(CNN) Ford Motor Company is best known for its cars, but in the Covid-19 pandemic, the manufacturer is branching out. Ford has received patent-pending approval for a new, clear respirator mask, the company announced Tuesday, one they expect to work just as well as an N95. “One of the things that’s […]
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[NBC NEWS, AP] The coffee giant has committed a team to work full time on expediting its home state’s vaccine distribution. Aiming to boost the slow pace of administering Covid-19 vaccinations, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday that the state has turned to Starbucks for help streamlining logistics and setting a new […]
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[Forbes, Getty Images] Cannabis activists in Washington, D.C. are planning to offer a free bag of marijuana to those receiving the vaccine for Covid-19, the group DC Marijuana Justice announced this week. The free cannabis giveaway, dubbed Joints for Jabs, is being arranged to coincide with vaccine clinics expected to […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drugmakers including Abbvie Inc and Bristol Myers Squibb raised U.S. list prices on more than 500 drugs to kick off 2021, according to an analysis by health care research firm 46brooklyn. The hikes come as drugmakers are reeling from effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced […]
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[CBS Sports] Kevin Durant will need to quarantine for seven days after the NBA’s contact tracing initiative revealed that he has been exposed to COVID-19, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Durant already had COVID-19 early in the outbreak. He has tested negative and still has antibodies according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, but […]
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[CBS NEWS] SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KUTV) — A newly released study is shedding light on COVID-19 symptoms that last for months in some patients. Experts say it’s another piece of the COVID puzzle that is starting to come together, with the end game of finding cures for long-lasting symptoms. […]
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[Business Insider, AP] The CDC unveiled an interactive vaccine-tracking map on Thursday. The map shows how many vaccine doses each state has been allocated and how many shots each has administered so far. The totals tell a grim story: The US fell far short of its goal to vaccinate 20 […]
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[CNBC] CDC officials said Wednesday that the new strain of Covid-19 that was discovered in the U.K. could further stress hospitals that are already overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. The CDC’s Dr. Henry Walke said the new variant appears to spread “more easily and quickly than other strains,” but it does […]
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[New York Post] A male nurse in Indonesia has been suspended after admitting that he stripped off his personal protective equipment to have sex in a toilet with a man infected with COVID-19, according to reports. “It is true that there has been a suspected incident of a same-sex relationship […]
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[CNBC] Colorado health officials identified the first Covid-19 case caused by a contagious UK variant. The new strain could be as much as 70% more transmissible. The individual is a male in his 20s who is currently in isolation in Elbert County, Colorado. U.S. coronavirus vaccine czar, Moncef Slaoui, said earlier in […]
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