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FDA proposes moving to annual coronavirus vaccine, mimicking flu model

FDA proposes moving to annual coronavirus vaccine, mimicking flu model

Comment this story Comment The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a crucial change in the way the coronavirus vaccine is managed: a switch to a once-a-year vaccine that targets the strain that is expected to pose the greatest threat over the following winter – a system similar to that used for the flu vaccine. …

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Queens official kicked out of office for calling COVID 'Wu-Flu' at public meeting

Queens official kicked out of office for calling COVID ‘Wu-Flu’ at public meeting

A member of a Queens community council has been kicked out of office after calling COVID-19 “Wu-Flu” at a public meeting. Community Board 5 member Richard Huber during the January 11 remote meeting said, “When all you heard about the vaccine – these so-called vaccines – for ‘Wu-Flu’.” He questioned the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines …

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Covid has broken supply chains.  Now on the mend, will they be able to withstand a new shock?  |  CNN Business

Covid has broken supply chains. Now on the mend, will they be able to withstand a new shock? | CNN Business

Minneapolis CNN — The pandemic has dislodged the global supply chain, plunging once smoothly functioning businesses, industries and economies into a state of disarray. After almost three years of fluctuations and extreme extremes, the system is slowly accelerating and synchronizing better: ocean freight times are steadily decreasing, ports are less congested, labor strikes have been …

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CDC identifies possible safety issue with Pfizer's updated Covid-19 vaccine, but says people should still be boosted |  CNN

CDC identifies possible safety issue with Pfizer’s updated Covid-19 vaccine, but says people should still be boosted | CNN

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday there was a possible safety issue with the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech but is unlikely to pose a real risk. . The agency said it continues to recommend people keep up to date with Covid-19 vaccines. The CDC …

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Movie receipts are expected to total just $7.35 billion in 2022, down 33% from just before COVID

Movie receipts are expected to total just $7.35 billion in 2022, down 33% from just before COVID

Hits like “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” and “Top Gun: Maverick” may have helped boost box office sales in 2022, but haven’t saved the a lackluster year’s industry. New estimates show the domestic box office is expected to end around $7.35 billion for 2022, down 33% from 2019, when ticket sales …

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Automaker Stellantis will halt operations at the Belvidere, Illinois plant, which employs 1,350 people and builds Jeep Cherokee SUVs, citing rising costs to produce electric vehicles

Jeep lays off 1,350 workers at Illinois plant over rising costs to produce electric vehicles

Hundreds of workers are expected to be laid off when automaker Stellantis closes an assembly plant in northern Illinois early next year, citing the challenge of rising costs of producing electric vehicles. The company, which employs about 1,350 workers at the Belvidere, Illinois plant, said the action would result in indefinite layoffs and it may …

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On the mend: Bam Margera, 43, is believed to be on the 'road to recovery' after battling a serious case of pneumonia and testing positive for Covid-19.  The Jackass star was admitted to a San Diego hospital earlier this week and was reportedly put on a ventilator in intensive care

Jackass star Bam Margera is ‘on the road to recovery’ after battling pneumonia and catching Covid

Jackass star Bam Margera is ‘on the road to recovery’ after battling severe case of pneumonia and catching Covid ‘in hospital’ By Jarret Thomas Sackman and Amelia Wynne for Mailonline Published: 2:28 PM EST, 10 December 2022 | Updated: 2:56 PM EST, 10 December 2022 Jackass star Bam Margera is on the ‘road to recovery’ …

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Updated COVID vaccines are allowed for young children, but some will have to wait

Updated COVID vaccines are allowed for young children, but some will have to wait

Almost all Americans will be eligible to receive a dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccinesfollowing a decision to extend emergency use authorization for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech injections to most children as young as 6 months old. The Food and Drug Administration announced the expanded authorization on Thursday, allowing all recipients of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to …

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Scientists warn long-frozen 'zombie virus' is 'public health threat' amid thaw

Scientists warn long-frozen ‘zombie virus’ is ‘public health threat’ amid thaw

They’re potentially opening Pandora’s pox. French scientists have raised fears of a new pandemic after reviving a “zombie virus” that had been trapped under a frozen lake in Russia for a record 50,000 years. “The situation would be much more dire in the case of plant, animal or human diseases caused by the resurgence of …

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China fuels markets as protests erupt over Covid lockdowns |  CNN Business

China fuels markets as protests erupt over Covid lockdowns | CNN Business

hong kong CNN Business — China’s major stock indexes and its currency opened sharply lower on Monday as widespread protests over the country’s tough Covid-19 restrictions over the weekend rattled investor sentiment. Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (HSI) fell 4.2% in early trading. It has since pared some losses and last traded 2% lower. The …

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