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Covid Variant From India Triggers WHO Concern
May.10 -- A fast-spreading strain of Covid-19 first identified in India will be classified as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization. The global health group will publish a detailed report on the variant, called B.1.617,...
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When Will the World Have Enough Covid Vaccines?
Feb.08 -- Jerome Kim, director general of the International Vaccine Institute, a Seoul-based non-profit international organization devoted to research in vaccine development and delivery for the developing world, discusses the rollout of...
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Global Vaccinations Are a Science Policy Failure: Baylor's Hotez
Baylor College National School of Tropical Medicine Dean Peter Hotez explains how the lack of vaccinations is driving the coronavirus pandemic, why travel bans do not work, and three questions that need to be answered about the omicron...
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Reopening Needs a Different Kind of Covid-19 Monitoring: John’s Hopkins
May.15 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor Andrew Pekosz discusses taking a different approach to Covid-19 testing and monitoring as economies begin to reopen. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." The Bloomberg...
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Officials Say Delta Variant Is The Greatest Threat In The U.S.
The CDC's director warns this variant could eventually lead to worse mutations of COVID if it's not stopped.
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Covid a Public Health All-Hands-on-Deck Moment: Johns Hopkins
Jan.11 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Vice Dean Joshua Sharfstein discusses problems with the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, the risk of further virus variants, and achieving herd immunity via vaccines. He speaks...
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Covid Treatments Show ‘Good News All Around’: Johns Hopkins
Feb.11 -- Johns Hopkins University Professor of Nursing Jason Farley discusses strides made in treating Covid-19 and vaccine supply and demand issues. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." The Bloomberg School of Public Health is...
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Transmission Data Is Key for New Covid Variant: Epidemiologist Hodcroft
University of Bern Molecular Epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft discusses the development of Covid-19 variants as a new one is identified in South Africa. She speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance Early Edition."
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Potential of New Coronavirus Should Not Be Underestimated: Professor
Jan.22 -- Leo Poon, professor of the school of public health at Hong Kong University, talks about the coronavirus that emerged from the Chinese city of Wuhan. He speaks with Tom Mackenzie, Yvonne Man and David Ingles on "Bloomberg...
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J&J Vaccine Helps, But Is Not a Game Changer: Johns Hopkins
Mar.01 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Vice Dean Joshua Sharfstein discusses the vaccination race against virus variants, approval of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and falling hospitalization rates following the...
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EU Invested Too Little on Covid Vaccines: Airfinity CEO
Feb.11 -- Airfinity CEO Rasmus Bech Hansen discusses the timeline for universal Covid-19 vaccinations and the impact of early investments in vaccine development on infection rates. He speaks with Anna Edwards and Matt Miller on...
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U.S. at Transition Time for Covid Vaccinations: Johns Hopkins
Feb.12 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses expanding vaccination efforts in the U.S., lessons learned from Israel’s vaccination success, and discovery of further Covid-19...
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IVI: Omicron Covid Variant Will Spread & Dominate
International Vaccine Institute Director General Jerome Kim believes the Omicron variant will spread and dominate. He was speaking with Yvonne Man, David Ingles and Rishaad Salamat on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia."
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Virologist breaks down details of new Covid-19 variant
Lawrence Young, virologist at the University of Warwick, talks about a new variant of the virus which causes Covid-19, which he describes as the "most heavily mutated" variant seen to date. UK officials sounded the alarm on Thursday...
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Tracking Omicron: Why The Variant Is So Infectious
According to the most recent CDC data released on Christmas, Omicron accounted for 58.6% of all positive COVID-19 cases nationwide.
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India Is Well Prepared for Possible Next Wave: Apollo Hospitals
Jul.01 -- Suneeta Reddy, managing director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., India's largest health-care chain, discusses the country's Covid-19 vaccination program, the delta variant, and the possibility of another wave. A total of...
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Deakin University's Bennett on Covid Variants, H.K. Outbreak
Deakin University Chair in Epidemiology Catherine Bennett discusses how concerned people should be at the rapid spread of the BA.2 sub-variant, the ongoing Hong Kong outbreak and how close we are to Covid becoming endemic. She speaks...
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J&J Says Profit Is Not Important in Developing a Coronavirus Vaccine
May.07 -- Paul Stoffels, chief science officer at Johnson & Johnson, discusses the company’s pursuit of a coronavirus vaccine as it prepares to produce hundreds of millions of doses in 2021. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Nejra Cehic on...
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Eurasia Group's Rosenstein on Europe Vaccine Rollouts
Jan.07 -- Governments across Europe are facing increasing pressure on the vaccine rollouts. Eurasia Group's Scott Rosenstein speaks with Alix Steel and Guy Johnson about the challenges faced by leaders on "Bloomberg Markets: European...
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People Will Remain Cautious , Says Harvard's Greene
Feb.04 -- Megan Greene, Harvard Kennedy School senior fellow, looks at what the economy has in store at the start of a Biden administration. She appears on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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CureVac Joins GlaxoSmithKline to Make Next-Gen Covid Shot
Feb.03 -- CureVac has joined forces with GlaxoSmithKline Plc to create a next-generation Covid mRNA shot that could help protect against multiple variants of the pathogen, and it’s extended a partnership with Bayer AG to allow the German...
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India Reports More Than 200,000 New Covid-19 Cases
Apr.16 -- Dr. Aparna Mukherjee, scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research, discusses the factors behind the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. India reported more than 200,000 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday. That's its...
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Surge testing for Covid-19 variant in Bristol
Surge testing at Bristol and Bath Science Park in Emerson's Green, to learn more about the mutated Covid-19 variant in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.