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althcare FDA sets tentative June dates for meeting on proposed vaccine for under 5's

Fri, 2022-04-29 10:49 — mike kraft

FDA sets tentative June dates for meeting on young kids’ vaccine The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday released tentative June dates for its advisory committee to meet to discuss authorizing COVID-19 vaccines for young children, offering a rough timel… psullivan The Hill

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The agency said it is setting aside June 8, 21 and 22 for meetings of its advisory committee for vaccines for children under 5 and will provide more details once applications from Pfizer and Moderna are complete.

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China: Shanghai risk ebbs, but political stakes high

Fri, 2022-04-29 10:41 — mike kraft

More than 12 million in Shanghai can leave homes as COVID risk ebbs As many as 12.38 million Shanghai residents, nearly half the population of China's financial hub, are now in lower-risk areas, meaning they can leave their homes, the government said on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans--polls

Fri, 2022-04-29 10:18 — mike kraft

Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall by the wayside. AP NEWS

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U.S. Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows

Fri, 2022-04-29 09:48 — mike kraft

Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to get shots, according to a Post analysis, as the elderly and immunocompromised have a harder time dodging increasingly contagious strains. Washington Post

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Fauci said the US is 'out of the pandemic phase.' What does that mean?

Thu, 2022-04-28 10:56 — mike kraft

Fauci said the US is 'out of the pandemic phase.' What does that mean? The worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic may be over in the United States, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who recently said we are "out of the pandemic phase." ABC News ABC News

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More disease victims ahead with vaccines delayed and measles cases up, WHO and UNICEF say

Thu, 2022-04-28 10:42 — mike kraft

'Perfect storm' of disease ahead with vaccines delayed and measles cases up, WHO and UNICEF say The World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund warned of an increased risk of measles spread, with worldwide cases up nearly 80% so far in 2022 compared with 2021. Virginia Langmaid, CNN CNN

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Overview: Biden limits time at big press annnual dinner; various developments in asia

Thu, 2022-04-28 08:55 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the city's 22 million residents embarked on more COVID-19 mass testing aimed at averting a Shanghai-like lockdown. Reuters Reuters

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Moderna seeks FDA approval for COVID shots for youngest children

Thu, 2022-04-28 08:28 — mike kraft

Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer. AP NEWS

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Some experts fear U.S. may default to annual Covid boosters without sufficient data

Wed, 2022-04-27 17:46 — mike kraft

Experts fear U.S. may default to annual Covid boosters without sufficient data A number of vaccine experts are concerned the U.S. may be sleepwalking into a policy of recommending annual Covid-19 vaccine boosters — without having generated the evidence to show they are actually needed. Helen Branswell STAT

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The US is out of the Covid-19 pandemic phase, Dr. Fauci says

Wed, 2022-04-27 13:44 — mike kraft

For now, the U.S. is 'not in the pandemic phase,' Fauci says Though the coronavirus remains a deadly public health emergency around the globe, the United States is no longer in a pandemic phase, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden. PBS NewsHour

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“We don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths [each day],” Fauci told the PBS NewsHour’s anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff on Tuesday.

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