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Some States lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new variant

Wed, 2021-01-27 17:29 — mike kraft

States lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new variant LANSING, Mich. (AP) — States are loosening their coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of improved infection and hospitalization numbers but are moving gradually and... AP NEWS

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Coronavirus variants are impacting tests, FDA official says

Wed, 2021-01-27 17:20 — mike kraft

Coronavirus variants are impacting tests, FDA official says Coronavirus variants popping up across the US are beginning to affect tests for the virus, the US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. By Zahid Mahmood, <a href="/profiles/jessie-yeung">Jessie Yeung</a>, Adam Renton and Hannah Strange, CNN CNN

Coronavirus variants popping up across the US are beginning to affect tests for the virus, the US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

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Everyday activities are more dangerous now that new Covid-19 variants are circulating, expert says

Tue, 2021-01-26 17:29 — mike kraft

Everyday activities are more dangerous now that new Covid-19 variants are circulating, expert says Health officials are "extremely" worried about the new Covid-19 variants that have been detected in the US and what they could mean over the coming months, one expert said Monday night. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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COVID-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe's pandemic

Tue, 2021-01-26 11:25 — mike kraft

COVID-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe's pandemic LISBON, Portugal (AP) — In the first week of December, Portugal’s prime minister gave his pandemic-weary people an early Christmas gift: restrictions on gatherings and travel due to COVID-19 would... AP NEWS

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What do coronavirus variants mean for your masks?

Tue, 2021-01-26 09:58 — mike kraft

What do coronavirus variants mean for your masks? Experts say masks remain incredibly important - and that means making sure you have one that fits well and offers adequate protection. NBC News

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that when it comes to wearing two masks to protect against the coronavirus, it "makes common sense" that more than one layer of masking would be more effective.

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Primer: Covid: How worrying are the UK, South Africa, and Brazil coronavirus variants?

Tue, 2021-01-26 09:53 — mike kraft

Covid: How worrying are the UK, South Africa, and Brazil coronavirus variants? There is some evidence that the new UK variant may be more deadly, says PM Boris Johnson. BBC News

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New variants of coronavirus are emerging that are more infectious than the original one that started the pandemic.

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As Virus Grows Stealthier, Vaccine Makers Reconsider Battle Plans

Tue, 2021-01-26 09:42 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus assumes contagious new forms around the world, two drug makers reported on Monday that their vaccines, while still effective, offer less protection against one variant and began revising plans to turn back an evolving pathogen that has killed more than two million people.

The news from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech underscored a realization by scientists that the virus is changing more quickly than once thought, and may well continue to develop in ways that help it elude the vaccines being deployed worldwide.

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Covid: 'More deadly' UK variant claim played down by UK scientists, Anericans say more data needed

Sat, 2021-01-23 17:10 — mike kraft

Covid: 'More deadly' UK variant claim played down by scientists One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is "not particularly strong". BBC News

Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a "game changer" in the UK's response to the pandemic.

Boris Johnson has said there is "some evidence" the variant may be associated with "a higher degree of mortality".

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South African study: New COVID-19 variant defeats plasma treatment, may reduce vaccine efficacy

Wed, 2021-01-20 21:03 — mike kraft

New COVID-19 variant defeats plasma treatment, may reduce vaccine efficacy The new COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa can evade the antibodies that attack it in treatments using blood plasma from previously recovered patients, and may reduce the efficacy of the current line of vaccines, scientists said on Wednesday. Reuters Staff U.S.

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Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine works just as well against variant first detected in U.K., study indicates

Wed, 2021-01-20 13:37 — mike kraft

Study: Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine effective with variant first detected in U.K. The paper is a welcome signal that existing vaccines don’t seem to be weakened by the variant in question, known as B.1.1.7. Andrew Joseph STAT

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