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COVID-19 can surge throughout the year -CDC guidance

Fri, 2024-07-05 10:03 — mike kraft
COVID-19 can surge throughout the year COVID-19 peaks in the winter, like many other respiratory virus illnesses, but can also surge at oth CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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U.S.nursing homes falling further behind on vaccinating patients for COVID

Wed, 2024-07-03 17:10 — mike kraft
Nursing homes falling further behind on vaccinating patients for COVID COVID-19 continues to menace nursing homes across the US, but a new report reveals just four out of 10 nursing home residents have gotten their updated COVID shot since last  fall. NPR

 

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Analysis: Four key U.S. Supreme Court rulings will make it made it harder to counter climate change and pollution

Wed, 2024-07-03 12:45 — mike kraft

 

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NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens

Wed, 2024-07-03 10:03 — mike kraft

 

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CDC looks to expand number and types of tests for H5N1 bird flu in people

Wed, 2024-07-03 09:44 — mike kraft
CDC looks to expand capacity to test for H5N1 bird flu in people A top CDC official said the agency is looking to increase the number and types of tests that can detect H5N1 infections in people. Megan Molteni STAT

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Florida Keys health officials issue dengue fever alert

Wed, 2024-07-03 09:37 — mike kraft

Health officials in the Florida Keys issue a dengue fever alert (nbcnews.com)

A dengue fever alert has been issued in the Florida Keys following two confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness.

The local warning comes a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national advisory about the increased risk of dengue virus infections in the United States.

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COVID trend reaches "high" levels across western U.S states--CDC

Wed, 2024-07-03 09:16 — mike kraft
COVID trend reaches "high" levels across western U.S. The CDC says it is too early to say if this year's summer COVID-19 surge has arrived. Alexander Tin CBS News

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Countering heat waves: Biden administration proposes rule to help protect workers from excessive heat

Tue, 2024-07-02 11:14 — mike kraft
Biden administration proposes rule for workplaces to address excessive heat President Joe Biden's administration is proposing a rule aimed at addressing excessive heat in the workplace, as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories due to blistering temperatures. AP News

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Moderna awarded $176 million in USG funding to produce bird flu vaccine

Tue, 2024-07-02 10:39 — mike kraft

U.S. awards Moderna $176 million to produce bird flu vaccine

The U.S. government has awarded $176 million to Moderna to advance development of its bird flu vaccine, the company said on Tuesday, as concerns rise over a multi-state outbreak of H5N1 virus in dairy cows and infections of three dairy workers since March.

The funds from the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will be used to complete late-stage development and testing of a pre-pandemic mRNA-based vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza, the company said in a statement....

 

 

 

 

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Novavax COVID Vaccine will be available this fall as an alternative to Moderna and Pfizer

Mon, 2024-07-01 10:53 — mike kraft

....Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are

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