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Microsoft: Russian, North Korean hackers target vaccine work

Fri, 2020-11-13 19:05 — mike kraft

Microsoft: Russian, North Korean hackers target vaccine work BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft said it has detected attempts by state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine... AP NEWS

BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft said it has detected attempts by state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers.

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How Pfizer Plans to Distribute Its Vaccine (It’s Complicated)

Fri, 2020-11-13 15:24 — mike kraft

For months, scientists and public health experts have been saying the most crucial part of defusing the Covid-19 pandemic will be developing a safe and effective vaccine. So it was cause for celebration this week when Pfizer announced that an early analysis showed its vaccine candidate was more than 90 percent effective.

Now the drug maker, the government and the public health community face a new challenge: quickly making millions of doses of the vaccine and getting them to the hospitals, clinics and pharmacies where they will be injected, two separate times, into people’s arms.

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Why Poorer Countries Aren't Likely To Get The Pfizer Vaccine Any Time Soon

Fri, 2020-11-13 14:58 — mike kraft

This week, the world heard encouraging news about a vaccine for COVID-19.

On Monday, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, and its partner BioNTech, said their experimental vaccine appears to work – and work quite well. A preliminary analysis suggests the vaccine is more than 90 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 symptoms.

Health officials hope to start vaccinating some Americans in a few months.

"The vaccine is on its way, folks," Dr. Anthony Fauci told a crowd Tuesday, via video link, outside Brooklyn Borough Hall.

But what about the rest of world, especially people in poorer counties. Is the vaccine "on its way for them?"

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Developmental disorders top the medical conditions that heighten the risk of dying from Covid-19

Wed, 2020-11-11 20:25 — mike kraft

Developmental disorders heighten the risk of dying from Covid-19 - STAT Among 15 conditions that increase the odds of dying from Covid-19, developmental disorders are at the top of the list. Patrick Skerrett STAT

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First It Was Masks; Now Some Refuse Testing for Coronavirus

Tue, 2020-11-10 17:56 — mike kraft

SARS-CoV-2 Testing Hesitancy Could Hamper Mitigation Efforts This Medical News feature examines the problem of people refusing to be tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). JAMA_current

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Inappropriately prescribed antibiotics will likely accompany the winter surge of Covid-19

Mon, 2020-11-09 20:22 — mike kraft

Covid-19 will boost inappropriately prescribed antibiotics this winter - STAT Antibiotics were overprescribed long before Covid-19 emerged. The pandemic may lead to a surge in antibiotic use, much of it inappropriate. Patrick Skerrett STAT

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ADDITIONAL REPORTING: How a Coronavirus Mutation in Minks Could Wreak Havoc on Vaccine Development

Sat, 2020-11-07 16:52 — mike kraft

How a Coronavirus Mutation in Minks Could Wreak Havoc on Vaccine Development A new strain of SARS-CoV-2 in Danish minks is raising fears among public health experts. Matt Miller Slate Magazine

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Danish Covid-19 mink variant could spark new pandemic, scientists warn

Thu, 2020-11-05 19:20 — mike kraft

Danish Covid-19 mink variant could spark new pandemic, scientists warn Mutations in mink herds and wildlife such as weasels, badgers, ferrets may pose risk to human health and vaccine development Sophie Kevany the Guardian

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Pregnant women with Covid-19 face higher risk of severe illness and death, study says

Tue, 2020-11-03 10:40 — mike kraft

Pregnant women with Covid-19 face higher risk of severe illness and death, study says Pregnant women infected with the coronavirus are more likely to become severely ill and die from Covid-19, and they're at increased risk for premature delivery, according to a pair of reports released Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN CNN

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Contract Tracing Problems: People Increasingly, ‘Have No Idea’ how they contracted COVID-19.

Sat, 2020-10-31 12:50 — mike kraft

... As the coronavirus soars across the country, smashing daily records and surpassing nine million cases nationwide, tracing the path of the pandemic in the United States is no longer simply challenging. It has become nearly impossible.

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