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Tier 4 lockdown in England as virus variant spreading fast
December 21, 2020
“The new variant could increase the R by 0.4 or more, and although there’s considerable uncertainty, it may be up to 70% more transmissible than the old variant.”
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CDC identifies next priority groups for COVID-19 vaccine
December 21, 2020
ACIP said the next priority group, Phase 1b, should consist of what it called frontline essential workers, a group of about 30 million, and adults aged 75 years and older, a group of about 21 million.
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COVID-19 ‘far more serious’ than flu, inpatient data confirm
December 21, 2020
The study “is the largest to date to compare the two diseases and confirms that COVID-19 is far more serious than the flu.”
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Second COVID-19 vaccine ready for use, CDC panel says
December 20, 2020
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine — the second now cleared for emergency use in the United States — was endorsed by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Dece...
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FDA grants emergency use for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
December 19, 2020
“It’s incumbent upon all us healthcare professionals to put ourselves out there as supporting this vaccine and supporting people getting it.”
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Contact tracing in hospitals falls off as COVID-19 cases rise
December 18, 2020
Ad hoc approaches to contact tracing are likely to be short-lived.
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine wins decisive recommendation from FDA panel
December 18, 2020
The advisers and FDA staff also honed in on several key issues with COVID-19 vaccines, including the challenge of having people in the placebo groups of studies seek to get cleared vaccines.
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COVID-19 ranks as a leading cause of death in United States
December 17, 2020
“The current exponential increase in COVID-19 is reaching a calamitous scale in the U.S.”
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COVID-19 vaccines: Safe for immunocompromised patients?
December 17, 2020
Data are limited thus far, and the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised patients remain unknown.
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FDA clears first OTC rapid at-home COVID diagnostic test
December 16, 2020
Authorization of the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test is “a major milestone in diagnostic testing for COVID-19,” FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, MD, said.
