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Nov 24 2021
News
US hospitals prepare for influx of Covid patients as millions travel for Thanksgiving
As cases begin surging once more in the US, millions of people are expected to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, and health workers and hospital systems are now preparing for an influx of Covid patients after having little time to recover from the summer surge.
Last year, there was a major surge in cases around the holidays. But this year, new tools could blunt the spread – if they
The GuardianJul 20 2020
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First human trial of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shows promise
LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford university was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, keeping alive the hope it could be in use by the end of the year.
The vaccine, called AZD1222, has been described by the World Health Organization’s chief scientist as the leading
ReutersOct 25 2021
News
How BioNTech went from a little-known biotech company to creating the Covid vaccine
It was Jan. 24, 2020 when BioNTech CEO Uğur Şahin knew that Covid-19 was likely to become a global pandemic.
Though it was over a month and a half before the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic, Sahin met with his wife, BioNTech’s co-founder and chief medical officer Özlem Türeci. Together, they agreed to redirect most of the company’s resources to developing a
CNBCMar 02 2021
Analysis
1 simple way to understand how effective the Covid-19 vaccines are
All of the approved Covid-19 vaccines — all of them — are more effective at preventing Covid-19 than the average seasonal flu shot is at preventing the flu. But you wouldn’t know it from how they’ve been talked about in some reports about the vaccines.
As my colleague Kelsey Piper wrote recently, the most important statistic about the vaccines approved for emergency use in the US —
VoxMay 20 2021
Analysis
Flouting CDC Guidance, Some Schools Are Lifting Mask Mandates
Last week, the country reached a pandemic milestone: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that vaccinated people generally no longer have to wear masks indoors. While many Americans rejoiced at the prospect of maskless trips to the grocery store and the post office, some parents were worried. With just a few weeks remaining in the school year, would school districts lift mask
Mother JonesSep 16 2021
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Local health departments planning for potential Covid-19 booster rollout, but there is still 'some confusion'
It's not clear if or when boosters doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be OK'd for fully vaccinated people in the United States, but state and local health departments across the United States are moving ahead with plans for a potential rollout next week.
Last month, US health officials announced plans for booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine to be offered starting the week of September 20,
CNN (Online News)May 18 2021
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Biden to announce plan to ship 20 million doses of vaccine abroad
President Joe Biden announced plans to send 20 million doses of U.S.-authorized COVID-19 vaccines abroad by the end of June.
"I'm announcing we will also share U.S.-authorized vaccine doses of Pfizer and Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, as they become available, with the rest of the world as well. The United States will share at least 20 million of those doses, that extra supply with
Washington ExaminerDec 30 2021
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J&J's booster shown effective against Covid hospitalization
Two doses of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine provided up to 85 percent protection against hospitalization from the Omicron variant, researchers in South Africa reported on Thursday.
The study from the South African Medical Research Council evaluated a second booster shot in 69,092 health care workers from November 15 to December 20. Researchers observed that effectiveness
PoliticoNov 12 2021
Analysis
Should an 11-Year-Old Wait to Get the Bigger Covid-19 Vaccine Dose?
When Rachel Adams-Kaplan heard that the Covid-19 vaccines would soon be available for her children, she knew she would get her 7-year-old son vaccinated right away. She wasn’t so sure about her 11-year-old daughter.
Children between 5 and 11 years of age began getting Covid-19 shots last week, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Pfizer Inc. PFE -0.82% and
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 17 2022
Analysis
New COVID Vaccines Will be Ready This Fall. America Won’t Be.
Not so long ago, America’s next COVID fall looked almost tidy. Sure, cases might rise as the weather chills and dries, and people flock indoors. But Pfizer and Moderna were already cooking up America’s very first retooled COVID vaccines, better matched to Omicron and its offshoots, and a new inoculation campaign was brewing. Instead of needing to dose up three, four, even five times within
The Atlantic