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U.S., India, Japan and Australia develop vaccine pact to supply Asia, counter China

Fri, 2021-03-12 19:26 — mike kraft

U.S., India, Japan and Australia counter China with billion-dose vaccine pact The United States and three of its closest Indo-Pacific partners committed to supplying up to a billion coronavirus vaccine doses across Asia by the end of 2022 at a summit on Friday carefully choreographed to counter China's growing influence. David Brunnstrom, Michael Martina, Jeff Mason U.S.

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Biden faces push to engage in "vaccine diplomacy"

Fri, 2021-03-12 12:03 — mike kraft

Biden faces pressure to distribute vaccines worldwide, while Americans still need them at home Russia and China are winning goodwill by shipping vaccines to needy nations. The Biden administration has been unable to match that because of domestic political pressures and health needs. Anne Gearan, Miriam Berger Washington Post

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Italy becomes first EU country to make a deal to produce Rusian vaccine

Tue, 2021-03-09 19:15 — mike kraft

Russia to make Sputnik V vaccine in Italy, a first in EU MILAN (AP) — Russia has signed a deal to produce its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Italy, the first contract in the European Union, the Italian Russian Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday.... AP NEWS

MILAN (AP) — Russia has signed a deal to produce its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Italy, the first contract in the European Union, the Italian Russian Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday.

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Israel, Austria and Denmark agree to cooperate on developing vaccine booster shots.

Fri, 2021-03-05 12:45 — mike kraft

Israel, Austria and Denmark establish vaccine-supply alliance Israel, Austria and Denmark said on Thursday they would set up a joint research and development fund and possibly production facilities for COVID-19 vaccines to ensure they had long-term supplies for booster shots or to contend with virus mutations. Dan Williams U.S.

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Merck will join with rival Johnson & Johnson to step up J&J's Covid vaccine production

Tue, 2021-03-02 16:48 — mike kraft

Under a White House-brokered deal, Merck will help boost supplies of its rival Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine

The pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co will help manufacture the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine under an unusual deal, brokered by the White House, that could substantially increase the supply of the new vaccine and ramp up the pace of vaccination just as worrisome new variants of the virus have been found in the United States.

The arrangement, first reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday, comes just days after the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

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Federal Scientists urge governors not to list restrictins: decline incases stall

Sat, 2021-02-27 13:29 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials warned impatient governors on Friday against relaxing pandemic control measures, saying that a recent steep drop in coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States may be leveling off at a very high number — a shift that the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “must be taken extremely seriously.”

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WHO release on beginning of COVAX vaccine shipments

Fri, 2021-02-26 12:15 — mike kraft

COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by the COVAX Facility head to Ghana, marking beginning of global rollout COVAX announces 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine licensed to Serum Institute of India have arrived in Accra, Ghana

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G-7 leaders vow 'equitable' world vaccine access, but details scant

Fri, 2021-02-19 17:45 — mike kraft

G-7 vows 'equitable' world vaccine access, but details scant LONDON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers promised Friday to immunize the world’s neediest people against the coronavirus by giving money, and precious vaccine doses, to a... AP NEWS

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White House announces $4 billion in funding for Covax, the global vaccine effort that Trump spurned

Thu, 2021-02-18 18:36 — mike kraft

White House announces $4 billion in funding for Covax, the global vaccine effort that Trump spurned The announcement comes as France's Macron calls on wealthy nations to donate 5 percent of their vaccine supply to developing countries. Emily Rauhala, Erin Cunningham, Adam Taylor Washington Post

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Scientists Urge C.D.C. to Set Air Standards for Workplaces

Wed, 2021-02-17 20:47 — mike kraft

Nearly a year after scientists showed that the coronavirus can be inhaled in tiny droplets called aerosols that linger indoors in stagnant air, more than a dozen experts are calling on the Biden administration to take immediate action to limit airborne transmission of the virus in high-risk settings like meatpacking plants and prisons.

The 13 experts — including several who advised President Biden during the transition — urged the administration to mandate a combination of masks and environmental measures, like better ventilation, to blunt the risks in various workplaces.

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