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WHO official opposes boosters before 1st vaccines reach poor countries

Thu, 2021-08-19 00:27 — mike kraft

The Latest: WHO: Warns against boosters before 1st vaccines GENEVA — The chief scientist of the World Health Organization is warning of “even more dire situations” worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic if high-income countries start administering vaccine boosters ahead of poorer countries without vaccines. AP NEWS

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NIH director says Israeli data shows usefulness of COVID-19 boosters

Wed, 2021-08-18 00:38 — mike kraft

NIH director says Israeli data builds case for COVID-19 boosters National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said Tuesday that data from Israel on vaccine effectiveness waning over time helps show the need for booster shots eight months after initial Peter Sullivan TheHill

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said Tuesday that data from Israel on vaccine effectiveness waning over time helps show the need for booster shots eight months after initial vaccination.

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Has COVID taught us anything about pandemic preparedness?

Tue, 2021-08-17 03:02 — Naomisfreeman

Has COVID taught us anything about pandemic... Nature - Researchers warn that plans to prevent the next global outbreak don’t consider the failures that have fuelled our current predicament. Maxmen, Amy nature

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Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world face expiration

Mon, 2021-08-16 09:31 — mike kraft

Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world face expiration As demand slows in wealthy nations like the Netherlands, more dust is gathering — and more doses are expiring. Adam Taylor, Danielle Paquette Washington Post

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Covid-19 variants that evade protection could emerge in the US if more people don't get vaccinated, Fauci says

Mon, 2021-08-09 20:42 — Naomisfreeman

Covid-19 variants that evade protection could emerge in the US if more people don't get vaccinated, Fauci says Covid-19 vaccines are protecting more than half the US population from current strains, experts say. But if too few people get vaccinated, the virus will be allowed to continue to spread -- and the result could be an even more dangerous variant, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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What experts are learning about Lambda, a new coronavirus ‘variant of interest’

Mon, 2021-08-09 02:50 — mike kraft

What experts are learning about the Lambda coronavirus variant As the coronavirus pandemic continues, infections caused by the Lambda variant have been emerging in the United States, including in Texas, where Houston Methodist Hospital last month reported its first case. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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Germany will donate 30 million vaccines to poorer countries to offset booster plans

Thu, 2021-08-05 22:54 — mike kraft

Germany will donate 30 million vaccines to poorer countries to offset booster plans Germany will go ahead with coronavirus vaccine boosters from September, despite calls from the World Health Organization to delay booster shots until more people are vaccinated around the world.

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WHO head urges moratorium on vacciine boosters in order to help countries lagging with first shots

Thu, 2021-08-05 04:58 — mike kraft

Head of UN health agency seeks vaccine booster moratorium GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization called Wednesday for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a way to help ensure that doses are available in countries where few people have received their first shots. AP NEWS

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Delta variant raises fears of new and worsening mutations among unvaccinated

Mon, 2021-08-02 20:53 — Naomisfreeman

Delta variant raises fears of worsening mutations The rapid spread of the delta variant is raising concerns among scientists that the coronavirus could mutate into more transmissible or deadlier strains. Justine Coleman TheHill

The fresh fears come as the U.S. vaccination rate has largely plateaued and with much of the world still unvaccinated. Such a large number of people without even one vaccine dose gives the virus more chances to spread, replicate and potentially develop mutations. . .

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