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Restaurants Seem Unlikely to Require Workers to Receive Covid Vaccine
The National Restaurant Association requested priority for those who work in foodservice after first responders and the most vulnerable.
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Moderna Working on COVID Booster Shot for South African Variant, Says Current Vaccine Provides Some Protection
Moderna said Monday it’s accelerating work on a Covid-19 booster shot to guard against the recently discovered variant in South Africa. Its researchers said its current coronavirus vaccine appears to work against the two highly transmissible strains found in the U.K. and South Africa, although it looks like it may be less effective against the latter. The two-dose vaccine...
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What We Know About the Spread of Covid Among Children — and Whether Shutting Schools Reduces the Risk
School closures have a clear negative impact on children’s health, the United Nations health agency has warned.
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J&J's One-Shot COVID Vaccine Is Safe and Generates Promising Immune Response in Early Trial
The new clinical trial data shows a single shot of the vaccine “gives sustainable antibodies,” Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J chief scientific officer, told CNBC.
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Ohio Researchers Say They've Identified Two New Covid Strains Likely Originating in the U.S.
Jason McDonald, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a statement to CNBC the agency is looking at the new research.
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U.S. Covid Deaths Reach Another Record, as Researchers Find Two New Variants in Ohio
“We’re in a very difficult situation, and it’s getting worse,” White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.
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New York City May Turn Vacant Retail Space Into Covid Testing Sites, Says Real Estate Mogul
Converting vacant retail space into rapid testing sites could help people feel comfortable going back to restaurants, real estate executive William Rudin said.
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Labcorp CEO Says Covid Vaccine Recipients Don't Need to Be Tested for Antibodies Afterward
“We still have to understand a lot more about the vaccines, know what to measure, how to measure,” LabCorp CEO Adam Schechter told CNBC.
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Operation Warp Speed Chief Resigns at Biden Team's Request, Will Stay Through Transition, Sources Say
The scientific leader of the U.S. vaccine effort will stay in the role for 30 days, but won’t be chief advisor as of Inauguration Day, sources say.
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Scammers Are Claiming to Sell Covid-19 Vaccines on the Dark Web for Up to $1,000 Worth of Bitcoin
Sellers on the dark web have been advertising Covid-19 vaccines, asking for bitcoin payments and not delivering the goods, cybersecurity firm Check Point found.
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France's Vaccine-Skepticism Is Making Its Covid Immunization Drive Much Harder
France is known to be one of the most vaccine-skeptic nations in the world, and that makes its Covid-19 immunization drive much harder.
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Brazil Researchers Now Say China's Sinovac Vaccine Is 50% Effective — Lower Than Announced Earlier
The Butantan Institute had said last week that CoronaVac was 78% effective among volunteers with mild to severe infections, reported the Wall Street Journal.
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Dr. Fauci Warns Covid Variant Found in South Africa Could Pose Threat to Antibody Drugs
A more infectious coronavirus strain first identified in South Africa is “disturbing” and could pose a threat to Covid antibody drugs, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
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U.S. to Change Covid Vaccine Allocation to Favor States That Quickly Administer Shots
The government is changing the way it allocates Covid vaccine doses, now basing it on how quickly states can administer shots and size of their elderly population.
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Coronavirus Mutations: Here Are the Major COVID Strains We Know About
The new coronavirus has undergone several major mutations, and it’s likely that more, significant variations will emerge.
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New York Will Turn Citi Field Into a ‘Mega' Covid Vaccination Site, Mayor Says
New York will turn Citi Field, home of the Mets, into a ‘mega’ Covid vaccination site, aiming to give as many as 7,000 shots a day, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
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New York State Will Open Covid Vaccinations to Everyone 65 and Over, Gov. Cuomo Says
Cuomo said further expanding to those 65 and older will open eligibility to about 7 million people, but the state is only receiving about 300,000 doses a week.
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Covid Strain Found in South Africa ‘Could Evade' Eli Lilly's Antibody Drug, CEO Warns
“The South African variant … is the one of concern. It has more dramatic mutations to that spike protein,” Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks said.
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Watch Live: Trump Officials to Announce Expansion of Covid Vaccination Eligibility
The Trump administration will issue new guidelines that expand vaccine eligibility to everyone age 65 and older, a senior official told CNBC.
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Pfizer CEO Supports Expanding Covid Vaccine Eligibility, Describes Supply of Doses as Adequate
“I think the main bottleneck right now is to make sure we ramp up our prioritization so we can administer more vaccines,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC.