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Global Covid-19 recovery hampered by slow pace of vaccine deliveries to Africa

Tue, 2021-03-09 10:03 — mike kraft

Slow pace of vaccine delivery risks global COVID-19 recovery Jumbo jets carrying pallets of coronavirus vaccines touched down last week in Rwanda, Sudan, Kenya, the Gambia, the Philippines and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where pilots posed for happy, masked photographs with health ministers a Reid Wilson TheHill

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Study: Some Covid-19 "long-haulers" may originally have no symptoms at all

Tue, 2021-03-09 09:19 — mike kraft

Some Covid-19 "long-haulers" may originally have no symptoms at all, study suggests People who at first experience no symptoms when they have Covid-19 may still go on to become "long-haulers" – meaning they may develop and experience long-term symptoms later, according to early research, which has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal. By Ben Westcott, CNN CNN

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CDC's new guidance for persons fully vaccinated: OK for small groups indoors, but still masks in public

Mon, 2021-03-08 17:16 — mike kraft

Covid-19 Live Updates: Vaccinated People May Meet Indoors in Small Groups but Should Still Mask in Public, C.D.C. Says Syria’s leader tests positive for the virus. New York City public high schools are scheduled to reopen on March 22. nytimes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued long-awaited advice to Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19, freeing them to take some liberties that the unvaccinated should not, including gathering indoors in small groups without precautions while still adhering to masking and distancing in public spaces.

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OVERVIEW: Number of Americans vaccinated surpasses reported cases, spring break prompts concerns

Mon, 2021-03-08 11:00 — mike kraft

Spring break heats up pandemic concerns in Florida; are more Americans vaccinated than have been infected? Live COVID-19 updates The number of Americans now completely vaccinated for COVID-19 has surpassed the number of reported cases of the virus. Latest COVID-19 news. John Bacon and Elinor Aspegren USA TODAY

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US is to a possible Covid-19 surge, expert warns

Mon, 2021-03-08 10:49 — mike kraft

Here's how close the US is to a possible Covid-19 surge, expert warns The US is in the "eye of the hurricane" right now, according to epidemiologist Michael Osterholm. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

(CNN) The US is in the "eye of the hurricane" right now, according to epidemiologist Michael Osterholm.

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ANALYSIS: Concern that World on brink of fourth wave of coronavirus

Sun, 2021-03-07 20:40 — mike kraft

World on brink of fourth wave of coronavirus A year after the frightening beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the world stands on the brink of a fourth wave of infection as nations race to vaccinate their populations and stave off a new surge in hospitalizations and deaths. Reid Wilson TheHill

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Merck says antiviral drug molnupiravir shows quicker reduction in covid-19 infections

Sat, 2021-03-06 13:56 — mike kraft

Merck says study shows COVID-19 drug causes quick reduction in virus U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc said on Saturday the experimental antiviral drug molnupiravir it is developing with Ridgeback Bio showed a quicker reduction in infectious virus in its phase 2a study among participants with early COVID-19. Reuters Staff U.S.

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High summer heat in some neighborhoods adds to COVID risks

Fri, 2021-03-05 15:59 — mike kraft

A complicating factor in combating Covid hot spots: Heat Heat, environmental problems and the pandemic concentrate in certain neighborhoods. Here’s a new idea for what to do about it. POLITICO

Last summer, just as cases of Covid-19 began to surge in Southern California, so did the heat.

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study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant, source says

Fri, 2021-03-05 11:18 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Oxford study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant, source says Preliminary data from a study conducted at the University of Oxford indicates that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca PLC is effective against the P1, or Brazilian, variant, a source with knowledge of the study told Reuters on Friday. Rodrigo Viga Gaier U.S.

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Fever scanners used to check temperatures to fight covid can be wildly inaccurate, researchers find

Fri, 2021-03-05 09:43 — mike kraft

Those fever scanners that everyone is using to fight covid can be wildly inaccurate, researchers find A flood of thermal scanners hit the market last year. But researchers say many of the devices use software that can make a feverish person appear perfectly well. Drew Harwell Washington Post

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