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AstraZeneca Vaccines Made at Troubled Baltimore Plant Were Shipped to Canada and Mexico

Sat, 2021-04-24 10:52 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday that it did not know that a Baltimore factory had discarded millions of possibly contaminated doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine when President Biden last month released the company to ship vaccines manufactured there to Mexico and Canada.

Canadian and Mexican officials said on Friday that they had assurances from AstraZeneca that the millions of doses they received were safe. Some of the doses have been distributed to the public in both countries, the officials said.

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Fake Pfizer vaccine doses found in Mexico, Poland

Wed, 2021-04-21 12:59 — mike kraft

Pfizer identifies fake vaccine doses in Mexico, Poland Pfizer has identified fake doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico and Poland. Jordan Williams TheHill

Pfizer has identified fake doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico and Poland.

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FDA report describes problems at closed down Baltimore factory making J&J vaccine

Wed, 2021-04-21 12:49 — mike kraft

FDA inspection found problems at factory making J&J vaccine The Baltimore factory contracted to make Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was dirty, didn’t follow proper manufacturing procedures and had poorly trained staff, resulting in contamination of material that was going to be put in the shots, U.S. regulators said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration released a statement and a 13-page report detailing findings from its recent inspection of the now-idle Emergent Biosciences factory.

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Scam problem: Officials warn that falsified vaccination cards could endanger lives and hurt efforts to end the pandemic

Mon, 2021-04-19 10:46 — mike kraft

‘Ripe for fraud’: Coronavirus vaccination cards support burgeoning scams Officials warn that the falsified cards could endanger lives and undermine efforts to end the pandemic. Dan Diamond Washington Post

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Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins: with or without China

Wed, 2021-04-07 21:15 — mike kraft

Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins: with or without China A joint China-World Health Organization (WHO) study into COVID-19 has provided no credible answers about how the pandemic began, and more rigorous investigations are required - with or without Beijing's involvement, a group of international scientists and researchers said... Reuters Staff U.S.

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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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The warming climate causes new problems for crop storage

Tue, 2021-03-30 17:41 — mike kraft

New problems arise for crop storage as planet gets warmer Climate change is posing new challenges for crop storage, a part of agriculture that’s often overlooked John Flesher | AP Washington Post

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The pandemic's dramatic reducuction of ordinary flu could decrease effectivess of future flu vaccines

Fri, 2021-03-26 12:10 — mike kraft

The pandemic dramatically reduced flu cases. That could backfire. The low levels of flu during the Covid-19 pandemic have left experts with a much smaller pool of data used for predicting which flu strains will predominate next winter. Jasmine Hilton POLITICO

Precautions aimed at tamping down the coronavirus helped nearly eradicate last year’s flu season — but that could backfire by making it harder to develop effective vaccines for next winter’s flu.

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Global Hunger: Over 30 million people 'one step away from starvation', UN warns

Thu, 2021-03-25 20:31 — mike kraft

Over 30 million people 'one step away from starvation', UN warns The pandemic, climate crisis and conflict combining to drive ‘alarming’ levels of global hunger, says report Karen McVeigh the Guardian

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Fearmongering and disinformation vaccine stories continue to spread Online

Thu, 2021-03-25 18:57 — mike kraft

The odds of dying after getting a COVID-19 vaccine are virtually nonexistent.

According to recent data from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, you're three times more likely to get struck by lightning.

But you might not know that from looking at your social media feed.

A new NPR analysis finds that articles connecting vaccines and death have been among the most highly engaged with content online this year, going viral in a way that could hinder people's ability to judge the true risk in getting a shot.

The findings also illustrate a broader trend in online misinformation: With social media platforms making more of an effort to take down patently false health claims, bad actors are turning to cherry-picked truths to drive misleading narratives.

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