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'It could be a double whammy.' Florida scientists worry about Brazilian variant
MIAMI — As the pandemic continues to worsen around the world, scientists are grappling to better understand spin-off versions of the COVID-19 virus — and one of the latest strains poses a particular threat to South Florida. The little-understood "P1" strain of the COVID-19 virus, known as the Brazilian variant, contains two of the mutations that have researchers worried: one that is thought to increase the infectiousness of the virus — with mounting evidence coming from the U.K. to support the conclusion — and one that is thought to aid the virus in escaping a potential target's immune system,...
Miami Herald
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Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine — ASAP
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated for covid-19 is waning, according to a poll released Wednesday. Nearly half of adults surveyed in January said they have either already been vaccinated or want the vaccine as soon as they can, up from about a third of adults polled in December, according to the latest KFF survey. (KHN is an editorially independent program of KFF.) About 20 million Americans have been vaccinated for covid since distribution of the first vaccines began in mid-December. The pace has also picked up in recent weeks, with more th...
Kaiser Health News
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‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
This story also ran on USA Today and GateHouse Media. It can be republished for free. Computer science teacher Suzy Lebo saw covid-19 dangers frequently in her Indiana high school: classes with about 30 students sitting less than 18 inches apart. Students crowding teachers in hallways. Students and staff members taking off their masks around others. “I’m concerned,” said Lebo, who teaches at Avon High School in the Indianapolis suburbs. “We’re not controlling the virus in our county. We’re not controlling it in our state. And we’re not controlling it in our schools.” President Joe Biden’s covi...
California Healthline
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Activistas antivacunas difunden falsas teorías de que las dosis de covid son letales
Los grupos antivacunas están explotando el sufrimiento y la muerte de las personas que se enferman después de recibir la vacuna contra covid, lo que amenaza con socavar la campaña de vacunación más grande en la historia de los Estados Unidos. En algunos casos, están inventando historias de muertes que nunca ocurrieron. “Esto es exactamente lo que hacen los grupos antivacunas”, dijo el doctor Peter Hotez, especialista en enfermedades infecciosas y autor de “Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-Science”. Los grupos antivacunas han afirmado falsamente durante décadas ...
Kaiser Health News (Espanol)
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Vaccine Ramp-Up Squeezes Covid Testing and Tracing
This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It can be republished for free. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, under growing pressure to jump-start a faltering covid-19 vaccine rollout, jetted to Los Angeles on Jan. 15 to unveil a massive new vaccination site at Dodger Stadium that is expected eventually to inoculate 12,000 people a day. The city-run venue had been the biggest covid testing site in the U.S., administering over 1 million tests in its nearly eight months of operation — and over 10,000 a day during the recent surge. Its redeployment to the cause of vaccination, Newsom declared, provides...
Kaiser Health News
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Covid Vaccine Rollout Leaves Most Older Adults Confused Where to Get Shots
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Over a month into a massive vaccination program, most older Americans report they don’t know where or when they can get inoculated for covid-19, according to a poll released Friday. Nearly 6 in 10 people 65 and older who have not yet gotten a shot said they don’t have enough information about how to get vaccinated, according to the KFF survey. (KHN is an editorially independent program of KFF.) Older Americans are not the only ones in the dark about the inoculation process. About 55% of essential workers —designated by public health officials as ...
Kaiser Health News
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Covid Vaccine Rollout Leaves Most Older Adults Confused Where to Get Shots
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Over a month into a massive vaccination program, most older Americans report they don’t know where or when they can get inoculated for covid-19, according to a poll released Friday. Nearly 6 in 10 people 65 and older who have not yet gotten a shot said they don’t have enough information about how to get vaccinated, according to the KFF survey. (KHN is an editorially independent program of KFF.) Older Americans are not the only ones in the dark about the inoculation process. About 55% of essential workers —designated by public health officials as ...
California Healthline
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Biden Takes the Reins, Calls for a United Front Against Covid and Other Threats
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Joe Biden on Wednesday took the oath to become the 46th president of the United States, vowing to bring the nation together in the midst of an ongoing pandemic that has claimed more than 400,000 lives, enormous economic dislocation and civil unrest so serious that the U.S. Capitol steps where he took his oath were surrounded not by cheering crowds, but by tens of thousands of armed police and National Guard troops. In his inaugural address, given outside despite concerns for his physical security, Biden emphasized unity, the driving theme of his ...
Kaiser Health News
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Biden Takes the Reins, Calls for a United Front Against Covid and Other Threats
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Joe Biden on Wednesday took the oath to become the 46th president of the United States, vowing to bring the nation together in the midst of an ongoing pandemic that has claimed more than 400,000 lives, enormous economic dislocation and civil unrest so serious that the U.S. Capitol steps where he took his oath were surrounded not by cheering crowds, but by tens of thousands of armed police and National Guard troops. In his inaugural address, given outside despite concerns for his physical security, Biden emphasized unity, the driving theme of his ...
California Healthline
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Fauci says federal approval of Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca vaccines is ‘weeks away’
President-elect Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans during his first 100 days in office got a seal of approval from the country’s top infectious disease expert on Sunday. “The feasibility of his goal is absolutely clear, there’s no doubt about it,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He also voiced approval for steps Biden has outlined. The president-elect promised Friday to boost vaccine production and distribution as the coronavirus outbreak continues to rage. “What the president-elect is ...
New York Daily News
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