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India Becomes 60th Country to Authorize Use of Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine
The authorization comes as India faces a devastating new surge of Covid infections.
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IMF Hikes Growth Forecast for the Middle East, Says Recovery Will Be ‘Divergent'
The International Monetary Fund revised its growth forecast for 2021 up to 4%.
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Researchers Identify Five New Cases of ‘Double Mutant' Covid Variant in California
The double-mutant strain contains two key mutations, E484Q and L452R, that have been found separately in other variants but not together in a single strain.
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Hospitals Are Seeing More Young Adults With Severe Covid Symptoms, CDC Says
Hospitals are seeing more and more younger adults in 30s and 40s admitted with severe disease from the coronavirus.
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Vaccines Are a National Priority But Not ‘Silver Bullets' for Reopening, Singapore Minister Says
Singapore needs a “suite of measures” beyond Covid vaccinations in order to open up its economy, said S Iswaran, minister for communications and information.
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Double Mutation of the Covid Variant in India Risks Spreading to Other Countries, Doctor Says
The new variant will not be limited to India, but will likely emerge in other parts of the world as well, said Dr. Kavita Patel of the Brookings Institution.
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Former Trump Covid Vaccine Chief Moncef Slaoui Apologizes After Sexual Harassment Claim
Former President Donald Trump picked GlaxoSmithKline veteran Moncef Slaoui to run Operation Warp Speed, the Covid vaccination effort, last year.
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Reaching Herd Immunity Will Be a Challenge for Developing Asia, UN Official Says
Herd immunity refers to the situation where a disease cannot spread easily in a population because most people are immune to it.
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Op-Ed: Sanofi CEO on Navigating Covid One Year Later. Now What?
Paul Hudson is the CEO of Sanofi. The French pharmaceutical company has two Covid-19 vaccines under development — one with GlaxoSmithKline, the other with Translate Bio for an mRNA vaccine. It’s also manufacturing vaccine doses for competitors Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer. As we enter the one-year anniversary of initial lockdowns across the globe, it is clear the Covid-19 pandemic…
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Alaska Becomes the First State to Make Covid Vaccines Available to Nearly Everyone
Alaska on Tuesday became the first state to make Covid vaccines available to anyone 16 and older who works or lives in the state, effective immediately.
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Time to Double Down — Not Let Up, WHO Chief Scientist Warns as COVID Cases Rise
Countries cannot let their guard down and must ramp up efforts to contain COVID-19 in the face of more new cases, said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan of the WHO.
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Dubai Logistics Giant DP World Will Deploy ‘All Facilities' to Ensure Global Vaccine Distribution, CEO Says
DP World has launched a vaccine logistics alliance with Emirates and Dubai Airports to speed up the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world.
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AstraZeneca-Oxford Vaccine Works Against Covid Variant Found in the UK, Data Shows
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has the same level of efficiency against the new Covid variant, according to new data Friday.
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The Senate Finance Committee Is Gearing Up to Take on Billionaires and Dark Money Groups, Wyden Says
Now under Democratic control, the powerful Senate Finance Committee aims to take on billionaires, dark money groups and several special interests.
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Wall Street Analysts Are Cautiously Optimistic on J&J's ‘One-Dose' Covid Vaccine
A one-shot vaccine could significantly improve our ability to fight the virus — and we may have one soon.
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At-Home Covid Tests May Be for Sale at Drugstores in February, Says Ellume CEO
“We’ll be shipping first product in the beginning of January,” Ellume CEO Dr. Sean Parsons told CNBC.
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Antibody Drugs Used to Treat Trump, Others Could Cut Covid-19 Hospitalizations by Half, But They're Not Being Used by the General Public
Antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly could reduce Covid-19 hospitalizations by 50 to 70%. Thousands of doses go out weekly, but they’re not getting used.
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb Worries That States May Struggle With Last-Mile Logistics of Administering Covid Vaccines
The challenges of distributing Covid-19 antibody drugs could portend issues with vaccine logistics, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC.
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Black Health Leaders Try to Build Trust in the Covid Vaccine Among African Americans
Most African Americans are highly skeptical of the Covid vaccine. Black health-care leaders are trying to build trust in communities hard hit by the virus.
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China's Covid Vaccine From Sinopharm Is 86% Effective, UAE Says
The announcement was thin on details, however, and did not mention any side effects experienced by patients.