Vaccinations

With graphs: Tracking Coronavirus Cases at U.S. Colleges and Universities

Wed, 2021-04-28 17:29 — mike kraft

Tracking Coronavirus Cases at U.S. Colleges and Universities Coronavirus cases continue to climb steadily at colleges, a New York Times survey has found. Some schools have announced vaccine requirements for students returning in the fall. The New York Times

Tens of thousands of coronavirus cases have been reported at American colleges in recent weeks, and infections have steadily continued to increase, even as vaccine eligibility has expanded and as some universities have announced plans to require shots.

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New studies say Pfizer and Moderna vaccines reduce Covid-19 hospitalization risk by 94% among older adults

Wed, 2021-04-28 15:04 — mike kraft

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines reduce risk for Covid-19 hospitalization by 94% among older adults, study shows The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines were found in the real world to be 94% effective against Covid-19 hospitalization among fully vaccinated adults ages 65 and older in the United States, according to a new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. By <a href="/profiles/joshua-berlinger">Joshua Berlinger</a>, <a href="/profiles/jessie-yeung">Jessie Yeung</a>, <a href="/profiles/brett-mckeehan">Brett McKeehan</a>, <a href="/profiles/kara-fox">Kara Fox</a&gt

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BioNTech chief says Europe can reach herd immunity this summer

Wed, 2021-04-28 14:53 — mike kraft

BioNTech boss: Europe will reach herd immunity this summer BERLIN (AP) — Europe can achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus within three to four months, the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved COVID-19 vaccine with U.S. partner Pfizer, said Wednesday. While the exact threshold required to reach that critical level of immunization remains a matter of debate, experts say a level above 70% would significantly disrupt transmission of the coronavirus within a population.

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India suffers record new cases and fatalities, variant may be contributing factor

Wed, 2021-04-28 12:33 — mike kraft

India reports record new cases and fatalities, official Covid death toll surpasses 200,000 Government data showed at least another 3,293 people died, while overall cases also rose by a record 360,960 reported infections. Saheli Roy Choudhury CNBC

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Single COVID-19 vaccine dose can reduce household transmission by up to half: British researchers

Wed, 2021-04-28 12:10 — mike kraft

Single COVID-19 vaccine dose can reduce household transmission by up A single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can limit household transmission by up to half, according to a Justine Coleman TheHill

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OVERVIEW: US case counts fall; vaccine trials underway for small children

Wed, 2021-04-28 10:18 — mike kraft

'New normal' may be near as US case counts fall; vaccine trials underway for small children; 200,000 deaths in India: Live COVID-19 updates India crossed a bleak milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus. In the US, infections are falling. Latest COVID-19 news. John Bacon and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY YahooNews

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U.S. pharmacies to offer second vaccine doses to people who got first shots elsewhere.

Wed, 2021-04-28 10:09 — mike kraft

Federal health officials said on Tuesday that they were directing nearly all drugstores and grocery-store pharmacies to offer second doses of Covid-19 vaccines to people who received their first shot from a different provider.

Growing numbers of Americans who received a first shot of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna vaccine are not getting their second shots, in part because of challenges with access. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 5 million people, or nearly 8 percent of those who were partially vaccinated, have missed getting their second dose.

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