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Branson Favors Easing Covid Travel Restrictions
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says he favors moves to ease Covid-19 travel restrictions by the U.K. and Germany.
Branson says he's recovering from a mild case of coronavirus and that he was fully vaccinated and boosted.
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CDC Looking Into Heart Inflammation Following Vaccine Emergency
A meeting is planned for next week to discuss rare cases of heart inflammation after receiving the COVID vaccine.
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What's The Risk Going Grocery Shopping Unmasked?
In our series "What's the Risk?" experts weigh in on what risks different scenarios pose for transmitting COVID-19.
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Dr. Charles Arntzen, Director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU talks about his research that focuses on genetically modifying tobacco plants to create a protein used to develop an Ebola drug. (Aug. 18)
Drug makers and academic laboratories going beyond standard techniques in the push to develop a treatment for the Ebola virus that's killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa.
Researchers working on the experimental drug ZMapp have...
Bloomberg
1 in 5 Small Businesses Won't Survive Without Help: NFIB
Dec.08 -- Brad Close, president of the National Federation of Independent Business, the largest group representing small businesses in the country, says one out of every five small businesses won't survive the next six months without...
Bloomberg
Third Covid Dose Isn't a Booster, Says Fmr. Biden Advisor
Michael Osterholm, Univ. of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease policy director, and former Covid advisor to President Joe Biden, says a third Covid-19 vaccine dose isn't a booster shot. He's on "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Third jabs to be offered to people with severely weakened immune systems
Around half a million people who have severely weakened immune systems will be offered a third dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
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DHS To Require Vaccination For Non-U.S. Workers Crossing Borders
Starting Saturday, all foreign workers looking to cross U.S. land borders are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
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Possible Coronavirus Treatments Include Cloned Antibodies, Vaccines
While the CDC says risk to Americans is still low, U.S. researchers and scientists are hard at work exploring possible treatments for coronavirus.
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Bill Gates on Creating and Testing Vaccines
Jan.18 -- Microsoft co-founder and Technology Advisor Bill Gates discusses the creation of vaccines against epidemics, and the testing of an effective Ebola vaccine. He speaks with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait from the...
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Air India Sale Likely to Happen, Former SpiceJet COO Says
Dec.17 -- Sanjiv Kapoor, an aviation veteran who’s held management positions at SpiceJet Ltd. and Vistara, the Indian affiliate of Singapore Airlines, discuses the prospects for India's aviation industry. He speaks with Haslinda Amin and...
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The common bacteria which is killing babies
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There are calls for the development of a vaccine to help prevent the death of thousands of newborn babies.
Millions of women unknowingly carry a bacteria which can be passed on in pregnancy and later...
Bloomberg
Omicron's Spread Pushed Global Cases Over 1 Million Again
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses the omicron variant, the hospitalization rate for the variant and the infection rate of children. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." The...
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CLEAN : Anti-vaccine demonstrators protest 'draconian mandates' in Boston
Anti-vaccine protesters gather in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston after the city implemented a vaccine mandate that requires city employees to have at least one dose by January 15 and two by February 15 (Footage by AFPTV...
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Immunocompromised Patients Denied 4th Vaccine Dose Despite CDC OK
The CDC held a conference call with pharmacists this week to reiterate the guidelines for who qualifies for a fourth vaccine dose.
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CDC Expands Booster Recommendations to 16, 17-Year-Olds
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending 16-and-17-year-olds in the U.S. to get Covid-19 booster shots. Robert Langreth reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."
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Summers, Rattner Say Omicron Variant Is Among Top Market Risks
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Willett Advisors Chairman and CEO Steve Rattner, discuss the impact of the latest Covid-19 variant on financial markets, and both see its spread as one of the primary risks to economic...
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How To Talk To Your Vax-Skeptic Uncle
The holidays are a time for warm family gatherings… and sometimes, heated conversations. With the Omicron variant threatening to disrupt another season, arguing about the coronavirus vaccine is on the table. We talk with two medical...
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Chicago Closes Schools After Union Backs Remote Learning
Chicago Public Schools canceled classes Wednesday after 73% of the Teachers Union demanded remote learning until COVID-19 cases subside.
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UCSF Professor on Covid-19 Surge
Dr. George Rutherford, University of California San Francisco Professor of Epidemiology discussed the surge of Covid-19 Cases across Europe and the United States with Alix Steel and Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg Markets: America."
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CLEAN : Challenges to US vaccine mandates head to Supreme Court as pandemic enters third year
I'm not the vaccine police," business owner Brandon Trosclair says as he stands outside the US Supreme Court, where the nine justices hear legal challenges over Covid-19 vaccine mandates brought by plaintiffs including Trosclair as the...
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Mardi Gras Returns To New Orleans With High Community Vaccination Rate
The party made its return Tuesday after being canceled last year due to COVID-19.
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Vaccinating Zoo Animals Across America
More than 230 animals at the San Diego Zoo have received a COVID-19 vaccination.