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Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries --data

Fri, 2022-03-04 11:12 — mike kraft
Factbox: Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), has delivered 1.34 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to 144 countries, GAVI data shows. Reuters Reuters
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U.S. to share some coronavirus technologies with WHO

Fri, 2022-03-04 11:02 — mike kraft
U.S. to share some coronavirus technologies with World Health Organization Plan would allow other countries to replicate U.S. scientific breakthroughs, intended to boost supplies to fight pandemic. Dan Diamond Washington Post
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Peace Corps returns to duty abroad after pandemic forced evacuations

Fri, 2022-03-04 10:51 — mike kraft
Peace Corps returns to duty abroad after pandemic forced sudden evacuations The organization is recruiting volunteers as it promises to focus on issues such as diversity, transparency and sexual assault. NBC News
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Group of physicians combats misinformation as unproven COVID-19 treatments continue to be prescribed

Fri, 2022-03-04 10:04 — mike kraft
Group of physicians combats misinformation as unproven COVID-19 treatments continue to be prescribed In July 2020, as the country faced its first summer wave of coronavirus cases, a group of physicians stood in front of the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court and held their first self-titled "White Coat Summit" to tout the unproven benefits of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment. "It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax," Dr. Stella Immanuel, a Houston-based primary care physician, told the crowd.
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Misinformation issue:US Surgeon General orders tech companies to reveal sources of COVID-19 misinformation

Fri, 2022-03-04 09:54 — mike kraft
US Surgeon General orders tech companies to reveal sources of COVID-19 misinformation The US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has formally called on tech companies to provide information on sources and the scale of COVID-19 misinformation Yahoo
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U.S. :Masks optional at auto plants not in high virus risk areas

Fri, 2022-03-04 09:48 — mike kraft
Masks optional at auto plants not in high virus risk areas DETROIT (AP) — Face masks will be optional for U.S. union auto workers, as long as their factories are in counties that are not at high risk for the novel coronavirus. A task force of officials from Ford, General Motors, Stellantis and the United Auto Workers union decided to drop a mask requirement at a meeting on Thursday. AP NEWS
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As vaccine demand falls, U.S. states are left with huge stockpile

Thu, 2022-03-03 19:24 — mike kraft
As vaccine demand falls, states are left with huge stockpile As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste. AP NEWS

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From some of the least vaccinated states, like Indiana and North Dakota, to some of the most vaccinated states, like New Jersey and Vermont, public health departments are shuffling doses around in the hopes of finding providers that can use them....

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472 US counties still have 'high' Covid-19 levels as their states lift mask mandates--CNN analysis

Thu, 2022-03-03 18:59 — mike kraft
These US counties still have 'high' Covid-19 levels as their states lift mask mandates, CNN analysis shows Most people in the United States now live in counties where those who are healthy no longer need to wear masks, but there are still about 472 counties nationwide where mask-wearing is recommended, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jacqueline Howard and Virginia Langmaid, CNN CNN
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Republicans signal they may oppose new covid aid unless White House accounts for existing spending

Thu, 2022-03-03 12:55 — mike kraft
Republicans signal they may oppose new covid aid unless White House accounts for existing spending The new warning arrived in a letter led by Sen. Mitt Romney as the Biden administration asks Congress for more aid. Tony Romm Washington Post
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U.S. Senator Kaine introduces bill to research and combat long covid, after suffering it himself

Thu, 2022-03-03 12:24 — mike kraft
Kaine introduces bill to research and combat long covid, after suffering it himself Sen. Tim Kaine got covid-19 in the spring of 2020, and like potentially millions of Americans, he says his body has never felt the same since. Meagan Flynn Washington Post

Sen. Tim Kaine got covid-19 in the spring of 2020, and nearly two years later he still has mild symptoms.

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