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COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally--WHO

Wed, 2022-03-30 18:17 — mike kraft

WHO: COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally GENEVA (AP) — The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how COVID-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India, according to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday. AP NEWS

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No country met air quality standards in 2021, new WHO report says

Tue, 2022-03-22 10:12 — mike kraft

No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021, new report says Bangladesh remained the most polluted country, and New Delhi continued as the world’s most polluted capital, the data showed. NBC News

SHANGHAI — Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data in 6,475 cities showed on Tuesday, and smog even rebounded in some regions after a COVID-related dip.

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International Generic drugmakers sign on to make cheap version of Pfizer COVID pill

Thu, 2022-03-17 12:01 — mike kraft

Generic drugmakers sign on to make cheap version of Pfizer COVID pill Thirty five generic drugmakers around the world will make cheap versions of Pfizer Inc's highly effective COVID-19 oral antiviral Paxlovid to supply the treatment in 95 poorer countries, the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) said on Thursday. Michael Erman Reuters

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Asia's COVID deaths surpass 1 million

Fri, 2022-03-11 09:35 — mike kraft

Asia's COVID deaths surpass 1 million - Reuters tally Asia passed the grim milestone of 1 million coronavirus-linked deaths on Friday, a Reuters tally showed, as a spike in Omicron variant infections spreads across the region after starting in nations such as Japan and South Korea. Aparupa Mazumder,Lasya Priya M Reuters

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India's output, exports of Russia's Sputnik vaccine may be at risk due to Ukraine crisis --Russian fund source

Wed, 2022-03-02 12:27 — mike kraft

India's output, exports of Russia's Sputnik vaccine at risk due to Ukraine crisis India's production and exports of Russia's Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines are expected to slow further following U.S. sanctions on Russia's sovereign wealth fund that promotes the shot globally, three Indian pharmaceutical industry sources told Reuters. Krishna N. Das Reuters

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Quad-supported vaccine roll-out for poorer nations to begin in first half this year

Fri, 2022-02-11 10:52 — mike kraft

Quad-supported vaccine roll-out to begin in first half The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines that are part of the Quad group of countries' pledge to donate shots across the world, manufactured by India's Biological E, will roll out in the first half of 2022, the grouping said in a statement on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Omicron sub-lineage variant under investigation by U.K.

Fri, 2022-01-21 12:20 — mike kraft

UK designates Omicron sub-lineage a variant under investigation The UK Health Security Agency on Friday designated a sub-lineage of the dominant and highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant as a variant under investigation, saying it could have a growth advantage. Reuters Reuters

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Overview

Thu, 2022-01-06 10:42 — mike kraft

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Reuters Reuters

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New low cost Covid-19 vaccine developed in Texas gets approval for use in India

Wed, 2021-12-29 13:19 — mike kraft

A new, low-cost Texas Children’s Hospital vaccine gets approval for use in India

A COVID-19 vaccine created at the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston has received emergency use authorization in India, after nearly 10 years of research and funding obstacles in 2020.

The goal is to make the vaccine – called Corbevax – available in other low- and middle-income nations across the globe to help prevent future variants of concern from forming.

“As long as we leave the southern hemisphere unvaccinated new variants of concern for us will emerge," said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and dean at Baylor's National School of Tropical Medicine. “The only way to stop it is to vaccinate the world and we think our [vaccine] is going to be a major contributor to that."

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