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Explainer: the Delta variant of coronavirus with K417N mutation

Wed, 2021-06-23 09:41 — mike kraft

Explainer: What is the Delta variant of coronavirus with K417N mutation? India said on Wednesday it has found around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible, and advised states to increase testing. WHAT IS DELTA PLUS?

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Asian-Pacific countries, lagging in jabs, still rely on supression tactics

Tue, 2021-06-22 21:00 — mike kraft

The Countries Stuck in Coronavirus Purgatory Much of Asia cannot (or will not) yet get jabbed, so the region is still having to rely on suppression tactics. Timothy McLaughlin The Atlantic

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ANALYSIS: The CDC, two in-depth articles on its struggles

Tue, 2021-06-22 20:33 — mike kraft

America is ready to return to normal. Biden’s CDC chief isn’t so sure. The CDC faces its biggest test yet: loosening its public safety guidance as the pandemic recedes, while simultaneously trying to prevent infection rates from spiking. Erin Banco POLITICO

The newly installed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had one big request for agency employees at an all-hands meeting in March: Don’t talk to the press without permission.

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New book: Inside the Trump Administration's Reesponse to the Pandemic

Tue, 2021-06-22 20:19 — mike kraft

New book offers fresh details about chaos, conflicts inside Trump’s pandemic response At one point, the president mused about repatriating infected Americans in Asia to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Dan Diamond Washington Post

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White House confirms administration likely to miss its vaccination goal. y

Tue, 2021-06-22 18:46 — mike kraft

Biden administration likely to miss July 4 vaccine target as new Covid strain surges The setback comes amid a drop in the nation’s vaccination rate and difficulties in convincing younger Americans in particular to seek out the shot. POLITICO

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Coronavirus outbreak in Florida government building killed 2 people, hospitalized 4; a vaccinated employee wasn't infected

Tue, 2021-06-22 12:13 — mike kraft

A coronavirus outbreak hit a Florida government building. Two people are dead but a vaccinated employee wasn't infected Two people are dead and four of their coworkers were hospitalized after a Covid-19 outbreak swept through a government building in Manatee County, Florida. Jamiel Lynch, CNN CNN

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Shut out from mainstream medicine, some immigrants are buying expensive, unproven Covid therapies

Tue, 2021-06-22 11:50 — mike kraft

FRESNO, Calif. — On a Tuesday afternoon in April, among tables of vegetables, clothes and telephone chargers at Fresno’s biggest outdoor flea market were prescription drugs being sold as treatments for Covid.

Vendors sold $25 injections of the steroid dexamethasone, several kinds of antibiotics and the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — the malaria drugs pushed by President Donald J. Trump last year — make regular appearances at the market as well, as do sham herbal supplements.

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Government study: U.S. Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

Tue, 2021-06-22 11:16 — mike kraft

Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic WASHINGTON (AP) — Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims. AP NEWS

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Thousands of young children lost parents to Covid but help is scarce

Tue, 2021-06-22 11:02 — mike kraft

Thousands of young children lost parents to Covid. Where’s help for them? More than 46,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent to Covid-19. Finding support for them remains a challenge. NBC News

Five months after her husband died of Covid-19, Valerie Villegas can see how grief has wounded her children.

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CDC launches Covid-19 WhatsApp chat in Spanish to spur more Latino vaccinations

Tue, 2021-06-22 10:43 — mike kraft

The CDC is launching a Covid-19 vaccine WhatsApp chat in Spanish to get more Latinos vaccinated. The CDC is launching a WhatsApp chat in Spanish with information about Covid-19 vaccines as it seeks to increase the number of Latinos who are vaccinated. NBC News

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