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Webinar: Johns Hopkins 2021 Global Health Security Index, Dec. 8, 9:00AM ET

Tue, 2021-12-07 13:09 — mike kraft

Dec. 8: 2021, 9:00am ET - COVID-19 continues to disrupt lives and livelihoods, stress health systems, and exhaust social protections and government budgets—and it will not be the last global health emergency the world will face.

Join the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Nuclear Threat Initiative and for the launch of the 2021 Global Health Security Index, a comprehensive assessment that provides a benchmark for capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to epidemics and pandemics across 195 countries. Register

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Africa needs to make own vaccines but hurdles are high, experts say

Tue, 2021-12-07 11:48 — mike kraft

Africa needs to make own vaccines but hurdles are high, experts say Africa needs to make its own vaccines to avoid a repeat of its supply problems in the COVID-19 pandemic but faces big obstacles in turning itself from a pharmaceutical testing ground into a place where vaccines are created, experts said on Tuesday. Clement Uwiringiyimana Reuters

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Vaccine mandates are "an absolute last resort," WHO's Europe chief says

Tue, 2021-12-07 10:36 — mike kraft

Vaccine mandates are "an absolute last resort," WHO's Europe chief says As more countries consider making coronavirus vaccination mandatory, the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned that inoculation mandates should be seen as "an absolute last resort." By <a href="/profiles/ivana-kottasova">Ivana Kottasová</a> and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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Omicron v. delta: Battle of coronavirus mutants is critical to future of pandemic

Tue, 2021-12-07 10:21 — mike kraft

Omicron v. delta: Battle of coronavirus mutants is critical | AP News As the omicron coronavirus variant spreads in southern Africa and pops up in countries all around the world, scientists are anxiously watching a battle play out that could determine the future of the pandemic. AP NEWS

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Survey of articles: Why the good news about the Omicron variant's reduced severity may be a mirage

Tue, 2021-12-07 10:11 — mike kraft

Why the good news about the Omicron variant's reduced severity may be a mirage YahooNews

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US launches new global vaccine access program, and other developments

Tue, 2021-12-07 10:04 — mike kraft

US launches new global vaccine access program; more K-12 students in Indiana test positive for COVID: Live updates The U.S. will allocate more resources toward international vaccine access as the omicron variant is identified in more countries. Latest COVID news. YahooNews

The U.S. is expanding its aid for international COVID-19 vaccine access.

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Pandemic undermines anti-malaria efforts in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO

Mon, 2021-12-06 19:59 — mike kraft

Pandemic foils fight against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO The coronavirus pandemic has hampered decades of progress against a deadly parasitic disease — disrupting healthcare services and leading to tens of thousands of additional malaria-related deaths Sharon Udasin TheHill

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France and 6 other countries placed on CDS's risk of Covid-19 high risk countries

Mon, 2021-12-06 19:45 — mike kraft

European travel powerhouse and 6 other places at 'very high' risk for Covid-19, CDC says The CDC has put five places in Europe -- including France and Portugal -- on its list of destinations for "very high" Covid-19 travel risk. Find out what other destinations were also moved to Level 4. By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN CNN

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Mixing Pfizer, AstraZ COVID-19 shots with Moderna gives better immune response -UK study

Mon, 2021-12-06 19:26 — mike kraft

Mixing Pfizer, AstraZ COVID-19 shots with Moderna gives better immune response -UK study A major British study into mixing COVID-19 vaccines has found that people had a better immune response when they received a first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech shots followed by Moderna nine weeks later, according to the results on Monday. Pushkala Aripaka,Lucy Marks

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Research: Omicron variant may have picked up a piece of common-cold virus

Mon, 2021-12-06 12:27 — mike kraft

Omicron variant may have picked up a piece of common-cold virus The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus - possibly one that causes the common cold - present in the same infected cells, according to researchers. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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