covid-19

Nov
19
2021
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By Troy Warren
Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill

Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill

COVID-19, In The News,
By MARIA CHENG, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 LONDON — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half the world’s population. In a statement issued Tuesday, Pfizer said it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries, making up about 53% of the world’s population. The deal excludes some large countries that have suffered…
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Nov
18
2021
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By Troy Warren
Why can’t some COVID-19 vaccinated people travel to the US?

Why can’t some COVID-19 vaccinated people travel to the US?

COVID-19, Travel,
By Victoria Milko, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 #Travel The United States opened its borders to people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but some who got the shots are finding they’re still not eligible to visit Why can’t some COVID-19 vaccinated people travel to the U.S.? Because they might not be vaccinated with shots recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the World Health Organization. When lifting overseas travel restrictions in November, the U.S. required adults coming to the country to be fully vaccinated with shots approved or authorized by the FDA or allowed by WHO. Among the most widely…
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Nov
17
2021
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Disney Cruise Line To Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Guests Ages 5 and Older

Disney Cruise Line To Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Guests Ages 5 and Older

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PATRICK CLARKE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel   Disney Cruise Line has announced that all guests ages five and older must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for sailings beginning on and after January 13, 2022. The announcement comes less than a month after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children five through 11 years of age. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) followed that up with a recommendation of its own. "Guests who are not vaccine-eligible, because of age, must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test result…
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Nov
17
2021
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Boosters for all adults in U.S. closer with panel meeting set

Boosters for all adults in U.S. closer with panel meeting set

COVID-19,
By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 NEW YORK — An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adults Friday, a move that could make the shots available nationwide as early as this weekend. Some cities and states already allow all adults to get boosters of Pfizer's vaccine, but it is not yet official U.S. policy. In the last week, California, New Mexico, Arkansas, West Virginia and Colorado expanded the shots to all adults. New York City made a similar move. Pfizer asked U.S. regulators last week to allow boosters of its…
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Nov
16
2021
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CDC Puts Three Popular European Countries on ‘Very High’ Risk Alert

CDC Puts Three Popular European Countries on ‘Very High’ Risk Alert

COVID-19, Travel, ,
RICH THOMASELLI | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel   A COVID-19 surge in parts of Europe has forced the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to designate three popular countries as ‘very high’ risk. Iceland, Czech Republic and Hungary, as well as the small island nation of Guernsey, were all moved to Level 4 by the CDC on Monday, according to multiple reports including CNN. Level 4 is the highest risk category on the CDC’s scale, described as “Very high level of COVID-19, avoid travel to this destination.” Places put on the Level 4 list have more than…
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Nov
15
2021
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Dr. Fauci says he won’t step down until COVID is in ‘rearview mirror’

Dr. Fauci says he won’t step down until COVID is in ‘rearview mirror’

COVID-19,
By Shant Shahrigian, New York Daily News (TNS) Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 He’s not going anywhere. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert who has provided reassurance to many Americans during the pandemic, says he won’t quit until the country gets past COVID-19. “I’m the head of an institute that actually played the major role in the development of the vaccines that have saved now millions of lives from COVID-19,” he told CBS’ “Face the Nation” in an interview that aired Sunday. “I’m the director of the institute that has now been very important in the basic research…
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Nov
14
2021
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By Troy Warren
White House: About 900,000 kids got virus shots in first week

White House: About 900,000 kids got virus shots in first week

COVID-19
By ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 WASHINGTON — About 900,000 kids ages 5-11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said Wednesday, providing the first glimpse at the pace of the school-aged vaccination campaign. Final clearance for the shots was granted by federal regulators Nov. 2, with the first doses to kids beginning in some locations the following day. Now nearly 20,000 pharmacies, clinics and physicians’ offices are administering the doses, and the Biden administration estimates that by the end of Wednesday more than 900,000…
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Nov
12
2021
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Big Bird backlash: Vaccine lands even Muppet in political flap

Big Bird backlash: Vaccine lands even Muppet in political flap

COVID-19, In The News,
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19   NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Smokey Bear taught kids the importance of preventing wildfires. McGruff the Crime Dog warned them not to talk to strangers. And in 1972, Big Bird lined up on “Sesame Street” to receive a measles vaccine as part of a campaign to get more youngsters inoculated against the disease. But when that same iconic, 8-foot children’s character tweeted last weekend that he had been vaccinated against COVID-19, conservative politicians immediately pushed back. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican, grilled Big Bird for what he called "government propaganda." Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe described it as "brainwashing children"…
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Nov
12
2021
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Widespread coronavirus infection found in Iowa deer, new study says

Widespread coronavirus infection found in Iowa deer, new study says

COVID-19, Editors Picks, In The News,
By Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 #EditorsPicks A new study of hundreds of white-tailed deer infected with the coronavirus in Iowa has found that the animals probably are contracting the virus from humans and then rapidly spreading it among one another, according to researchers. Up to 80% of deer sampled from April 2020 through January 2021 in the state were infected, the study indicated. Scientists said the findings pose worrisome implications for the spread of the coronavirus, although they were not able to identify how the deer might have contracted the virus from humans. There…
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Nov
10
2021
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How to keep the medically vulnerable safe during the holidays

How to keep the medically vulnerable safe during the holidays

COVID-19, Health,
By DeeDee Stiepan, Mayo Clinic News Network Troy Warren for CNT #Health #COVID-19 You can take several steps to protect those with weakened immune systems from COVID-19 If you or a loved one is immunocompromised and therefore at a higher risk of becoming severely ill from COIVD-19, it’s more important than ever to plan ahead for upcoming holiday gatherings. Among those at heightened risk are cancer and transplant patients who are taking immunosuppression medication, in addition to patients with advanced and untreated HIV/AIDS. Dr. Raymund Razonable, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases physician who works with transplant patients, explains the steps patients and their…
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