ahead to start giving COVID-19 booster shots under the skin, rather than injecting them into muscles, officials said on Monday, in an effort to strengthen immunity and stretch vaccine supplies. Panarat Thepgumpanat,Chayut Setboonsarng Reuters
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Nearly 226,000 children in the U.S reported with Covid-19 last week, pediatrician group says

Mon, 2021-09-20 17:46 — mike kraft
Nearly 226,000 children reported with Covid-19 last week, pediatrician group says Coronavirus infections have continued to increase “exponentially” among children across the US, and now account for nearly 26% of all cases reported nationwide, new data published Monday shows. By Melissa Macaya, <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a>, Mike Hayes and <a href="/profiles/meg-wagner">Meg Wagner</a>, CNN CNN
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The US death toll from Covid-19 has reached that of the 1918-1919 flu pandemic

Mon, 2021-09-20 17:36 — mike kraft
COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger, more lethal swath through the country. AP NEWS

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.

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OVERVIEW: Misc. international Covid-related developments

Mon, 2021-09-20 13:38 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Monday their COVID-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response in 5- to 11-year-olds, and they plan to ask for regulatory authorization as soon as possible to use the shot in children in that age range in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. Reuters Reuters

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Alabama counts more deaths than birthhs as Covid takes toll

Mon, 2021-09-20 13:15 — mike kraft
Alabama population on course to shrink for first time ever as Covid takes toll State’s chief medical officer says ‘Our state literally shrunk in 2020’ as deaths exceeded births the Guardian
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COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies

Mon, 2021-09-20 13:05 — mike kraft
COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies Shortages of masks and gloves that marked the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to a host of other items needed at medical facilities in the United States, from exam tables and heart defibrillators to crutches and IV poles. Timothy Aeppel Reuters
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Southern Baptist missionaries receive a new coronavirus vaccine mandate

Mon, 2021-09-20 12:55 — mike kraft
Southern Baptist missionaries receive a new coronavirus vaccine mandate Its leaders opposed President Biden’s recent vaccination mandate for businesses. Sarah Pulliam Bailey Washington Post
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