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EU reviewing Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in real time

Tue, 2020-10-06 09:55 — mike kraft

EU reviewing Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in real time The European health regulator is reviewing a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer <PFE.N> and BioNTech <22UAy.F> in real time, days after launching a similar assessment process for AstraZeneca's <AZN.L> vaccine. Reuters Staff U.S.

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Moderna vaccine trial contractors fail to enroll enough minorities, prompting slowdown

Tue, 2020-10-06 09:48 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Moderna vaccine trial contractors fail to enroll enough minorities, prompting slowdown Private contractors hired by Moderna Inc to recruit volunteers for its coronavirus vaccine trial failed to enroll enough Black, Latino and Native American participants to determine how well the vaccine works in these populations, company executives and vaccine researchers... Julie Steenhuysen U.S.

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Preserving the Scientific Integrity of Getting to COVID-19 Vaccines: From Clinical Trials to Public Allocation A Johns Hopkins University-University of Washington Symposium October 6, 2020 1:30 – 4:45 p.m. ET

Mon, 2020-10-05 15:42 — mike kraft

JHU‑UW Vaccine Symposium - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center Preserving the Scientific Integrity of Getting to COVID-19 Vaccines: From Clinical Trials to Public Allocation -- A Johns Hopkins University-University of Washington Symposium Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center

Preserving the Scientific Integrity of Getting to COVID-19 Vaccines: From Clinical Trials to Public Allocation

A Johns Hopkins University-University of Washington Symposium

October 6, 2020 1:30 – 4:45 p.m. ET

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UPDATE: CDC says airborne transmission plays a role in coronavirus spread in a long-awaited update after a website error last month

Mon, 2020-10-05 14:30 — mike kraft

CDC says airborne transmission plays a role in coronavirus spread in a long-awaited update after a website error last month The update officially acknowledges growing evidence that under certain conditions, people farther than six feet apart can become infected by tiny droplets and particles that float in the air for minutes and hours, and that they play a role in the pandemic. Lena H. Sun, Ben Guarino Washington Post

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In race for coronavirus vaccine, Russia ramps up rhetoric to defend Sputnik V

Mon, 2020-10-05 13:53 — mike kraft

In race for coronavirus vaccine, Russia ramps up rhetoric to defend Sputnik V A mix of national pride and jabs at rivals shape the Kremlin-led campaign to promote Russia’s bid to find a vaccine. Isabelle Khurshudyan Washington Post

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Nigerian scientists develop cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kits

Sat, 2020-10-03 11:27 — mike kraft

Nigerian scientists develop cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kits Scientists in Nigeria have developed a cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kit that will enable testing to be ramped up in a place that has faced kit shortages and chronic under-testing of a massive population, according to the country's health authorities. Stephanie Busari and Orji Sunday, CNN CNN

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India, South Africa ask WTO to ease IP rules for COVID-19

Sat, 2020-10-03 10:59 — mike kraft

India, South Africa ask WTO to ease IP rules for COVID-19 NEW DELHI (AP) — South Africa and India have asked the World Trade Organization to waive some provisions in the international agreements that regulate intellectual property rights, to speed up... AP NEWS

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ANALYSIS: A vaccine can provide better immunity than an actual infection. Here's why.

Sat, 2020-10-03 10:31 — mike kraft

A vaccine can provide better immunity than an actual infection Vaccines have advantages over natural infection, including development that focuses the immune system against specific antigens and little risk of severe infection since antigens are derived from weakened virus or noninfectious virus material. Maitreyi Shivkumar, De Montfort University CNN

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Health Why people with diabetes are being hit so hard by Covid-19

Thu, 2020-10-01 18:24 — mike kraft

Why people with diabetes are being hit so hard by Covid-19 For people with diabetes, a thicket of biological and socioeconomic factors make them more likely to suffer severe illness and die of Covid-19. Elizabeth Cooney STAT

Sme of Mary-Elizabeth Patti’s patients with diabetes are in a bind. Careful to practice social distancing, they tell her during telehealth visits they don’t feel safe exercising outdoors in their congested neighborhoods — though they know staying active and maintaining good blood sugar levels may be their best defense against severe Covid-19.

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OPINION: Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity — A Strategy for Containment

Thu, 2020-10-01 17:41 — mike kraft

Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity — A Strategy for Containment | NEJM Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity — A Strategy for Containment New England Journal of Medicine

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