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In AAfrica's poorest countries, surges worsen shortages of vaccines

Thu, 2021-06-17 18:28 — mike kraft

In poorest countries, surges worsen shortages of vaccines KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Hati Maronjei once swore he would never get a COVID-19 shot, after a pastor warned that vaccines aren't safe. Now, four months after the first batch of vaccines arrived in Zimbabwe, the 44-year-old street hawker of electronic items is desperate for the shot he can’t get. AP NEWS

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A sense of dread is growing in some of the very poorest countries in the world as virus cases surge and more contagious variants take hold amid a crippling shortage of vaccine.

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The death toll from COVID-19 in the US cost 5.5. million years of life.

Thu, 2021-06-17 18:18 — mike kraft

COVID-19 cost 5.5 million years of American life The coronavirus pandemic shortened American lives by a wider degree in 2020 than any cause other than heart disease and cancer, according to a new analysis. Reid Wilson TheHill

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Black churches playing more active role in health care through new national initiative

Thu, 2021-06-17 12:12 — mike kraft

Black community has new option for health care: The church MILWAUKEE (AP) — Every Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Joseph Jackson Jr. praises the Lord before his congregation. But since last fall he’s been praising something else his Black community needs: the COVID-19 vaccine. AP NEWS

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U.S. announces 3 billion dollar program to develop pill to treat Covid-19

Thu, 2021-06-17 11:48 — mike kraft

The U.S. government spent more than $18 billion last year funding drugmakers to make a Covid vaccine, an effort that lead to at least five highly effective shots in record time. Now it’s pouring more than $3 billion on a neglected area of research: developing pills to fight the virus early in the course of infection, potentially saving many lives in the years to come.

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Overview: Japan, Indonesia, Britian, New Zealand developments

Thu, 2021-06-17 10:39 — mike kraft

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Reuters Reuters

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COVID-19 cases surge in Africa, less than 0.8% of fully vaccinated

Thu, 2021-06-17 10:24 — mike kraft

COVID-19 cases surge in Africa, less than 0.8% of fully vaccinated, say officials COVID-19 cases rose by over 20% week-on-week in nearly two dozen African countries and progress on vaccinating Africans is proceeding slowly, with just 0.79% of people on the continent fully vaccinated, senior health officials said on Thursday. Reuters Staff U.S.

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New efforts to form a Commission to investigate the development and rersponses to the coronavirus pandemic

Thu, 2021-06-17 09:51 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The lawyer who led the inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks has quietly laid a foundation for a nonpartisan commission to investigate the coronavirus pandemic, with financial backing from four foundations and a paid staff that has already interviewed more than 200 public health experts, business leaders, elected officials, victims and their families.

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