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ANALYSIS: Study calls for a new fund to strengthen global health security and pandemic preparedness

Wed, 2022-05-11 17:45 — mike kraft

A New Fund for Global Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness (Pandemic Action Network) Advocates call for a dedicated new Fund for Global Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness, which can help fill existing critical funding gaps. In this new issue brief, they explain what a new fund should do, why the world needs it, and how it can augment and bolster the existing global health ecosystem.

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COVID risks higher from small indoor events than large outdoor ones: research

Wed, 2022-05-11 17:32 — mike kraft

COVID risks higher from small indoor events than large outdoor ones: research Outdoor events are safer than indoor events in regards to potential COVID-19 transmission, according to a newly released comparative study of two hypothetical events in Austin, Texas. A study from the University of Texas and the city of Austin considered the COVID-19 transmission risks at two events: a business conference with 3,000 attendees during a… YahooNews

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A small number of COVID-19 patients are relapsing after taking Pfizer's antiviral pill, raising questions about the drug

Wed, 2022-05-11 09:38 — mike kraft

Rare cases of COVID returning pose questions for Pfizer pill A small number of COVID-19 patients are relapsing after taking Pfizer's antiviral pill, raising questions about the drug at the center of the U.S. response effort ABC News ABC News

WASHINGTON -- As more doctors prescribe Pfizer's powerful COVID-19 pill, new questions are emerging about its performance, including why a small number of patients appear to relapse after taking the drug.

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WHO calls on Pfizer to make its COVID pill more available to poor countries

Wed, 2022-05-11 09:31 — mike kraft

WHO calls on Pfizer to make its COVID pill more available GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer countries, saying Tuesday that the pharmaceutical company's deal allowing generic producers to make the drug was insufficient. AP NEWS

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EU lifts mask requirement for air travel as pandemic ebbs

Wed, 2022-05-11 08:51 — mike kraft

EU lifts mask requirement for air travel as pandemic ebbs BERLIN (AP) — The European Union will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, authorities said Wednesday. AP NEWS

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While the new recommendations take effect on May 16, rules for masks may still vary by airline beyond that date if they fly to or from destinations where the rules are different. ...

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Former Heads of State Urge U.S. to Commit $5 Billion to Global Covid Fight

Tue, 2022-05-10 19:49 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — A group of former heads of state and Nobel laureates is calling on the United States to immediately commit $5 billion to combat the global coronavirus pandemic, and activists are pressing President Biden to take a more forceful leadership role in the response as he convenes world leaders for a Covid-19 summit on Thursday.

“I want America to recognize that the disease is not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere,” Gordon Brown, a former British prime minister who is leading the push for funding, said in an interview Monday. He added, “We must not sleepwalk into the next variant.”

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Study indicates risks of long COVID symptoms and the incidence of new onset hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease were lower among vaccinated patients with breakthrough infection

Tue, 2022-05-10 19:17 — mike kraft

Do COVID Vaccines Stave Off New Medical Conditions? Large study finds breakthrough cases linked with lower risk of diabetes, hypertension diagnoses Molly Walker medpagetoday

Risks of long COVID symptoms and the incidence of new onset hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease were lower among vaccinated patients with breakthrough infection versus those with COVID who were unvaccinated, a large analysis of medical records in the U.S. suggested.

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