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French PM says vaccine passes would be more effective than mandatory vaccination

Thu, 2022-01-06 11:45 — mike kraft

Mandatory shots are not the best tool to boost vaccination rates, says French PM French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday that the country’s proposed vaccine pass would be “much more effective” than mandatory vaccination, in an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV. By <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani" target="_blank">Melissa Mahtani</a>, <a href="/profiles/meg-wagner" target="_blank">Meg Wagner,</a> <a href="/profiles/jessie-yeung">Jessie Yeung</a>, Adam Renton, <a href="/profiles/lauren-moorhouse">Lauren Said-Moorhouse</a> and Ed Upright, CNN

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Rate of Americans getting booster shots is slowing down

Thu, 2022-01-06 11:29 — mike kraft

The Biden administration has largely responded to the near vertical rise in coronavirus cases by pushing for more people to get not only their initial doses of vaccine, but booster shots as well.

This week, federal health officials endorsed boosters for youths 12 to 17 who had initially gotten the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The government also changed the definition of “up to date” Covid vaccination to include boosters.

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Experts warn that "the next variant is just around the corner."

Thu, 2022-01-06 10:03 — mike kraft

‘The next variant is just around the corner’: Experts warn the world’s at risk until all are vaccinated

New Covid-19 variants are likely to keep on emerging until the whole world is vaccinated against the virus, experts warn.
In low-income countries, only 8.5% of people have received at least one dose of a vaccine, according to data.
The sharing of vaccinations is not just an altruistic act but a pragmatic one, experts note.

LONDON — New Covid-19 variants are likely to keep on emerging until the globe has been vaccinated against the virus, experts warn, saying that the sharing of vaccines is not just an altruistic act but a pragmatic one.

“Until the whole world is vaccinated, not just rich Western countries, I think we are going to remain in danger of new variants coming along and some of those could be more virulent than omicron,” Dr. Andrew Freedman, an academic in infectious diseases at Cardiff University Medical School, told CNBC on Thursday.

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"Flurona’: Coronavirus and influenza co-infections reported as omicron surges

Wed, 2022-01-05 19:25 — mike kraft

What is ‘flurona’? Coronavirus and influenza co-infections reported as omicron surges. Cases have been detected in countries including United States, Israel, Brazil, the Philippines and Hungary. Jennifer Hassan Washington Post

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Pfizer official expects updated COVID-19 vaccine data for kids under 5 by April

Wed, 2022-01-05 18:40 — mike kraft

Pfizer expects updated COVID-19 vaccine data for kids under 5 by April Pfizer Inc expects the latest results from a clinical trial for kids under the age of 5 of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Germany's BioNTech SE by April, a top company scientist said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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CDC panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 booster for adolescents

Wed, 2022-01-05 17:36 — mike kraft

CDC panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 booster for adolescents A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Wednesday recommended adolescents aged 12 to 15 should receive a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at least 5 Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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DeSantis urges healthy, asymptomatic Floridians to forgo COVID-19 testing even as omicron case count skyrockets

Wed, 2022-01-05 13:45 — mike kraft

DeSantis urges healthy, asymptomatic Floridians to forgo COVID-19 testing even as omicron case count skyrockets DeSantis and Surgeon General Ladapo issued the new guidelines during a Naples news conference. They also called on the federal government to give Florida more monoclonal antibody treatments. YahooNews

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As flu cases rise alongside covid, experts fear that countries could face a 'twindemic.'

Wed, 2022-01-05 09:54 — mike kraft

The world has avoided a 'twindemic,' but as flu cases rise alongside covid, experts fear that could change A "twindemic" of covid-19 and influenza is a recipe for public health nightmares. Strict measures to control the spread of the coronavirus were expected to prevent flu transmission, which appears to have largely held true for 2020. But this flu season, some countries are on track to be hit much harder, while others could be spared.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.

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Variant Diagnosis Has Doctors Struggling With Virus Treatment Decisions

Tue, 2022-01-04 20:32 — mike kraft

Variant Diagnosis Has Doctors Struggling With Virus Treatment Decisions Most U.S. doctors have no way to determine which variant of the coronavirus a patient is carrying, a distinction that could mean the difference between life and death. High-risk patients carrying the delta variant could benefit greatly from two particular monoclonal antibody treatments shown to reduce hospitalization and death. But those medications would most likely do nothing for patients with omicron, who would only respond to a third antibody treatment that is in very short supply.

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Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose boosts antibodies five-fold in Israeli study

Tue, 2022-01-04 20:26 — mike kraft

Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose boosts antibodies five-fold in Israeli study, PM says A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold a week after the shot is administered, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday, citing preliminary findings of an Israeli study. Jeffrey Heller,Maayan Lubell Reuters

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