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At least 37 states allow people with certain health conditions to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, but the specific vary

Tue, 2021-03-09 18:58 — mike kraft

As states have begun vaccinating Americans with medical conditions that may raise their risk for a severe case of Covid-19, they are setting widely varying rules about which conditions to prioritize.

The morass of guidelines has set off a free-for-all among people with underlying health problems like cancer or Type 2 diabetes to persuade state health and political officials to add particular conditions to an evolving vaccine priority list.

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A new service attempts to help people get vaccinated

Tue, 2021-03-09 09:44 — mike kraft

In the hustle to score an elusive vaccine appointment, the leftover dose has become the stuff of pandemic lore.

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High schoolers likely to receive coronavirus vaccines by early autumn--health officials

Mon, 2021-03-08 12:33 — mike kraft

Fauci predicts high schoolers will receive coronavirus vaccinations Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, predicted on Sunday that high school students across the country will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the early fall of this year. Marina Pitofsky TheHill

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NY official confirm that they altered figures of Covid nursing home deaths.

Fri, 2021-03-05 17:09 — mike kraft

NY officials removed fuller tally of nursing home deaths NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's health department confirmed reports late Thursday that members of his COVID-19 task force altered a state Health Department report to omit the full number of... AP NEWS

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High summer heat in some neighborhoods adds to COVID risks

Fri, 2021-03-05 15:59 — mike kraft

A complicating factor in combating Covid hot spots: Heat Heat, environmental problems and the pandemic concentrate in certain neighborhoods. Here’s a new idea for what to do about it. POLITICO

Last summer, just as cases of Covid-19 began to surge in Southern California, so did the heat.

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CDC Guidlines for activities after getting vaccinated are still in clearance stage

Fri, 2021-03-05 10:06 — mike kraft

What CDC guidelines will likely say (and not say) to do if you're vaccinated The CDC will soon issue guidelines for what the fully vaccinated can and cannot do. They will not be prescriptive, and people will still need to take precautions, but they should give the vaccinated some freedom. Jen Christensen, CNN CNN

.... the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention will soon publish guidelines for the fully vaccinated.

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Political Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic amid various uncertainities

Wed, 2021-03-03 12:38 — mike kraft

Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden doesn’t just have to manage the coronavirus pandemic — he also has to manage people’s expectations for how soon the country will come out of it. And on... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden doesn’t just have to manage the coronavirus pandemic — he also has to manage people’s expectations for how soon the country will come out of it.

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Federal Scientists urge governors not to list restrictins: decline incases stall

Sat, 2021-02-27 13:29 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials warned impatient governors on Friday against relaxing pandemic control measures, saying that a recent steep drop in coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States may be leveling off at a very high number — a shift that the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “must be taken extremely seriously.”

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