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HHS canceling ventilator contracts, says stockpile is full

Wed, 2020-09-02 10:12 — mike kraft

HHS canceling ventilator contracts, says stockpile is full WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring.

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All the pros—and cons—of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19

Wed, 2020-09-02 10:06 — mike kraft

All the pros—and cons—of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 Convalescent plasma treatment has been around for over 100 years, but its still hasn't been shown to be that effective. Popular Science

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NIH panel says plasma should not yet be considered standard care for cornonavirus

Tue, 2020-09-01 21:18 — mike kraft

Plasma should not be considered standard care for coronavirus, NIH panel says Convalescent plasma taken from Covid-19 survivors should not be considered a standard of care for coronavirus, an NIH panel says. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

CNN)A National Institutes of Health panel said there's no evidence backing the use of convalescent plasma to treat coronavirus patients and that doctors should not treat it as a standard of care until more study has been done.

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US says it won't join global effort to find COVID-19 vaccine

Tue, 2020-09-01 19:10 — mike kraft

US says it won't join global effort to find COVID-19 vaccine WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it does not want to be... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it does not want to be constrained by multilateral groups like the World Health Organization.

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Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

Tue, 2020-09-01 18:52 — mike kraft

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have... AP NEWS

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found.

Tuesday’s report, from tests on more than 30,000 people in Iceland, is the most extensive work yet on the immune system’s response to the virus over time, and is good news for efforts to develop vaccines.

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What is herd immunity, and why are Trump officials pursuing an idea WHO calls ‘dangerous’?

Tue, 2020-09-01 13:44 — mike kraft

What is herd immunity, and why are Trump officials pursuing an idea WHO calls ‘dangerous’? In theory, as the number of survivors with immunity increases to a certain level, the virus’s spread would slow and eventually stop. The only problem: A whole lot of people would die before that point. William Wan Washington Post

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New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials

Tue, 2020-09-01 12:27 — mike kraft

New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials Scott Atlas has expanded his influence inside the White House by advocating policies that appeal to the president’s desire to move past the pandemic and get the economy going. Yasmeen Abutaleb, Josh Dawsey Washington Post

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AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine becomes third to begin Phase three trials in the United States

Tue, 2020-09-01 10:05 — mike kraft

AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine becomes third to begin Phase three trials in the United States British drugmaker AstraZeneca says it has started Phase 3 trials of its coronavirus vaccine candidate in the United States. The vaccine, AZD 1222, is the third to enter large-scale trials in the United States, after vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech. Andrea Kane, CNN CNN

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Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger

Tue, 2020-09-01 09:57 — mike kraft

Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside. United Nations experts are holding... AP NEWS

The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside.

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