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Countries rolling out updated vaccines weigh whether to restrict them to high-risk individuals.

Fri, 2023-06-30 17:41 — mike kraft

New COVID jabs are coming — who should get them? Nature - Countries rolling out updated vaccines weigh whether to restrict them to high-risk individuals. Kozlov, Max nature

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EU, Pfizer, and others agree to reserve vaccines for future pandemic

Fri, 2023-06-30 09:36 — mike kraft

EU announces deal with Pfizer, others to reserve vaccines for future pandemic The European Commission has contracted Pfizer and several European companies to reserve capacity to make up to 325 million vaccines per year in case of a future global health emergency, it said on Friday. Maggie Fick Reuters

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Canada: COVID case rate 19 times higher than reported previously--new study

Thu, 2023-06-29 18:46 — mike kraft

Wastewater sampling in Canada suggests COVID case rate 19 times higher than reported Sampling suggested that Omicron COVID-19 cases were up to 19 times higher than reported because of changes in clinical testing. CIDRAP

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US CDC OKs use of new Pfizer, GSK vaccines for RSV in older adults

Thu, 2023-06-29 17:58 — mike kraft

US CDC OKs use of new Pfizer, GSK vaccines for RSV in older adults The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday signed off on the use of new vaccines from Pfizer and GSK to prevent severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in older adults. Reuters Reuters

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Opinion: The Myth of Polarization during the early stages of the COVID pandemic in the U.S.

Wed, 2023-06-28 20:14 — mike kraft

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New plan aims to get vaccines to outbreaks faster, Gavi says

Tue, 2023-06-27 17:57 — mike kraft

New scheme aims to get vaccines to outbreaks faster, Gavi says Three global health bodies are teaming up to investigate stockpiling experimental vaccines for rare infectious diseases so the shots can be tested more quickly when outbreaks happen, a top official from vaccine alliance Gavi told Reuters. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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More than $200 billion in U.S. COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog estimate

Tue, 2023-06-27 17:51 — mike kraft

The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives. That's according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs designed to help small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years. AP News

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In Europe nearly 36 million may have experienced long COVID -- WHO

Tue, 2023-06-27 10:55 — mike kraft

Nearly 36 million in Europe may have experienced long COVID, World Health Organization official says The World Health Organization’s Europe director says nearly 36 million people in the region may have long-lasting health problems from coronavirus infections they got during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. AP News

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“Unless we develop comprehensive diagnostics and treatment for long COVID, we will never truly recover from the pandemic,” Kluge said, reiterating that older adults, people with underlying medical conditions and others with weakened immune systems should continue getting vaccinated.

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US intelligence still divided on COVID-19 origins but new report rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents

Mon, 2023-06-26 20:12 — mike kraft

Biden administration releases intelligence on Wuhan lab The 10-page document reveals no proof of either a lab leak or an animal host. POLITICO

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began.

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Covid isn’t over, but even the most cautious Americans are moving on

Mon, 2023-06-26 10:13 — mike kraft

Covid isn’t over, but even the most cautious Americans are moving on Americans who have tried to be rule-following pandemic citizens are at last abandoning precautions as the coronavirus fades

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