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WHO: COVID boosters should start with most vulnerable

Jan
21
WHO: COVID boosters should start with most vulnerable GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says that coronavirus vaccine boosters should now now be offered to people, starting with the most vulnerable, in a move away from its previous insistence that boosters were unnecessary for healthy adults and an acknowledgment that the vaccine supply is improving globally. AP NEWS

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Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas; Mexico reaches record

Jan
20
Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas, health agency says COVID-19 infections are reaching new peaks in the Americas with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15,000 COVID-related deaths in the last week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters
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Global vaccine program COVAX low on funds, seeks $5.2B to buy new doses

Jan
19
Global vaccine program COVAX low on funds, seeks $5.2B GENEVA (AP) — The global initiative to share coronavirus vaccines equally between rich and poor countries asked Wednesday for $5.2 billion in funds to be able to keep buying doses in coming months. AP NEWS

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The UN-backed program known as COVAX has delivered just over 1 billion doses since shipments started nearly a year ago.

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U.S. CDC warns against travel to 22 destinations over COVID-19

Jan
18
U.S. CDC warns against travel to 22 destinations over COVID-19 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday advised against travel to 22 nations and territories because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases, including for Israel, Australia, Egypt, Albania, Argentina and Uruguay. David Shepardson Reuters

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Mexico approves use of Cuba’s Abdala coronavirus vaccine; cuts by half order of Chinese vaccine

Dec
30
Mexico approves use of Cuba's Abdala coronavirus vaccine | AP News MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s health safety council announced Wednesday that it has approved the use of Cuba’s three-dose Abdala coronavirus vaccine. The council said it had sufficient evidence the vaccine is safe and effective. AP NEWS

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The approval for emergency use does not necessarily mean the Mexican government, which is currently the country’s only purchaser of vaccines, will acquire or administer Abdala in Mexico.

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More than 40% of people with COVID-19 never show symptoms, study finds

Dec
15
More than 40% of people with COVID-19 never show symptoms, study finds. What experts have learned about these cases. Researchers looked at 95 studies from Jan. 2020 to Feb. 2021 consisting of nearly 30M people in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa. YahooNews
 
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The U.N.'s Covax is likely to deliver less than half of the promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest icountries in 2021.

Dec
13
Covax promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest in 2021. It won’t even deliver even half that. The U.N.-led initiative is now aiming for 800 million doses to be delivered by the end of the year, but that isn't assured. Adam Taylor Washington Post
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Health costs pushed or worsened poverty for over 500 mln --World Bank and WHO

Dec
13
Health costs pushed or worsened poverty for over 500 mln More than half a billion people globally were pushed or sent further into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their own pockets, with the COVID-19 pandemic expected to make things worse, the World Health Organization and the World Bank said on Sunday. Manas Mishra Reuters
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The world is unprepared for the next pandemic, Global Health Security Index study finds

Dec
08

(CNN) The entire world remains unprepared for the next pandemic and most countries are underprepared even for small outbreaks of disease, researchers reported Wednesday.

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Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections arrives in New Orleans

Dec
06
Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections arrives in New Orleans | AP News NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 10 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness. AP NEWS

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The Louisiana Department of Health said in a late Saturday news release that over the past week, the ship made stops in Belize, Honduras and Mexico. ...

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