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Scientists explore theories on whether AstraZeneca shot actually linked to blood clots

Sat, 2021-03-20 13:46 — mike kraft

Scientists probe new theories on whether AstraZeneca shot linked to blood clots Scientists are exploring several possibilities that might explain at least 18 reports of extremely rare blood clots in the brain that occurred in individuals in the days and weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Julie Steenhuysen U.S.

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U.S. International Covid-19 developments briefs.

Sat, 2021-03-20 12:47 — mike kraft

The Latest: Italy to pick up pace of vaccines for elderly BERGAMO, Italy — Promises to vaccinate all Italians over 80 by the end of March have fallen woefully short, amid well-documented interruptions of vaccine supplies and organizational shortfalls.... AP NEWS

TOKYO — Spectators from abroad will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

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Overview of Covid-19 cases rising in much of the world--the Economist, with graphs

Sat, 2021-03-20 12:34 — mike kraft

Covid-19 cases are rising again in much of the world More transmissible variants, rather than changes in behaviour, are largely to blame The Economist

LIKE A STORY-BOOK villain, the covid-19 pandemic has a habit of fighting back from the brink of defeat. Last summer politicians were quick to assume that the coronavirus had been squashed, only for a second wave to engulf much of Europe and North America in the autumn.

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ANALYSIS: Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible

Fri, 2021-03-19 20:40 — mike kraft

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00728-2

As COVID-19 vaccination rates pick up around the world, people have reasonably begun to ask: how much longer will this pandemic last? It’s an issue surrounded with uncertainties. But the once-popular idea that enough people will eventually gain immunity to SARS-CoV-2 to block most transmission — a ‘herd-immunity threshold’ — is starting to look unlikely.

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ANALYSIS: The first big study of COVID reinfection

Fri, 2021-03-19 12:02 — mike kraft

The First Big Study On COVID Reinfection Is Here. Here's What It Means. Can you get the coronavirus twice? How long do you have immunity? This new report provides a lot of insight. Catherine Pearson HuffPost

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Cases of children with long haul symptoms are rare but growing.

Fri, 2021-03-19 11:51 — mike kraft

These children had covid-19. Now, they have long-haul symptoms. Some children who were infected with the coronavirus last spring or summer are still feeling its effects. Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post

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Study finds children have surprisingly high rate of COVID-19 antibodies

Fri, 2021-03-19 11:39 — mike kraft

High rate of COVID-19 antibodies found in children, study shows A study out of Northern Virginia shows children had a surprisingly high rate of COVID-19 antibodies. Lindsay Watts FOX 5 DC

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - A study out of Northern Virginia shows children had a surprisingly high rate of COVID-19 antibodies.

Inova Health System partnered with Virginia Department of Health and George Mason University to look at the rate of COVID-19 in children. It was done in the Fall.

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OVERVIEW: COVID-19 International briefs

Fri, 2021-03-19 10:59 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Britain said on Thursday that there were lumps and bumps in the global vaccine supply chain that were causing slower than expected deliveries and scolded the European Union for threatening to slap a ban on vaccine exports. Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - Nearly a dozen countries resumed use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots on Friday as EU and British regulators said its benefits outweighed any risks. Reports of rare instances of blood clotting had temporarily halted inoculations.

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