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Analysis: Americans Struggle for New Balance and face contradictions as the Covid Pandemic lingers

Tue, 2022-11-15 16:43 — mike kraft

...life has in many ways returned to something like the Before Times. Restaurants are packed, and cultural performances sold out. Children are sitting in schools, and workers are trickling back into offices. Masks are no longer required in public, even in New York City’s subways.

The summer travel season was a blockbuster. Even cruise ships — derided as floating Petri dishes early in the pandemic — were filling up with eager passengers.

Most Americans want to get back to normalcy and are unwilling to let Covid rule their lives any longer, Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House Covid response coordinator, said in an interview. “Those two sets of goals are achievable,” Dr. Jha said, so long as Americans keep getting vaccinated, test when necessary and wear masks in crowded public settings.

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Research underway on any long term Myocarditis after Covid vaccination for young males

Mon, 2022-11-14 15:14 — mike kraft

Are there longterm myocarditis risks after Covid vaccination? Both Pfizer and Moderna are launching clinical trials to track health issues — if any — in the years following a diagnosis of vaccine-associated heart problems in teens and young adults. NBC News

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Moderna reports it Omicron shots shows better immune response than original COVID vaccine

Mon, 2022-11-14 15:04 — mike kraft

Moderna says updated booster generated 'significantly higher' neutralizing antibodies against BA.4/BA.5 subvariants | CNN Moderna said on Monday its updated Covid-19 booster generated "significantly higher" neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants than its earlier booster. Nadia Kounang CNN

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U.S. is extending Covid public health emergency through spring 2023 -- administration official

Fri, 2022-11-11 23:11 — mike kraft

U.S. is extending Covid public health emergency through spring 2023, administration official says The public health emergency, first declared in January 2020 and renewed every 90 days since, has had a vast impact on the U.S. health-care system. Spencer Kimball CNBC

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Repeat COVID is riskier than first infection, study finds

Fri, 2022-11-11 16:48 — mike kraft

Repeat COVID-19 infections increase risk of organ failure, death | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Researchers recommend masks, vaccines, vigilance to prevent reinfection Kristina Sauerwein Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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European regulator approves Pfizer's Omicron booster for children

Fri, 2022-11-11 16:29 — mike kraft

European regulator recommends Pfizer's Omicron booster for children Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech said on Thursday the EU health regulator has recommended authorising the use of their bivalent COVID-19 shot as a booster in children aged 5 through 11. Reuters Reuters

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Latest COVID-19 Variants Can Evade Vaccine Protection, According to New Data

Wed, 2022-11-09 16:10 — mike kraft

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The Latest COVID-19 Variants Can Evade Vaccine Protection, According to New Data

New lab data suggest that vaccines and prior infections may not offer enough protection against several new COVID-19 variants cropping up in the U.S. and around the world.

Dr. David Ho, director of Columbia University’s Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, and his team reported the results from a set of studies published in the journal Nature. They showed how well some of the latest variants—BQ.1, BQ.1.1, XBB, and XBB.1, which were all derived from Omicron—are evading both vaccine-derived and infection-derived immunity.

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UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID booster targeting Omicron BA.4/5

Wed, 2022-11-09 15:57 — mike kraft

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID booster targeting Omicron BA.4/5 Britain's health regulator on Wednesday approved the country's first two-pronged COVID-19 booster targeting the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants and the original coronavirus strain. Pushkala Aripaka Reuters

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Novavax says Omicron shot shows strong immune response as second booster

Tue, 2022-11-08 14:56 — mike kraft

Novavax says Omicron shot shows strong immune response as second booster Vaccine maker Novavax Inc said on Tuesday its COVID-19 shot retooled against the Omicron BA.1 variant showed a strong immune response as the fourth dose and met the main goal of strain change in a late-stage study. Reuters Reuters

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China doubles down on zero-Covid pledge despite public frustration, change comes in small increments

Mon, 2022-11-07 15:39 — mike kraft

What exit? China doubles down on zero-Covid pledge despite public frustration China has reiterated its unswerving commitment to its longstanding zero-Covid policy, despite mounting public frustration the stringent measures are costing the very lives they're intended to protect. By Nectar Gan, CNN CNN

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The unrelenting campaign has kept infections and deaths low at great economic and social cost, as new fast-spreading variants make containing the virus near impossible....

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