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New York gvernor announces indoor mask mandate for public places

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:13 — mike kraft
New York to implement indoor mask mandate for public places | AP News NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a winter surge in COVID-19 infections, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that masks will be required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. AP NEWS

... Hochul said the decision to impose a mask mandate was based on state’s weekly seven-day case rate, as well as increasing hospitalizations.

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Military medical teams sent to New Mexico and six other western and midwestern states

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:07 — mike kraft
Navy medics join COVID fight in hard-hit New Mexico Dozens of U.S. Navy medics have deployed to New Mexico to treat a Delta variant-fueled surge in COVID-19 patients as part of a military operation to treat virus hotspots across Western and Midwest states. Shannon Stapleton Reuters
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Booster Shots: Omicron may require fourth vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says

Thu, 2021-12-09 17:53 — mike kraft
Covid-19 live updates: Omicron may require fourth vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says More than 40 people in the United States have tested positive for the omicron variant, the CDC said Wednesday. Nearly all had only mild symptoms. Washington Post
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Analysis: Beyond Omicron: what’s next for COVID’s viral evolution

Wed, 2021-12-08 19:28 — mike kraft
Beyond Omicron: what’s next for COVID’s viral evolution Nature - The rapid spread of new variants offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months. Callaway, Ewen nature

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Vaccinations for children slow and pediatricians also face other medical challenges.

Wed, 2021-12-08 19:08 — mike kraft
Amid Push to Vaccinate Children, Other Challenges Deluge Pediatricians CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Near the end of one of the first days that 5- to 11-year-olds could get a coronavirus shot last month, Dr. Anne Steptoe, a pediatrician, sat hunched in her cramped office between packages of diapers, onesies and children’s books, cataloging the week’s patients on her laptop. One teenage girl had been sleepless and suicidal; another was anemic. Several young boys had gained weight during the pandemic.
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OPINION: Former CDC director Frieden writes on: What's next with Omicron and the pandemic?

Wed, 2021-12-08 18:15 — mike kraft
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The world is unprepared for the next pandemic, Global Health Security Index study finds

Wed, 2021-12-08 18:04 — mike kraft

(CNN) The entire world remains unprepared for the next pandemic and most countries are underprepared even for small outbreaks of disease, researchers reported Wednesday.

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Up to 1 million COVID vaccines wasted in Nigeria

Wed, 2021-12-08 09:42 — Naomisfreeman

Up to 1 million COVID vaccines wasted in Nigeria

 
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters.

It's one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting people vaccinated.

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Mixing Pfizer, AstraZ COVID-19 shots with Moderna gives better immune response -UK study

Mon, 2021-12-06 19:26 — mike kraft
Mixing Pfizer, AstraZ COVID-19 shots with Moderna gives better immune response -UK study A major British study into mixing COVID-19 vaccines has found that people had a better immune response when they received a first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech shots followed by Moderna nine weeks later, according to the results on Monday. Pushkala Aripaka,Lucy Marks
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New York Mayor announces vaccine mandate for private sector

Mon, 2021-12-06 10:36 — mike kraft
New York City will implement vaccine mandate for all private sector workers All private sector employers in New York City will now be required to implement a Covid-19 vaccine mandate by Dec. 27, the city’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, announced Monday. By <a href="/profiles/ivana-kottasova">Ivana Kottasová</a> and Kathryn Snowdon, CNN CNN

...Public sector workers were already subject to vaccine mandates.  

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