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10 months ago
Coronavirus

Brazil police search Bolsonaro's home in vaccine cards probe DW 05/03/2023

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro denied taking a COVID-19 vaccine after police raided his home.Authorities said falsified COVID documents allowed himself and others to skirt restrictions in the US and Brazil.Police in Brazil searched former president Jair Bolsonaro's home on Wednesday as part of an investigation into falsified COVID-19 vaccination records.
UK news
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Andrew Bridgen to sue Matt Hancock for defamation after Covid vaccine row

Andrew Bridgen has said he is suing Matt Hancock after the former health secretary hit out at the MP over comments he made about Covid jabs.Mr Bridgen was stripped of the Tory whip after appearing to compare Covid-19 vaccines with the Holocaust.The remarks were condemned from all sides, including by Mr Hancock, who led the Department of Health during much of the pandemic.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Sajid Javid describes anger' at Andrew Bridgen's Holocaust tweet

Conservative former health secretary Sajid Javid has spoken of his anger that Andrew Bridgen or any MP would seek to connect the UK's Covid vaccine policy with the Holocaust.Mr Bridgen lost the Conservative whip earlier this month for tweeting an article questioning the safety of the vaccines and adding this is the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Boris Johnson compares Liz Truss's mini-Budget to Morecambe and Wise sketch

Boris Johnson said Liz Truss's blundering mini-Budget was like a badly played piano, in a reference to a famous Morecambe and Wise sketch.Asked on CNN about his successor's fatal misstep, the former prime minister first tried to avoid the question, saying he has a rule against discussing British politics abroad.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Father can arrange Covid vaccines for children after mother opposes, judge rules

A father has been given permission to arrange for his children to be vaccinated against coronavirus after their mother opposed vaccination.
The Independent
2 years ago
UK news

Covid jags for five to 11-year-olds in Scotland from mid March, Sturgeon says

Children aged between five and 11 will start getting coronavirus vaccines next month - with appointments to be offered out of school hours or in the Easter holidays to allow parents to attend with youngsters.
moreUK news
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Andrew Bridgen to sue Matt Hancock over criticism of Covid vaccine remarks

An independent MP who lost the Tory whip after appearing to compare Covid vaccines to the Holocaust is suing Matt Hancock for criticising his remarks.Andrew Bridgen is suing the former health secretary for 100,000 over a tweet in which Hancock accused Bridgen of spouting antisemitic, anti-vax, anti-scientific conspiracy theories over the vaccine.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Amazon is closing its charity, which donated millions, due to limited impact

People in the lobby of Amazon's offices in New York on Feb. 14, 2019.(Mark Lennihan/AP) Amazon is winding down its charitable-giving arm next month on grounds that its impact is "often spread too thin" even though it has donated to more than a million organizations over the past decade.In a Wednesday note to customers, Amazon said the program "AmazonSmile," launched in 2013, would be suspended on Feb. 20.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Tucker Carlson just inadvertently helped raise $14,000 for abortion rights

Hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, Tucker Carlson took to the airwaves to rail against companies that would pay for employees' abortion-travel costs.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Public health

Xi Jinping: China is facing 'new situation' amid COVID surge DW 12/26/2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked authorities to launch an health campaign in a more "targeted" way.US experts estimate another million people could die of COVID in China during 2023.Chinese President Xi Jinping urged a "patriotic health campaign" in his first public remarks on the pandemic since the end of Beijing's zero-COVID policy and the subsequent  surge in coronavirus casesearlier this month.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Coronavirus

WHO: COVID-19 deaths rise, reversing a 5-week decline

GENEVA - After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by 4% last week, according to the World Health Organization.
time.com
2 years ago
Public health

World Health Organization Says COVID-19 Boosters Are Needed, Reversing Previous Call

(Geneva) An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said Tuesday it strongly supports urgent and broad access to booster doses, in a reversal of the U.N. agency's previous insistence that boosters weren't necessary and contributed to vaccine inequity.
Truthout
2 years ago
Left-wing politics

If Inequalities Persist, Africa May Not Reach 70% Vaccination Until Late 2024

Experts from the World Health Organization said Wednesday that global coronavirus deaths remain stunningly high two years into the pandemic as highly contagious variants - including Omicron and its relative - continue to circulate and possible new mutations loom.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Coronavirus

COVID hospitalizations among older Americans causing concern: 'Worry about your granny'

A rapid surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations is causing considerable concern among elderly Americans.COVID-related hospitalizations in the United States are up 30% over the last two weeks, with older patients accounting for many of those cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
english.elpais.com
1 year ago
Coronavirus

Beijing rolls out inhaled vaccine during its biggest Covid surge ever

Amid the worst Covid surge to hit Beijing since the start of the pandemic, the city is offering residents a new inhaled vaccine, the first of its kind according to local press reports.Chinese public health authorities approved the booster drug in September for emergency use by adults over the age of 18.
time.com
1 year ago
Wellness

BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, and XBB: Why New COVID-19 Variants Have Such Confusing Names

If you can name the currently circulating coronavirus variants without looking them up, your memory is better than most people'seven those who are still paying attention to COVID-19.At the moment, the top five variants in the U.S. are called BA.5 (making up about 39% of new cases, per the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), BQ.1.1 (almost 19%), BQ.1 (16.5%),
time.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Biden to Get Omicron Booster and Push Businesses to Offer Vaccine Clinics

The White House is asking businesses to help employees get updated coronavirus vaccines by hosting on-site clinics and will initiate a new program providing some Americans with free home delivery of COVID-19 treatments before an expected surge of the virus this fall.President Joe Biden will announce the effort Tuesday at the White House, where he's set to receive the latest version of the COVID shot targeting the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

US Counted Over 126,000 New COVID Infections Yesterday. What Are We Doing?

A friend's little girl couldn't come out to play with my daughter the other day.She had the sniffles, and Dad was playing it safe, because his next door neighbors all have COVID.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Wellness

Your child is almost 5. Here's what some experts say about Covid vaccine options for that age group.

Understandably, many parents of young children have questions about the new coronavirus vaccines for babies and toddlers and the expected rollout next week of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots.
english.elpais.com
1 year ago
Public health

Universal flu vaccine using RNA technology successfully tested in mice

Using the same technology behind the Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, US researchers have created a universal flu vaccine candidate.The candidate  it has only been tested it in mice and ferrets  is considered universal because it provides protection against 20 known influenza A and B virus subtypes.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Public health

Israel rolls out new omicron-tailored COVID-19 vaccines

TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel on Thursday began administering doses of coronavirus vaccines tailored to fight the highly infectious omicron variant as its health authorities urged at-risk groups and those over 65 to get the shot.
Independent
1 year ago
Public health

EU regulator clears tweaked versions of Covid vaccines

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the authorisation of two coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna which have been tweaked to include protection against an early version of the Omicron variant. he EU drugs regulator said in a statement that the two messenger RNA boosters offered protection both against the original version of Covid-19 and the Omicron subvariant BA.1, which has since been overtaken globally by later Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Public health

Inside the University of Texas at Austin laboratory whose work is being used in all the leading COVID-19 vaccines

The UT-Austin chemistry lab's essential work has been used in various coronavirus vaccines, and even in vaccines meant to combat respiratory syncytial virus
East Bay Times
2 years ago
Public health

Lawsuit: California mother of 3 died after being repeatedly denied COVID vaccine

A 45-year-old mother from Mission Viejo with multiple sclerosis died from COVID because she was denied the coronavirus vaccine by her health care provider, and after falling ill was not given a monoclonal antibody treatment, attorneys for her family allege in a lawsuit filed this week.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Greece's top diplomat calls off Tripoli visit on touchdown

Greek FM Nikos Dendias did not disembark from his plane, refusing to meet with his Tripoli counterpart, who was awaiting him.Greece's foreign minister has called off the first leg of a visit to Libya, refusing to disembark from his plane after landing in the capital of Tripoli, Greek authorities said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Sunak Takes the Lead in the Voting for U.K. Prime Minister

The former chancellor of the Exchequer led a pack of candidates after the first round, while an obscure trade minister surprised in second place.
KQED
1 year ago
Science

Bay Area Children's Hospitals Strained as RSV Surge Arrives | KQED

Wastewater data from San Francisco, Santa Clara and Sacramento and other Northern California communities show RSV levels are sky-high, similar to last winter's peak in January.Scientists sampling sewage can measure the genomic material of viruses circulating in mucus, feces and urine to determine how much a bug is spreading within a community.
The Local Europe
1 year ago
Coronavirus

Austria to start administering new adapted Covid vaccines

Omicron-adapted vaccines are coming to Austria.Photo by Steven Cornfield on Unsplash
Washington Post
1 year ago
Coronavirus

North Korea reports 6 deaths amid 'explosive' coronavirus outbreak

SEOUL - North Korea has announced an "explosive" coronavirus outbreak, with six dead and 350,000 infected across the country since April, a day after it admitted that covid-19 had finally reached the country.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Coronavirus

EU regulator clears tweaked versions of COVID vaccines

FILE - A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site Feb. 8, 2022.
Nytimes
2 years ago
World politics

The Biden administration plans to offer a second booster shot to older Americans.

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is planning to give Americans age 50 or older the option of a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccine without recommending outright that they get one, according to several people familiar with the plan.
Nytimes
2 years ago
Public health

Black adults were hospitalized at higher rates than whites during the U.S. Omicron wave.

Black adults were hospitalized at nearly four times the rate of white adults in the six weeks after Omicron became the predominant coronavirus variant in the United States, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nytimes
2 years ago
World politics

Boise's mayor, who championed Covid restrictions, says she faces violent threats and harassment.

Lauren McLean, the mayor of Boise, Idaho, said that she has faced "real and grave" threats during her term, which has been marked by aggressive demonstrations against Covid-19 restrictions that she and other state officials put in place.
Washington Post
2 years ago
Science

Vaccination during pregnancy may provide infants protection against the coronavirus, CDC study finds

Coronavirus vaccinations given during pregnancy might provide protection to babies after they are born, according to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
KQED
1 year ago
Healthcare

California Won't Expand Vaccines for Minors Without Parental OK | KQED

A Voice for Choice Advocacy said minors may not know their full medical history and the potential risks.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Sunak Takes the Lead in the Voting for U.K. Prime Minister

Political Turmoil in Britain
The former chancellor of the Exchequer led a pack of candidates after the first round, while an obscure trade minister surprised in second place.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

AstraZeneca reviews diversity in trials to ensure drugs work for all

The pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is conducting a major review of diversity across its trials in an attempt to ensure its medicines work for all population groups, although it has admitted that including pregnant women is a particular challenge.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Russia's invasion of Ukraine underlines need for 'free and open' Indo-Pacific, Biden says

The turmoil caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has underlined the need for a free Indo-Pacific region, Joe Biden has said, at the start of a meeting with regional partners that Beijing has slammed as part of a US-led attempt to contain China.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

COVID Vaccines for Kids Under 5 Could be Available in June, FDA Official Says

An official with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that coronavirus vaccines for children under the age of 5 will be considered - and likely approved - as soon as June.
Nytimes
2 years ago
New York City

New York City public school children head to their first day of class without masks.

A recent study from the state health department found that, as with adults, most children hospitalized for or with Covid-19 were unvaccinated.
Nytimes
2 years ago
New York City

New York City Ends School Mask Mandate in a Key Step to Recovery

Schoolchildren from the Upper East Side to East New York turned up to classrooms on Monday morning with nothing on their faces - except, perhaps, the remnants of a milk mustache.
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