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White House orders end to COVID-19 airport screenings for international travelers--Yahoo exclusive

Wed, 2020-09-09 22:20 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Monday will stop conducting enhanced screening of passengers on inbound international flights for COVID-19, Yahoo News has learned.

The screening operations have been held at select airports since January, when the first cases of the disease began to emerge from Wuhan, China. Since March, incoming international flights from select high-risk countries, including much of Europe, China and Iran, among other regions, have been funneled through 15 designated airports in the United States.

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ESSAY: It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19

Wed, 2020-09-09 18:30 — mike kraft

It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19 Vaccines are making progress, but they may not defeat the virus completely. Luckily, other therapies are on the way, too. Dhruv Khullar The New Yorker

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Pandemic seems to be leveling off in U.S., but numbers remain troublingly high, experts say

Wed, 2020-09-09 15:00 — mike kraft

Pandemic seems to be leveling off in U.S., but numbers remain troublingly high, experts say The virus continues to spread, causing about 40,000 new cases a day and fears of a post-Labor Day spike. Anne Gearan, Rachel Weiner Washington Post

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Operation Warp Speed promised to do the impossible. How far has it come?

Tue, 2020-09-08 23:48 — mike kraft

Operation Warp Speed pledged to do the impossible. How far has it come? With billions of federal dollars already spent on the effort, it’s possible to take stock of the initiative’s progress, or lack thereof. Helen Branswell STAT

It’s called Operation Warp Speed. And — regardless of one’s politics, one’s level of concern about Covid-19, or one’s views of therapeutics and vaccines — it inarguably ranks as one of the most ambitious scientific endeavors in modern U.S. history.

Is it working?

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NEW STUDY: Sturgis motorcycle rally was a 'superspreader event'

Tue, 2020-09-08 23:29 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — In early August, more than 460,000 motorcycle enthusiasts converged on Sturgis, S.D., for a 10-day celebration where few wore facial coverings or practiced social distancing. A month later, researchers have found that thousands have been sickened across the nation, leading them to brand the Sturgis rally a “superspreader” event.

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ANALYSIS: What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19

Tue, 2020-09-08 15:32 — mike kraft

What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19 The White House’s new science adviser says: nothing. The science disagrees. Derek Thompson The Atlantic

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OPINION from UK: Political leaders are raising ‘false hopes’ about coronavirus vaccines

Sun, 2020-09-06 15:39 — mike kraft

Political leaders are raising ‘false hopes’ about coronavirus vaccines Drugs now under development are unlikely to end the pandemic, the Wellcome Trust’s Jeremy Farrar warns the Guardian

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Medical Espionage: Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy

Sun, 2020-09-06 00:46 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — Chinese intelligence hackers were intent on stealing coronavirus vaccine data, so they looked for what they believed would be an easy target. Instead of simply going after pharmaceutical companies, they conducted digital reconnaissance on the University of North Carolina and other schools doing cutting-edge research.

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Trump Administration Will Redirect $62 Million Owed to the W.H.O.

Fri, 2020-09-04 22:39 — mike kraft

As the United States withdraws from membership in the World Health Organization, the Trump administration will redirect $62 million still owed for this year’s dues to other health-related causes also under United Nations auspices, State Department officials announced on Wednesday.

Most of the redirected money will go to children’s immunization and influenza surveillance, officials said. But the United States Agency for International Development will continue with plans to give $68 million to the W.H.O. to support its work in Libya and Syria, and on polio eradication in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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