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Moderna has been supplying vaccines to richer countries, keeping poor nations waiting.

Mon, 2021-10-11 11:26 — mike kraft

Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps COVID Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine appears to be the world’s best defense against COVID-19, has been supplying its shots almost exclusively to wealthy nations, keeping poorer countries waiting and earning billions in profit. After developing a breakthrough vaccine with the financial and scientific support of the U.S.

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Analysis: Desperate airlines hope vaccine mandates will lure back passengers

Fri, 2021-10-08 19:52 — mike kraft

Desperate airlines hope vaccine mandates will lure back passengers The one thing we do know for certain is that the airline industry as we know it is changing forever. Jay Ratliff, Opinion Contributor TheHill

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Tensions reportedly grow between Moderna, White House over vaccine production

Thu, 2021-10-07 10:48 — mike kraft

Tensions grow between Moderna, White House over vaccine production The Biden administration has urged Moderna for months to increase its production domestically. POLITICO

Vaccine maker Moderna is resisting pressure from the White House to increase international donations of its Covid-19 shot in 2022, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Policy changes recomendations to improve masks and respirators--Johns Hopkins study

Tue, 2021-10-05 19:12 — mike kraft

Masks and Respirators for the 21st Century: Policy Changes Needed Masks and respirators have played an essential role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic for both healthcare workers and the public. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

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South Africa and Oxfam press for waiver of intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines

Tue, 2021-09-28 11:12 — mike kraft

South Africa, Oxfam call for fairer trade rules in response to pandemic South Africa's president and the head of Oxfam heaped pressure on World Trade Organization members and manufacturers to allow fairer access to COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, including through a waiver on intellectual property rights. Reuters Reuters

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COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies

Mon, 2021-09-20 13:05 — mike kraft

COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies Shortages of masks and gloves that marked the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to a host of other items needed at medical facilities in the United States, from exam tables and heart defibrillators to crutches and IV poles. Timothy Aeppel Reuters

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White House is developing new system for international travel, contract tracing rules

Wed, 2021-09-15 16:34 — mike kraft

White House plans new system for international travel, contract tracing rules The United States is developing a "new system for international travel" that will include contact tracing for when it eventually lifts travel restrictions that bar much of the world's population from entering the country, a senior White House official said on Wednesday. David Shepardson Reuters

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Study shows safety net helped prevent widespread hunger during the pandemic

Thu, 2021-09-09 09:24 — mike kraft

New federal study shows safety net helped prevent widespread hunger during the pandemic U.S. Agriculture Department releases first complete government calculation of 2020 hunger surge, revealing the success of pandemic safety net programs. Laura Reiley Washington Post

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ANALYIS: Why We Can’t Turn the Corner on Covid

Mon, 2021-09-06 14:47 — mike kraft

Why We Can’t Turn the Corner on Covid After a hot vax summer that wasn’t, it’s clearer than ever that there will be no easy end to the pandemic. Joanne Kenen POLITICO

The summer of 2021 began with such promise. On Memorial Day, the traditional start of summer, many Americans thought that the worst of Covid might be over, that masks were out and hugs (or more) might be in. But that optimism has yielded to a more somber and uncertain Labor Day as hot vax summer turned into hot spot autumn.

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