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Toronto struggles with surging COVID-19, PM Trudeau pledges help

Fri, 2021-04-16 12:25 — mike kraft

Canada gov't will help Toronto as it struggles with COVID-19, says PM Trudeau The Canadian government will help Toronto as the country's largest city struggles to cope with a rapidly worsening wave of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Reuters,David Ljunggren Reuters

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COMMENTARY: Blue states have pulled far ahead of red states in vaccinations. Why?

Fri, 2021-04-16 11:26 — mike kraft

In the early weeks of Covid-19 vaccinations, the shining examples of success were all places with politically conservative leaders. Globally, the countries with the largest share of vaccinated people were Britain, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. In the U.S., the states that got off to the fastest starts were Alaska and West Virginia.

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Global COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest of pandemic so far

Fri, 2021-04-16 11:02 — mike kraft

WHO chief says COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest of pandemic so far GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of new COVID-19 cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. "Cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing focused on Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the western Pacific region.

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Higher risk of brain clots from COVID-19 than from vaccines--UK study

Thu, 2021-04-15 12:08 — mike kraft

UK scientists find higher risk of brain clots from COVID-19 compared with vaccines There is a much higher risk of brain blood clots from COVID-19 infection than there is from vaccines against the disease, British researchers said on Thursday, after the rollout of inoculations was disrupted by reports of rare clots. Alistair Smout Reuters

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Regular exercise appears to reduce severe, long-term COVID risks, study says

Wed, 2021-04-14 19:23 — mike kraft

Regular exercise appears to reduce severe, long-term COVID risks, study says Those who keep active and work a basic amount of exercise into their day-to-day face fewer COVID risks and symptoms than those who are generally more sedentary, according to a new study examining coronavirus hospitalizations and patients’ activity levels. Jessica Schladebeck nydailynews.com

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Overview: Europeans assessing J&J vaccines, plus international briefs ,

Wed, 2021-04-14 11:25 — mike kraft

The Latest: European agency expects J&J recommendation soon LONDON -- The European Medicines Agency is assessing the rare blood clots reported in the U.S. after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, and a recommendation for European countries... AP NEWS

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How the coronavirus variants work, younger persons increasingly affected

Tue, 2021-04-13 21:12 — mike kraft

More young people are getting hospitalized as a 'stickier,' more infectious coronavirus strain becomes dominant What used to be a mysterious new variant first detected in the UK is now the leading coronavirus strain in the US. And unlike the original novel coronavirus, B.1.1.7 is hitting young people particularly hard. Holly Yan, CNN CNN

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India's virus surge is affecting world vaccine supply

Tue, 2021-04-13 13:11 — mike kraft

India reels amid virus surge, affecting world vaccine supply NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian city of Pune is running out of ventilators as gasping coronavirus patients crowd its hospitals. Social media is full of people searching for beds, while relatives... AP NEWS

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ANALYSIS: Concern about coronavirus nullifying vaccinations is overblown-- experts.

Mon, 2021-04-12 20:57 — mike kraft

Don't worry about coronavirus variants overpowering vaccines, experts say Reports about "breakthrough" infections could lead people to conclude that vaccination is futile to begin with. In fact, widespread vaccine hesitancy is far more likely to prolong the pandemic than a plague of breakthrough infections. YahooNews

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WHO says Covid pandemic is growing ‘exponentially’ as some nations relax restrictions

Mon, 2021-04-12 14:36 — mike kraft

WHO says Covid pandemic is growing 'exponentially' at more than 4.4 million new cases a week Maria Van Kerkhove, the agency's technical lead for Covid-19, said "we're in a critical point of the pandemic." Berkeley Lovelace Jr. CNBC

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