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How do home tests for coronavirus work

Thu, 2020-12-17 10:27 — mike kraft

How do home tests for coronavirus work? Where can I get one? Rapid tests allow people to test themselves at home and know within minutes whether they have the novel coronavirus. They could be a vital component in stanching the spread of the virus. William Wan Washington Post

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Vaccine Distribution Tracker: How Many Doses Can Your State Expect?

Thu, 2020-12-17 10:13 — mike kraft

Vaccine Distribution Tracker: How Many Doses Can Your State Expect? See where the federal government is sending 5.9 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, enough to inoculate 2.9 million people against the coronavirus. nytimes

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U.S. agency says employers should tread carefully in mandating COVID-19 vaccines

Thu, 2020-12-17 09:55 — mike kraft

U.S. agency says employers should tread carefully in mandating COVID-19 vaccines The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that employers who choose to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 must be prepared to exempt employees with disabilities and religious objections. Daniel Wiessner U.S.

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Macron tests positive for COVID-19, forcing leaders to self isolate

Thu, 2020-12-17 09:49 — mike kraft

Macron tests positive for COVID-19, forcing leaders to self isolate President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, his office said, prompting a track and trace effort across Europe following meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days. Elizabeth Pineau, Michel Rose U.S.

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Vaccinations reach nursing homes as California faces crisis

Thu, 2020-12-17 09:33 — mike kraft

Vaccinations reach nursing homes as California faces crisis POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge... AP NEWS

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DATA BASE: Showing how full hospital I.C.U.s are in each US location

Wed, 2020-12-16 19:43 — mike kraft

How Full Are Hospital I.C.U.s Near You? See how many Covid-19 patients are being treated, and how many I.C.U. beds remain available, at individual U.S. hospitals. nytimes

See how the coronavirus pandemic has affected recent hospital capacity in the map below, which shows data reported by individual hospitals and averaged over the week ending Dec. 10. Health officials said that the data should not discourage sick people from seeking care.

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A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020 --AP

Wed, 2020-12-16 19:11 — mike kraft

A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020 Almost no place has been spared — and no one. The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in... AP NEWS

Almost no place has been spared — and no one.

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‘We want them infected’: Trump appointee demanded ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails reveal

Wed, 2020-12-16 19:01 — mike kraft

‘We want them infected’: Trump appointee demanded ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails reveal Then-HHS science adviser Paul Alexander called for millions of Americans to be infected as means of fighting Covid-19. Dan Diamond POLITICO

A top Trump appointee repeatedly urged top health officials to adopt a "herd immunity" approach to Covid-19 and allow millions of Americans to be infected by the virus, according to internal emails obtained by a House watchdog and shared with POLITICO.

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Health officials track safety as COVID-19 vaccines roll out

Wed, 2020-12-16 18:25 — mike kraft

Health officials track safety as COVID-19 vaccines roll out As COVID-19 vaccinations roll out to more and more people, health authorities are keeping close watch for any unexpected side effects. On Tuesday, a health worker in Alaska suffered a severe... AP NEWS

As COVID-19 vaccinations roll out to more and more people, health authorities are keeping close watch for any unexpected side effects.

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Supply issues hampering Pfizer providing additional vaccine faster

Wed, 2020-12-16 17:53 — mike kraft

Supply issues hampering Pfizer providing additional vaccine faster Vaccine supply constraints are complicating the Trump administration's hopes of striking a deal with Pfizer to purchase another 100 million doses of the company's coronavirus vaccines, the latest hurdle to ramping up vaccine production as the virus rapidly spreads. Ellie Kaufman and Sara Murray, CNN CNN

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