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CDC director explains new Covid-19 guidance and discusses background to decisions

Wed, 2021-12-29 19:00 — mike kraft

(CNN) Sweeping new Covid-19 isolation and quarantine guidelines were spurred by scientific research and what Americans would likely tolerate, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

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New low cost Covid-19 vaccine developed in Texas gets approval for use in India

Wed, 2021-12-29 13:19 — mike kraft

A new, low-cost Texas Children’s Hospital vaccine gets approval for use in India

A COVID-19 vaccine created at the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston has received emergency use authorization in India, after nearly 10 years of research and funding obstacles in 2020.

The goal is to make the vaccine – called Corbevax – available in other low- and middle-income nations across the globe to help prevent future variants of concern from forming.

“As long as we leave the southern hemisphere unvaccinated new variants of concern for us will emerge," said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and dean at Baylor's National School of Tropical Medicine. “The only way to stop it is to vaccinate the world and we think our [vaccine] is going to be a major contributor to that."

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Federal district court judge rejects Oklahoma's effort to block National Guard vaccine mandate

Wed, 2021-12-29 13:04 — mike kraft

Federal judge rejects Oklahoma's bid to block National Guard vaccine An Oklahoma federal judge on Tuesday denied an attempt from the state to block the Department of Defense’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for National Guard members. Jordan Williams TheHill

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Testing for Omicron may need re-evaluation--South African study

Tue, 2021-12-28 18:51 — mike kraft

Are We Testing for Omicron Wrong? South African study suggests nasal swabs aren't the best way John Gever medpagetoday

If confirmed in follow-up research and if the diagnostics industry can pivot quickly enough, findings from a South African study could make COVID-19 testing a lot easier for patients and healthcare workers, as the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant becomes the dominant source of infection.

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Healthy, boosted people unlikely to develop severe omicron infections, but jury’s out on older, at-risk populations

Tue, 2021-12-28 11:09 — mike kraft

Healthy, boosted people unlikely to develop severe omicron infections, but jury’s out on older, at-risk populations The new variant has sent U.S. infections soaring, but a smaller share than with delta are resulting in hospitalization. Yasmeen Abutaleb Washington Post

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Drugstore rapid tests predict infectiousness; breakthrough risk more serious in cancer patients

Mon, 2021-12-27 18:13 — mike kraft

Drugstore rapid tests predict infectiousness; breakthrough risk serious in cancer patients The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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Biden tells governors next steps to fight pandemic are at the state level. promises more tests

Mon, 2021-12-27 17:58 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: Biden tells governors next steps to fight pandemic are at the state level Biden sought to highlight what his administration is doing to respond to the omicron variant outbreak that is sweeping the United States and the world. Washington Post

The next steps in fighting the coronavirus pandemic have to be taken at the state level, President Biden told a group of governors Monday.

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U.S. CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation and quarantine time for infected persons without symptoms

Mon, 2021-12-27 17:41 — mike kraft

(CNN) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they've tested positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to five days if they don't have symptoms -- and if they wear a mask around others for at least five more days.

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