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A new Covid Delta strain sub-variant is spreading in the UK, but how alarmed do we need to be? While the new variant is quickly spreading, the mutation is reportedly less likely to cause symptoms, […]

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Germany may be in for a lockdown holiday season.  The head of the European country’s disease control agency said that Germany is heading for a “very bad Christmas season” unless immediate, aggressive actions are taken […]

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More Americans than ever are dying from drug overdoses. More than 100,000 people died from overdoses in one year, during the Covid pandemic, making it the highest yearly death toll from overdoses ever recorded in US […]

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Covid is once again sweeping across Europe.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Europe is becoming an epicenter of Covid. The resurgence in cases has been linked to insufficient vaccination rates in some […]

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As it fights a record surge in daily cases that has hit an all-time high of more than 13,000 new infections on Saturday, Austria is imposing a nationwide lockdown, first in Europe, for those not […]

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New Mexico has joined California and Colorado in making coronavirus vaccination booster eligibility available to all adults. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared on Friday that all individuals were eligible for a coronavirus vaccination […]

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Austria’s chancellor said it is only days away from ordering millions of unvaccinated people to stay at home.  The rare move shows the increasing worry and exasperation of European leaders towards populations that have chosen […]

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Citing concerns about an increased risk of heart inflammation, Taiwanese health authorities have suspended the administering of second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for teens. Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) panel of experts […]

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The World Health Organization issued a warning Thursday about rising Covid cases and deaths in Europe.  Over the past week, there were 1.8 million new Covid cases and 24,000 deaths across Europe. This accounts for […]

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Following a settlement with the Department of Justice, Rite Aid will make scheduling vaccines on its website more accessible to persons with disabilities, The Hill reports. According to court records, Rite Aid will guarantee that […]

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According to the large study published Wednesday, a cheap, readily available drug could dramatically reduce serious illness and death when prescribed early after Covid-19 diagnosis, Axios reports. The trial, whose results were published in the […]

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UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said it is likely that he will make vaccines mandatory for the country’s healthcare workers.  National Health Service, or the NHS, employees, currently do not have to adhere to a […]

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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has become the first European country to legalize the domestic production and consumption of marijuana.  The move is different from a full legalization of the drug. Under the Luxembourg law, […]

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A new mutation of the Delta variant “Delta plus” has been identified in the UK, but experts say there’s no need to worry about it yet.  British officials are keeping close watch over the new […]

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The Food and Drug Administration’s advisory vaccine panel endorsed Johnson & Johnson booster vaccine to be offered at least two months after the initial shot a day after recommending Moderna’s Covid-19 booster proposal, US Today […]

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On Thursday, the Biden administration proposed a $100 million investment in the healthcare business by financing state initiatives targeted at recruiting and keeping workers in neglected regions, The Hill reported. The Health and Human Services […]

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On Thursday, Israeli health officials announced that booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be available. In briefings to U.S. experts addressing a booster shot of Moderna’s vaccine, the COVID-19 vaccine enhanced severe illness protection in […]

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s restriction on coronavirus vaccination regulations will almost certainly be replaced by the Biden administration’s proposal to demand injections for workers, but the competing laws might take months to resolve in court, raising […]

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It may be time to get your flu shot. And if you haven’t gotten the Covid vaccination, that too.  Health experts are issuing warnings of the risk of getting both the flu and Covid, calling […]

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