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Mexico has world's most health worker deaths from pandemic, Amnesty International says

Fri, 2020-09-04 00:33 — mike kraft

Mexico has world's most health worker deaths from pandemic, Amnesty International says More health workers have died from the coronavirus in Mexico than any other country on the planet, Amnesty International said on Thursday, highlighting the high toll the pandemic was taking on frontline medical staff around the globe. Reuters Editorial U.S.

At least 7,000 health workers around the world have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus, including 1,320 in Mexico, Amnesty said.

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Top Adviser To Operation Warp Speed Calls An October Vaccine 'Extremely Unlikely'

Fri, 2020-09-04 00:26 — mike kraft

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking states to have a plan in place to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as late October — but that doesn't mean an effective treatment will be ready quite so soon.

In separate interviews Thursday with NPR, the chief scientific adviser to the Trump administration's vaccine development effort and the former director of the CDC's office of public health preparedness cautioned that an effective vaccine is likely still months away.

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Members named to panel probing WHO's pandemic response

Thu, 2020-09-03 22:56 — mike kraft

Members named to panel probing WHO's pandemic response LONDON (AP) — An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review its coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic will have full access to any internal U.N. agency... AP NEWS

LONDON (AP) — An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review its coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic will have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materials and emails necessary, the panel said Thursday as it begins the probe.

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NIH announced funding for stepped up support for new COVID testing technologies

Thu, 2020-09-03 18:59 — mike kraft

NIH continues to boost national COVID-19 testing capacity New laboratory and point-of-care tests to enable access and rapid result. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Britain aims for virus testing success after a wobbly start

Thu, 2020-09-03 14:22 — mike kraft

Britain aims for virus testing success after a wobbly start LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Thursday that it is investing in a coronavirus test that gives results in as little as 20 minutes, touting it as the latest milestone in efforts to... AP NEWS

LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Thursday that it is investing in a coronavirus test that gives results in as little as 20 minutes, touting it as the latest milestone in efforts to take the U.K. to the front of the global pack in testing for COVID-19.

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