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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will soon begin Phase III clinical trials on around 5,000 people for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics Inc, a Saudi health ministry spokesman said on Sunday.

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WHO decries 'vast global gap' in funds needed to fight coronavirus

Mon, 2020-08-10 10:16 — mike kraft

WHO decries 'vast global gap' in funds needed to fight coronavirus There is a "vast global gap" between funds needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic and funds committed, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, and the WHO was only "10% of the way" there. Stephanie Nebehay U.S.

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Forty percent of people with coronavirus infections have no symptoms. Might they be the key to ending the pandemic?

Mon, 2020-08-10 10:07 — mike kraft

Forty percent of people with coronavirus infections have no symptoms. Might they be the key to ending the pandemic? New research raises the possibility that some of us may be partially protected due to past encounters with “common cold” coronaviruses. Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post

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New Zealand records 100 days without domestic virus case; Melbourne has worst day

Sun, 2020-08-09 17:51 — mike kraft

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97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction

Sun, 2020-08-09 17:36 — mike kraft

97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction Experts hope increased testing of children will help determine what role they play in transmission, as school districts around the country return to some form of school. CBS News cbsthismorning

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OPINION:America Could Control the Pandemic by October. Let’s Get to It.--NYT editorial

Sun, 2020-08-09 11:18 — mike kraft

Six to eight weeks. That’s how long some of the nation’s leading public health experts say it would take to finally get the United States’ coronavirus epidemic under control. If the country were to take the right steps, many thousands of people could be spared from the ravages of Covid-19. The economy could finally begin to repair itself, and Americans could start to enjoy something more like normal life.

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Obesity Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine

Sun, 2020-08-09 09:41 — mike kraft

America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine Vaccines engineered to protect the public from influenza, hepatitis B, tetanus and rabies are less effective for obese people, leaving them more vulnerable to serious illness. As scientists race to… sarahmvarney Kaiser Health News

For a world crippled by the coronavirus, salvation hinges on a vaccine.

But in the United States, where at least 4.6 million people have been infected and nearly 155,000 have died, the promise of that vaccine is hampered by a vexing epidemic that long preceded COVID-19: obesity.

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US response to the virus is met with incredulity abroad

Sun, 2020-08-09 09:09 — mike kraft

US response to the virus is met with incredulity abroad ROME (AP) — The United States’ failure to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe, as the world’s most powerful country edges closer to a global... AP NEWS

ROME (AP) — The United States’ failure to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe, as the world’s most powerful country edges closer to a global record of 5 million confirmed infections.

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