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EU, Pfizer/BioNTech agree to cut COVID vaccine purchases

Fri, 2023-05-26 11:29 — mike kraft

EU, Pfizer/BioNTech announce amendment to COVID vaccine contract The European Union and drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said on Friday they had reached a deal to amend a COVID-19 vaccine contract, cutting the number the EU must buy and pushing the delivery deadline to 2026. Maggie Fick Reuters

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White House Pushes to Save Key Covid Programs in Debt Ceiling Talks

Thu, 2023-05-25 17:27 — mike kraft

The White House is seeking to preserve funding for key components of the federal coronavirus response in debt limit negotiations with House Republicans, according to senior Biden administration officials familiar with the talks.

Administration officials are trying to protect roughly $5 billion in funding for a program to develop the next generation of coronavirus vaccines and treatments. They are also looking to preserve more than $1 billion in funding for an initiative to offer free coronavirus shots to uninsured Americans, according to the officials.

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12 key symptoms define long Covid, new study shows, bringing treatments closer

Thu, 2023-05-25 16:47 — mike kraft

Government-funded study creates first symptom-based long Covid definition, a step toward finding treatments | CNN After more than two years and an investment of nearly $1.2 billion, researchers say they’ve come up with a list of 12 symptoms that can reliably classify someone as having long Covid, a working definition that should accelerate research into the disabling condition. CNN

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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use

Thu, 2023-05-25 16:42 — mike kraft

COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use U.S. health regulators have given full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid. Thursday's action means the drug has now been fully vetted by the U.S. government and can remain on the market indefinitely. Millions of Americans have received Paxlovid since it was granted emergency authorization in late 2021. It’s become the go-to treatment for adults and older children. The FDA’s approval is only for adults who are at high risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19. The drug is still available for children under emergency use. AP NEWS

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Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces severe fatigue in long-COVID patients --Dutch study

Tue, 2023-05-09 19:25 — mike kraft

Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces severe fatigue in long-COVID patients Cognitive behavioral therapy lessens fatigue and improves concentration among long-COVID patients. CIDRAP

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China's CanSinoBIO's inhaled COVID booster reported stronger against BA.1 Omicron subvariant than Sinovac shot

Tue, 2023-05-09 10:21 — mike kraft

CanSinoBIO's inhaled COVID booster stronger against BA.1 Omicron subvariant than Sinovac shot Chinese vaccine firm CanSino Biologic's inhalation-based candidate elicited a better antibody response as a booster against the BA.1 Omicron sub-variant than Sinovac's shot, but the antibody level dropped in months, clinical trial data showed. Reuters R

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Opinion: The Covid-19 emergency is ending. It’s time for the patient to leave the hospital

Tue, 2023-05-09 10:06 — mike kraft

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The Covid-19 emergency is ending. It's time for the patient to leave the hospital | CNN After more than three very long years, it's finally happening: The Covid-19 pandemic is ending, at least in the formal sense, both in this country and abroad. This moment is not being marked with parades or big parties but rather with the flourishes of two administrative pens. On Friday, the World Health Organization announced that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and this Thursday, the United States is set to end its own public health emergency declaration. Dr.

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Recap: What goes away when the U.S. Covid health emergency ends this week

Tue, 2023-05-09 09:57 — mike kraft

What goes away when the Covid health emergency ends this week The state of emergency is over and that will affect everything from from free vaccines and tests to food assistance programs. POLITICO

The Covid-19 public health emergency ends Thursday and with it a host of pandemic-era rules and waivers that many Americans have come to take for granted.

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