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Projected health-care resource needs for an effective response to COVID-19 in 73 low-income and middle-income countries--Lancet

Fri, 2020-09-11 05:42 — mike kraft

Projected health-care resource needs for an effective response to COVID-19 in 73 low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study The sizeable costs of a COVID-19 response in the health sector will escalate, particularly if transmission increases. Instituting early and comprehensive measures to limit the further spread of the virus will conserve resources and sustain the response. The Lancet Global Health

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Trump Administration Orders U.S. Diplomats to Curtail Contact With WHO

Thu, 2020-09-10 08:31 — mike kraft

Trump Administration Orders U.S. Diplomats to Curtail Contact With WHO While Trump burns bridges with the World Health Organization, U.S.

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ESSAY: It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19

Thu, 2020-09-10 01:30 — mike kraft

It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19 Vaccines are making progress, but they may not defeat the virus completely. Luckily, other therapies are on the way, too. Dhruv Khullar The New Yorker

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ANALYSIS: What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19

Tue, 2020-09-08 22:32 — mike kraft

What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19 The White House’s new science adviser says: nothing. The science disagrees. Derek Thompson The Atlantic

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OPINION from UK: Political leaders are raising ‘false hopes’ about coronavirus vaccines

Sun, 2020-09-06 22:39 — mike kraft

Political leaders are raising ‘false hopes’ about coronavirus vaccines Drugs now under development are unlikely to end the pandemic, the Wellcome Trust’s Jeremy Farrar warns the Guardian

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Medical Espionage: Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy

Sun, 2020-09-06 07:46 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — Chinese intelligence hackers were intent on stealing coronavirus vaccine data, so they looked for what they believed would be an easy target. Instead of simply going after pharmaceutical companies, they conducted digital reconnaissance on the University of North Carolina and other schools doing cutting-edge research.

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Trump Administration Will Redirect $62 Million Owed to the W.H.O.

Sat, 2020-09-05 05:39 — mike kraft

As the United States withdraws from membership in the World Health Organization, the Trump administration will redirect $62 million still owed for this year’s dues to other health-related causes also under United Nations auspices, State Department officials announced on Wednesday.

Most of the redirected money will go to children’s immunization and influenza surveillance, officials said. But the United States Agency for International Development will continue with plans to give $68 million to the W.H.O. to support its work in Libya and Syria, and on polio eradication in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Debate rages over whether FDA should use emergency powers to clear a coronavirus vaccine early

Thu, 2020-09-03 20:36 — mike kraft

Debate rages over whether FDA should use emergency powers to clear a coronavirus vaccine early Speeding the process could save thousands of lives, but some say it might also make it easier for the White House to push regulators to clear an unproven vaccine before Election Day. Laurie McGinley, Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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Vaccine group says 76 rich countries now committed to 'COVAX' access plan

Thu, 2020-09-03 06:03 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Vaccine group says 76 rich countries now committed to 'COVAX' access plan Seventy-six wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID-19 vaccine allocation plan co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots, the project's co-lead said on Wednesday. Kate Kelland U.S.

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The C.D.C. tells health officials to be ready to distribute a vaccine by November, raising concerns over politicized timing.

Thu, 2020-09-03 05:50 — mike kraft

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