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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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Biden administration vaccinating some unaccompied migrant children against COVID-19

Wed, 2021-06-09 19:14 — mike kraft

Biden administration vaccinating migrant children against COVID-19 The Biden administration is vaccinating some unaccompanied migrant children against the coronavirus, a top Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official said Wednesday. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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US deaths from heart and other diseases climbed amid COVID

Wed, 2021-06-09 18:45 — mike kraft

US deaths from heart disease and diabetes climbed amid COVID NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020, and experts believe a big reason may be that many people with dangerous symptoms made the lethal mistake of staying away from the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus. AP NEWS

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Houston Methodist hospital system suspends 178 health workers for refusing COVID-19 vaccination

Wed, 2021-06-09 17:45 — mike kraft

178 health care workers suspended from Houston Methodist hospital system for refusing COVID-19 vaccination Scores of workers at a Houston Methodist hospital system have been suspended and face being fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination. John Bacon USA TODAY

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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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ANALYSIS: Lockdown' states like California did better economically than more open states like Florida--new study

Wed, 2021-06-09 13:50 — mike kraft

'Lockdown' states like California did better economically than 'looser' states like Florida, new COVID data shows Not only did big states with more stringent COVID measures end 2020 with fewer infections per capita, they also tended to post better economic growth numbers last year than states with fewer restrictions. Andrew Romano YahooNews

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J&J COVID-19 vaccine protects against virus variants--new study

Wed, 2021-06-09 12:15 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine protects against virus variants, study shows In the new study, Harvard researchers who developed the J&J COVID-19 vaccine found it protected against severe disease regardless of the variant. Karen Weintraub USA TODAY

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Analysis: Wary of Russian vaccine, Brazil plans its own additional study for more safety data

Wed, 2021-06-09 12:03 — mike kraft

Analysis: Still wary of Russian vaccine, Brazil clears its own 'study' for more data Russian vaccine developers cheered hard-won access to Brazil's market last week, but with less than a million doses cleared for import, public health experts say the approval is more like a late-stage trial for the Sputnik V shot. Lisandra Paraguassu Reuters

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Moscow faces rising COVID-19 cases, toughens enforcement of mask and glove requirements

Wed, 2021-06-09 11:47 — mike kraft

Moscow to toughen enforcement of COVID-19 rules as cases rise Authorities in Moscow said on Wednesday they would step up enforcement of rules requiring people to wear medical masks and gloves in indoor public spaces due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Russian capital. Reuters Reuters

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Boosting COVID vaccinations with virtual reality game--Denmark trial

Wed, 2021-06-09 11:23 — mike kraft

Denmark trial uses virtual reality game to boost COVID vaccinations Denmark researchers are using virtual reality to encourage more COVID-19 vaccinations, through a game of maneuvering through a virus-infected crowd in a city square. Tim Barsoe Reuters

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Pentagon closes majority of COVID-19 mass vaccination sites

Wed, 2021-06-09 10:56 — mike kraft

Pentagon closing majority of COVID-19 mass vaccination sites The Pentagon by the end of Tuesday will shutter all but five of the COVID-19 mass vaccination sites it opened alongside FEMA as the demand for the shot slows, according to the Defense Department’s Ellen Mitchell TheHill

The Pentagon by the end of Tuesday (was shutttering) all but five of the COVID-19 mass vaccination sites it opened alongside the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the demand for the shot slows, according to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) top spokesman.

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