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Global COVID-19 death toll tops 3 million mark amid vaccine setbacks

Sat, 2021-04-17 16:12 — mike kraft

Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis... AP NEWS

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.

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Dr. Fauci estimates infection rate has to get down to 10,000 cases a day before restrictions can be safely lifted

Fri, 2021-04-16 15:38 — mike kraft

Fauci clashes with GOP lawmaker over when COVID restrictions should be eased The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci clashed with GOP Rep. Jim Jordan over when COVID restrictions should be eased. ABC News ABC News

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Global COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest of pandemic so far

Fri, 2021-04-16 15:02 — mike kraft

WHO chief says COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest of pandemic so far GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of new COVID-19 cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. "Cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing focused on Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the western Pacific region.

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Australia’s pandemic experience offers a potential model for Indigenous health care --experts say EY

Mon, 2021-04-12 00:22 — mike kraft

Australia made a plan to protect Indigenous elders from covid-19. It worked. The pandemic ravaged first-nation communities in many parts of the world. Australia bucked the trend. Rachel Pannett Washington Post

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Canada's vaccination program pivots to focus on frontline workers

Mon, 2021-04-12 00:09 — mike kraft

In COVID-19 vaccination pivot, Canada targets frontline workers Canada is shifting its vaccination campaign to target frontline workers, moving away from a largely age-based rollout as the country tries to get a handle on the raging third wave of the pandemic. Anna Mehler Paperny U.S.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is shifting its vaccination campaign to target frontline workers, moving away from a largely age-based rollout as the country tries to get a handle on the raging third wave of the pandemic.

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Description and graphics showing how coronavirus variants have spread in the U.S.

Thu, 2021-04-08 20:15 — mike kraft

As Variants Have Spread, Progress Against the Virus in U.S. Has Stalled Vaccinations have topped three million per day, but cases have risen again amid the presence of more-contagious variants, restriction rollbacks and more travel. The New York Times

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In the midst of a global health pandemic, ordinary flu season did not hit

Tue, 2021-04-06 16:10 — mike kraft

Despite warnings, a flu season that wasn't As the nation suffered through a devastating winter surge of coronavirus cases, the phones at Old Dominion Pediatrics in Virginia rang off the hook. Reid Wilson TheHill

Public health experts, general practitioners and pediatricians had warned for months that a surge in coronavirus cases over the winter months would be compounded by a typical flu season, which kills tens of thousands Americans annually. But a funny thing happened in the midst of a global health pandemic: Flu season was effectively canceled.

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Roundup: Vaccinating adults appears to protect children around them; bar opening event linked to 46 COVID-19 cases

Tue, 2021-04-06 00:08 — mike kraft

Vaccinating adults appears to protect children around them; bar opening event linked to 46 COVID-19 cases The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Nancy Lapid U.S.

(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

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