COVID infections on uptick in older adults in England

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The REACT COVID-19 monitoring program, which looked at almost 95,000 home swab tests taken in February, showed that around 1 in 35 people in England was infected with the virus during the period and infections were rising among those aged 55 and older.

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Pfizer launches trial to test Covid pill in children

Pfizer announced Wednesday that it has started a clinical trial testing its Covid-19 antiviral pill in children as young as 6.

The drugmaker said it aims to enroll approximately 140 participants in the trial, which will look at whether the drug, called Paxlovid, can safely treat Covid in children who are at risk of becoming severely ill. ...

 

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Africa CDC has MOU with Pfizer for supplies of COVID-19 pill

There may be a new COVID variant, Deltacron.

Covid funding in danger; House drops emergency aid amid financing disputes

WASHINGTON — Faced with Republican resistance after asking for billions of additional dollars to keep fighting the coronavirus, the Biden administration recently supplied Congress with a chart showing how much money it had left for testing, therapeutics and vaccines. It was filled with zeros.

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U.S.Government's OSHA to boost healthcare inspections to prepare for COVID variants

More Free Covid Tests available Although Demand Has Slowed Prompting Concerns About Future Production Needs

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday formally began allowing Americans who had ordered free coronavirus tests this winter to request a second round of four tests per household, through the same U.S. Postal Service program that President Biden unveiled in January.

The move, which Mr. Biden had promised last week during his State of the Union address, followed a crush of interest in the program when it debuted in January. At the time, case rates had skyrocketed because of the Omicron variant and tens of millions of households scrambled to obtain the free tests.

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Hawaii to lift last US state mask mandate by March 26

Congressional leaders reach deal on increased spending to counter Covid pandemic and support Ukraine

Moderna to set up mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya

Covid will 'probably' be a seasonal virus, like the flu, CDC director says

Even as cases of Covid-19 continue to fall nationwide, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the coronavirus is most likely here to stay — and that it could behave similarly to influenza.

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Ukraine Covid concerns increase as Russian invasion continues

Worldwide COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to drop except in Western Pacific - WHO

U.S. Covid vaccinations slow to a trickle, mainly boosters

Americans have stopped rolling up their sleeves for Covid-19 vaccinations, as data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows daily vaccinations have fallen to their lowest rate in more than a year.

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Omicron sub-variant BA.2 makes up 11.6% of COVID variants in U.S. - CDC

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