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Getting Covid boosterscould prevent millions of days missed in school and thousands of hospitalizations for kids --study

Wed, 2022-11-16 17:47 — mike kraft

Should you get the COVID booster? It could prevent millions of days missed in school and thousands of hospitalizations for kids If 80% of people five and older got their booster shot, nearly 29 million days of missed school could be prevented for kids. YahooFinance

New research predicts that higher rates of those five and older getting the bivalent booster shot could prevent millions of missed school days and thousands of hospitalizations for kids and teens. ...

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Ebola: Three vaccine candidates expected to be shipped to Uganda next week - WHO

Wed, 2022-11-16 12:21 — mike kraft

Ebola vaccine candidates expected to be shipped to Uganda next week - WHO Three Ebola vaccine candidates for a planned clinical trial are expected to be shipped to Uganda next week, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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British agency recommends against NHS use of 5 COVID treatments as not cost-effective

Wed, 2022-11-16 10:02 — mike kraft

Britain's NICE recommends against NHS use of 5 COVID treatments as not cost-effective Britain’s agency that determines if medicines should be used in the National Health Service (NHS), has recommended stopping the use of five COVID-19 treatments, including Merck & Co's 's antiviral pill for high-risk patients, citing cost-effectiveness concerns. Maggie Fick Reuters

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U.S. Covid deaths and hospitalizations are falling although new variants could emerge

Tue, 2022-11-15 19:10 — mike kraft

Covid deaths and hospitalizations are falling in the U.S. Even as new omicron strains take over, Covid is no longer driving a majority of patients into the hospital. Still, doctors worry the virus could re-emerge as immunity wanes. NBC News

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As the flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have spread rapidly this fall — inundating and overwhelming hospitals and their staff across the country — Covid has not.

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Biden requests $9.25 bln for COVID, $750 Mln to gihht other disdeases and $37.7 bln for Ukraine from Congress.

Tue, 2022-11-15 18:58 — mike kraft

Biden requests $9.25 bln for COVID, $37.7 bln for Ukraine from Congress -officials The Biden administration is asking Congress for $9.25 billion to fight COVID-19 and an additional $37.7 billion to support Ukraine in its war with Russia as part of a supplemental funding request, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Jeff Mason Reuters

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Internal documents on India Covid-19 vaccine raise troubling questions about approval process

Tue, 2022-11-15 10:53 — mike kraft

'A very worrying scenario': Internal documents on India Covid-19 vaccine raise troubling questions about approval process A STAT review of documents on Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine found that regulators endorsed the vaccine despite discrepancies in the number of enrollees. Ed Silverman STAT

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White House to seek more covid and other healthfunding in lame-duck session--sources

Mon, 2022-11-14 17:40 — mike kraft

White House to seek more covid funding in lame-duck session Officials say the need for next-generation treatments and vaccines is urgent as the virus continues mutating. Dan Diamond Washington Post

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Opinion: The latest coronavirus variants show reassuring early signs --But not time to let down the guard. ...

Mon, 2022-11-14 17:20 — mike kraft

Opinion | The latest coronavirus variants show reassuring early signs The pandemic may have reached the phase in which infections still spread, but do not claim such an enormous toll as did the omicron and delta waves. Editorial Board Washington Post

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Many patients with weak immune systems don’t realize their Evusheld Covid-19 medicine is as effective as in the past

Mon, 2022-11-14 17:14 — mike kraft

Many patients with weak immune systems don't realize their Covid-19 medicine isn't as effective as it used to be | CNN Judy Salins considers herself a smart, empowered patient, but until this week, she had no idea that the medicine she takes to defend herself against Covid-19 isn't protecting her as well as it used to. Elizabeth Cohen,Naomi Thomas CNN

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The medicine is called Evusheld, and its effectiveness is waning dramatically because new Covid-19 subvariants are taking center stage, and the drug doesn’t neutralize all of them.

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