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Omicron outbreak turns up heat on EU over vaccine access

Mon, 2021-11-29 11:40 — mike kraft

Omicron outbreak turns up heat on EU over vaccine access India and South Africa want a waiver on patents, but Brussels is not budging. POLITICO

An outbreak of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in Southern Africa is boosting critics of the EU, who say that Brussels is preventing a quick roll-out of jabs across poor nations by zealously defending vaccine patents.

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Poll: Many people in the U.S and Africa, fewer in Europe, believe the 'truth about harmful effects of vaccines' is being deliberately hidden

Tue, 2021-11-23 11:32 — mike kraft

Exclusive: 28 percent of Americans surveyed believe the ‘truth about harmful effects of vaccines’ is being deliberately hidden from the public The findings are part of global research conducted by the YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project, which looks at how different countries perceive a variety of conspiracy theories.<

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Gene linked to doubling risk of COVID-19 death found by UK scientists

Fri, 2021-11-05 10:31 — mike kraft

Gene linked to doubling risk of COVID-19 death found by UK scientists British scientists have identified a gene that doubles the risk of dying from COVID-19, providing new insights into why some people are more susceptible to the disease than others, while opening up possibilities for targeted medicine. Reuters Reuters

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WHO says vaccinne makers should reserve COVID-19 boosters for immunocompromised

Thu, 2021-11-04 12:30 — mike kraft

WHO says reserve COVID-19 boosters for immunocompromised The World Health Organization called on Thursday for vaccine makers to prioritise deliveries of COVID-19 jabs to the COVAX dose-sharing facility for poorer countries and said that no more doses should go to countries with more than 40% coverage. Reuters Reuters

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Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine is 73.6% effective, according to new real-world study, WHO authorizes an Indian-made vaccine

Wed, 2021-11-03 19:12 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine is 73.6% effective, according to new real-world study Data from a real-world study assessing Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine finds it is 73.6% effective, according to research published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. John Bonifield, CNN CNN

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India's COVID Spike and Plummet. What We Have Learned.

Mon, 2021-11-01 18:58 — mike kraft

India's COVID Spike and Plummet. What Have We Learned? Experts discuss the country's second deadly wave Shannon Firth medpagetoday

The severity of India's second COVID-19 wave took the world by surprise. Cases skyrocketed, at one point accounting for roughly half of the total infections reported globally. Then, almost as quickly, the numbers plunged.

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Moderna won't share its vaccine recipe. WHO has hired an African startup to crack it

Thu, 2021-10-21 18:01 — mike kraft

Moderna won't share its vaccine recipe. WHO has hired an African startup to crack it It's the first step in an audacious plan to solve vaccine inequity by setting up the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines across low-resource countries. NPR.org

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The World Health Organization has hired the company, called Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, as part of a $100 million plan to figure out how to make an mRNA vaccine against COVID that is as close as possible to the version produced by Moderna.

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India celebrates 1B vaccine doses, hopes to speed 2nd shots

Thu, 2021-10-21 10:27 — mike kraft

India celebrates 1B vaccine doses, hopes to speed 2nd shots NEW DELHI (AP) — India celebrated giving its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose on Thursday, a hopeful milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled a crushing surge earlier this year and missteps initially held back its inoculation campaign. AP NEWS

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Overview" Europe, South Pacfic, India

Mon, 2021-10-18 12:50 — mike kraft

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Reuters Reuters

-- More than a billion COVID-19 vaccines produced in the European Union have been exported since December, making the bloc the biggest exporter of the shots, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.

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