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Pfizer says tests show its vaccine is effective against the South African variant

Thu, 2021-04-01 09:37 — mike kraft

Pfizer says vaccine protection lasts at least 6 months after 2nd shot "It is an important step to further confirm the strong efficacy and good safety data we have seen so far," BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said. NBC News

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The UK variant has become dominant in the US as predicted by the CDC--new study

Wed, 2021-03-31 17:43 — mike kraft

CDC warned the UK variant would become dominant by March, and there's evidence it has Mounting evidence suggests the more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the UK, which experts believe is partly driving an uptick of cases in places like Michigan, may already be dominant across the US. By <a href="/profiles/joshua-berlinger">Joshua Berlinger</a>, Christopher Johnson and <a href="/profiles/angela-dewan">Angela Dewan</a>, CNN CNN

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Upcoming WHO report says animals likely source of COVID --AP

Mon, 2021-03-29 09:33 — mike kraft

AP Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of COVID BEIJING (AP) — A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is... AP NEWS

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Vaccine deliveries will be delayed from Serum Institute of India and AstraZeneca

Thu, 2021-03-25 17:40 — mike kraft

COVAX announces vaccine delivery delays from Serum Institute of India and AstraZeneca Deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) to countries participating in the COVAX program will be delayed during March and April, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, announced in a news release on Thursday. By <a href="/profiles/julia-hollingsworth">Julia Hollingsworth</a> and <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/eliza-mackintosh" target="_blank">Eliza Mackintosh</a>, CNN CNN

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ANALYSIS: Coronavirus Variants Don't Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far

Thu, 2021-03-25 17:16 — mike kraft

The Coronavirus Variants Don't Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far SARS-CoV-2 may be settling into a limited set of mutations Vaughn Cooper Scientific American

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Covid-19 cases are no longer declining in New York City, may be new variants

Tue, 2021-03-23 18:06 — mike kraft

COVID-19 cases have stopped declining in New York City. Experts are trying to find out why. Nationwide, COVID cases have fallen dramatically since the winter peak and millions of vaccine doses started rolling out. Specifically, the New York City metropolitan area had a rate of nearly 260.6 cases per capita for the week ending March 21, the second highest case rate in the nation, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although cases are not as high as they were during the spring and winter surges, the city has “reached a plateau, which simply means that cases are no longer declining,” said Dr. David D.

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COVID-19 unique new vaccines in the works, using a variety of approaches o.

Tue, 2021-03-23 11:59 — mike kraft

Here’s what makes 4 promising COVID-19 vaccines unique | Science News More vaccines still in the works are exploring a variety of approaches, including pills and electrical zaps. mike Science News

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The known covid variants have not reached the threshold of "variant of high consequence," CDC says

Mon, 2021-03-22 19:33 — mike kraft

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Florida hit hard by coronavirus variants; state finally releases data after newspaper law suit.

Sat, 2021-03-20 14:06 — mike kraft

Florida releases COVID-19 variant data day after Orlando Sentinel sues for it The data shows most of the state’s variant cases have been found in South Florida, but all Central Florida counties also reported the mutated viral strains. Kate Santich orlandosentinel.com

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Overview of Covid-19 cases rising in much of the world--the Economist, with graphs

Sat, 2021-03-20 12:34 — mike kraft

Covid-19 cases are rising again in much of the world More transmissible variants, rather than changes in behaviour, are largely to blame The Economist

LIKE A STORY-BOOK villain, the covid-19 pandemic has a habit of fighting back from the brink of defeat. Last summer politicians were quick to assume that the coronavirus had been squashed, only for a second wave to engulf much of Europe and North America in the autumn.

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