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Vaccine by Nov. 3? Halted study explains just how unlikely

Thu, 2020-09-10 10:57 — mike kraft

Vaccine by Nov. 3? Halted study explains just how unlikely WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspension of a huge COVID-19 vaccine study over an illness in a single participant shows there will be “no compromises” on safety in the race to develop the shot, the chief... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspension of a huge COVID-19 vaccine study over an illness in a single participant shows there will be “no compromises” on safety in the race to develop the shot, the chief of the National Institutes of Health told Congress on Wednesday.

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Global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 900,000--NYTimes roundup

Thu, 2020-09-10 10:45 — mike kraft

The global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 900,000, according to a New York Times database, and sickened at least 27.8 million people as of Thursday morning.

Seven months into the pandemic, the virus has been detected in almost every country.

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Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing

Thu, 2020-09-10 10:30 — mike kraft

Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center. Now, as she... AP NEWS

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Trump Administration Orders U.S. Diplomats to Curtail Contact With WHO

Wed, 2020-09-09 20:31 — mike kraft

Trump Administration Orders U.S. Diplomats to Curtail Contact With WHO While Trump burns bridges with the World Health Organization, U.S.

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Climate crisis could displace 1.2bn people by 2050, report warns

Wed, 2020-09-09 17:31 — mike kraft

Climate crisis could displace 1.2bn people by 2050, report warns Countries unable to withstand ecological threats among world’s least peaceful, analysis finds Jon Henley the Guardian

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White House orders end to COVID-19 airport screenings for international travelers--Yahoo exclusive

Wed, 2020-09-09 17:20 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Monday will stop conducting enhanced screening of passengers on inbound international flights for COVID-19, Yahoo News has learned.

The screening operations have been held at select airports since January, when the first cases of the disease began to emerge from Wuhan, China. Since March, incoming international flights from select high-risk countries, including much of Europe, China and Iran, among other regions, have been funneled through 15 designated airports in the United States.

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Coronavirus cases spike among school-age children in Florida, while state orders some counties to keep data hidden

Wed, 2020-09-09 10:10 — mike kraft

Coronavirus cases spike among school-age children in Florida, while state orders some counties to keep data hidden Worried parents and teachers try to fill the information gap with their own dashboards of infections in Florida schools. Lori Rozsa, Valerie Strauss Washington Post

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Pandemic seems to be leveling off in U.S., but numbers remain troublingly high, experts say

Wed, 2020-09-09 10:00 — mike kraft

Pandemic seems to be leveling off in U.S., but numbers remain troublingly high, experts say The virus continues to spread, causing about 40,000 new cases a day and fears of a post-Labor Day spike. Anne Gearan, Rachel Weiner Washington Post

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WHO says vaccine safety top priority, as AstraZeneca pauses study

Wed, 2020-09-09 09:49 — mike kraft

ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) - Safety of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine comes "first and foremost", the World Health Organization's chief scientist said on Wednesday, as a trial of a leading candidate from AstraZeneca was paused due to concerns over side effects.

Rollout of an effective vaccine is seen as a crucial step in helping battered economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

"Just because we talk about speed...it doesn't mean we start compromising or cutting corners on what would normally be assessed," Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said in a social media event.

"The process still has to follow through rules of the game. For drugs and vaccines which are given to people, you have to test their safety, first and foremost," she said.

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Operation Warp Speed promised to do the impossible. How far has it come?

Tue, 2020-09-08 18:48 — mike kraft

Operation Warp Speed pledged to do the impossible. How far has it come? With billions of federal dollars already spent on the effort, it’s possible to take stock of the initiative’s progress, or lack thereof. Helen Branswell STAT

It’s called Operation Warp Speed. And — regardless of one’s politics, one’s level of concern about Covid-19, or one’s views of therapeutics and vaccines — it inarguably ranks as one of the most ambitious scientific endeavors in modern U.S. history.

Is it working?

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