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Canadian nursing home controversy raises issue of more freedom for vaccinated residents

Wed, 2021-03-10 14:38 — mike kraft

In Canada, residents of once-ravaged nursing homes are vaccinated but still isolated. The governor of Alaska, Mike Dunleavy, announced that all residents or workers age 16 and older would be given a coronavirus vaccine. The state has the highest inoculation rate in the U.S. nytimes

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New strudy confirms low incidence of acute allergic reactions to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

Wed, 2021-03-10 14:13 — mike kraft

Acute Allergic Reactions to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines This study examines the incidence of acute allergic reactions to mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administrations in health care employees in Massachusetts. JAMA_current

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Brazil's coronavirus outbreak poses international threat

Wed, 2021-03-10 13:05 — mike kraft

Brazil’s growing coronavirus outbreak poses a threat far beyond its borders While other countries are getting the virus under control, Brazil is setting records — and spawning potentially dangerous new variants. Terrence McCoy Washington Post

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More efforts needed to help Black, Hispanic Americans get COVID-19 vaccination

Wed, 2021-03-10 12:38 — mike kraft

Black, Hispanic Americans lag in COVID-19 vaccination as outreach efforts struggle It’s a life-threatening problem that’s been long predicted - but that few in the government or private sectors have yet done much to solve. Now the consequences are hitting some of America’s most vulnerable communities. Nick Brown U.S.

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E.U. Exports Millions of Vaccine Doses Despite Supply Crunch at Home--NY Times

Wed, 2021-03-10 08:52 — mike kraft

BRUSSELS — The European Union exported 25 million doses of vaccines produced in its territory last month to 31 countries around the world, with Britain and Canada the top destinations, just as the bloc saw its own supply cut drastically by pharmaceutical companies, slowing down vaccination efforts and stoking a political crisis at home.

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Italy becomes first EU country to make a deal to produce Rusian vaccine

Tue, 2021-03-09 19:15 — mike kraft

Russia to make Sputnik V vaccine in Italy, a first in EU MILAN (AP) — Russia has signed a deal to produce its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Italy, the first contract in the European Union, the Italian Russian Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday.... AP NEWS

MILAN (AP) — Russia has signed a deal to produce its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Italy, the first contract in the European Union, the Italian Russian Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday.

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ANALYSIS: Lack of accesses not hesitancy is why fewer Black Americans are getting vaccinated

Tue, 2021-03-09 11:01 — mike kraft

Why Fewer Black Americans Are Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine (*No, It’s Not Hesitancy) The early data we have on vaccination rates is incomplete, but one fact is particularly alarming: Black Americans are getting vaccinated at a much slower rate t… Alex Samuels FiveThirtyEight

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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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Roundup of some of the latest studies on treatments and vaccines for the coronavirus

Mon, 2021-03-08 18:05 — mike kraft

Vaccine response may be weaker in elderly; Merck drug shows promise in reducing virus level The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Nancy Lapid U.S.

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Studies indicate Pfizer and Chinese vaccines may be effective against Brazilian variant

Mon, 2021-03-08 17:53 — mike kraft

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralizes Brazil variant in lab study The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE was able to neutralize a new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Brazil, according to a laboratory study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Monday. Michael Erman U.S.

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