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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is shifting its vaccination campaign to target frontline workers, moving away from a largely age-based rollout as the country tries to get a handle on the raging third wave of the pandemic.

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US suicides dropped last year, contrary to pandemic expectations/speculation

Fri, 2021-04-09 12:00 — mike kraft

US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations It is hard to say exactly why suicide deaths dropped so much, but one factor may be a phenomenon seen in the early stages of wars and national disasters, some experts suggested. “There's a heroism phase in every disaster period, where we're banding together and expressing lots of messages of support that we're in this together,” said Dr. Christine Moutier, chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. U.S.

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In the midst of a global health pandemic, ordinary flu season did not hit

Tue, 2021-04-06 12:10 — mike kraft

Despite warnings, a flu season that wasn't As the nation suffered through a devastating winter surge of coronavirus cases, the phones at Old Dominion Pediatrics in Virginia rang off the hook. Reid Wilson TheHill

Public health experts, general practitioners and pediatricians had warned for months that a surge in coronavirus cases over the winter months would be compounded by a typical flu season, which kills tens of thousands Americans annually. But a funny thing happened in the midst of a global health pandemic: Flu season was effectively canceled.

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Roundup: Vaccinating adults appears to protect children around them; bar opening event linked to 46 COVID-19 cases

Mon, 2021-04-05 20:08 — mike kraft

Vaccinating adults appears to protect children around them; bar opening event linked to 46 COVID-19 cases The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Nancy Lapid U.S.

(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

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Some poor countries can’t cover the cost of administering the coronavirus vaccines when they finally receive them

Fri, 2021-04-02 09:36 — mike kraft

Coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the cost of administering them Public health experts told The Post that many low-income countries are on track to face acute shortages of trained and salaried health-care workers in a few months, when Covax shipments increase. Miriam Berger Washington Post

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OPINION: How Europe has mishandled the pandemic--The Economist

Thu, 2021-04-01 19:58 — mike kraft

How Europe has mishandled the pandemic What happened and what does it mean for the union? The Economist

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Overview"Coronavirus international developments briefs

Thu, 2021-04-01 11:20 — mike kraft

Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus The World Trade Organization said risks from the uneven roll-out of coronavirus vaccination campaigns and the possible emergence of vaccine-resistant strains clouded the outlook for the global trade in goods, while raising its growth forecast slightly. Reuters Staff U.S.

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* All health workers in Italy must have coronavirus jabs, the government said, in a potentially controversial move aimed at protecting vulnerable patients and pushing back against ‘no-vax’ sentiment.

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