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1 week, 3 days ago

Trump says he will have chat with RFK Jr on ending child vaccination programmes

US President-elect Donald Trump in an interview published on Thursday said he will be talking to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, about ending childhood vaccination programs. When asked if he would sign off if Kennedy decided to end childhood vaccinations programs, Trump told Time magazine, "we're going to have a …

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6 months, 1 week ago

"I don't think it's defensible": Under Trump, a Pentagon campaign spread anti-vaccine misinformation

Salon

In the thick of the pandemic, the Trump-era U.S. military launched what Reuters describes as a “clandestine operation” to spread anti-vaccine sentiments, particularly in the Philippines, as part of an apparent effort to harm Chinese interests, an initiative that ended only after President Joe Biden took office. As part of its campaign to sow doubt about public health measures, the …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Siddhartha Mukherjee: Cell biology is like a thousand flowers blooming

Live Mint

Anti-science” is a word that came up a lot when Lounge facilitated a conversation between Indian-American cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee and biochemist and author Pranay Lal earlier this week. He has three books to his name—the Pulitzer-winning The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer, The Gene: An Intimate History and his latest, The Song Of The …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Traditional vaccines just as effective, says U.S. scientist

The Hindu

Vaccines like Biological-E’s Corbevax and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin that are made by traditional methods are “just as effective” as the latest mRNA technology based vaccines, says U.S. scientist and vaccine developer Dr. Peter Hotez. “We never really saw the advantage of mRNA, at least for a global health vaccine… because it’s a brand new technology and it’s going to take …

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3 years, 4 months ago

French police clash with anti-COVID pass protesters in Paris

Al Jazeera

Some 3,000 security forces deployed around the French capital for a third weekend of protests against a health pass that will be needed to enter restaurants and other places. “We’re creating a segregated society and I think it is unbelievable to be doing this in the country of human rights,” Anne, a teacher who was demonstrating in Paris, told Reuters …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Can I still spread the coronavirus after I’m vaccinated?

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Can I still spread the coronavirus after I’m vaccinated? But even if vaccinated people don’t get sick, they might still get infected without showing any symptoms. “A vaccinated person controls the virus better, so the chances of transmitting will be greatly reduced,” said Dr. Robert Gallo a virus expert at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. …

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3 years, 9 months ago

You're vaccinated now. What can you do?

Salon

After nearly a year of lockdowns and uncontrollable spread of the coronavirus, Americans are desperate for life to return to normal. "There has been, I think, an overemphasis on things not changing when you're vaccinated — and I think that really is underselling the benefits of this vaccine," Adalja said. "There are some things you can do differently, if you're …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Herd immunity could be closer than we think

Hindustan Times

Once again, the Covid-19 health message is getting muddled. Without herd immunity as a shared goal, some might skip the vaccine, influenced by scare stories about side effects and rare allergic reactions, especially if they are young and face only a small chance of dying from the virus. And even before we reach herd immunity, people who live alone and …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Should The Government Pay People To Get Vaccinated? Some Economists Think So

NPR

Should The Government Pay People To Get Vaccinated? Some Economists Think So Enlarge this image toggle caption LM Otero/AP LM Otero/AP Beating back the pandemic may come down to simple math: getting enough people vaccinated. Sponsor Message Overcoming vaccine skepticism may take more than public service appeals from celebrities, politicians and scientists, says Robert Litan, an economist affiliated with the …

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4 years ago

AP-NORC poll: Only half in US want shots as vaccine nears