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Vaccination campaigns, renewed commitments to masks and physical distancing and increased funding for pandemic response efforts form the backbone of the plan President-elect Joe Biden will detail Thursday.
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that in-person classes at K-12 schools didn't appear to lead to spikes in covid cases compared to online-only learning. The study also found that transmission rates by age group increased as the school level increased.
Scientists fear that the progression of coronavirus mutations is only beginning to take hold and outbreaks will surge even further in the coming months, particularly in the U.S.
Like other global mutations, the two variants that likely originated in the U.S. are more contagious than the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. One of those strains, discovered by Ohio State University researchers, has become the dominant spreader in the Columbus, Ohio area.
Vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna hope that 70% of Americans can be inoculated by July. The immediate future looks far more dire though, with the rate of covid deaths continuing to increase and looking to get worse.
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Verve Therapeutics says its one-time treatment significantly reduced LDL cholesterol for six months. The company hopes to begin clinical trials next year on people born with HeFH, a genetic heart disease that causes lifelong, high LDL levels. Other news is on Intarcia Therapeutics and AI tools.
Ireland's prime minister responded to the report by saying "We did this to ourselves, we treated women exceptionally badly." News is on covid developments, as well.
The ability to know test results in 15 minutes would allow offices, theaters and restaurants to reopen sooner.
The charges against Republican Rick Snyder and former health director Nick Lyon — who previously faced involuntary manslaughter charges that were eventually dropped — haven't been announced. The Flint water scandal contaminated the African American-majority city's drinking water with lead.
The American Cancer Society traces the progress to a reduction in smoking and advances in lung cancer treatment.
Late-stage testing in Brazil shows the covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech to be 50.38% effective overall, in contrast with the 78% announced last week. Researchers acknowledge the earlier number only included volunteers mildly sick.
Powers related to FDA scrutiny of drugs or penalties for HHS guidance violations could be impacted by the final flurry of action.
Fallout from the Trump administration's policy shake up -- releasing the full vaccine supply, calling for expanded distribution to more people and changing state allocations -- creates fallout for state officials and the incoming Biden administration.
Media outlets also report on California lifting a stay-at-home order in the Sacramento area, Maryland finding the more infectious UK strain, Las Vegas declaring a hospital disaster, and more.
Politico reports that passing the relief package through reconciliation would allow Democrats to pass the bill with only 50 votes — plus Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the tie-breaker — rather than 60. In other news, the incoming director of the CDC says she will tell the public the truth, “even when the news is bleak.”
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