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E.U. and U.K. Fighting Over Scarce Vaccines

Wed, 2021-01-27 20:53 — mike kraft

LONDON — The vaccine wars have come to Europe.

For months now, wealthy countries have been clearing the world’s shelves of coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer nations with little hope of exiting the pandemic in 2021. But a fresh skirmish this week has pitted the rich against the rich — Britain versus the European Union — in the scramble for vials, opening a new and unabashedly nationalist competition that could poison relations and set back collective efforts to end the pandemic.

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South Africa’s president criticizes ‘vaccine nationalism’

Tue, 2021-01-26 22:28 — mike kraft

South Africa's president criticizes 'vaccine nationalism' JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African president and African Union chairman Cyril Ramaphosa has called on richer nations to release surplus vaccine doses to the rest of the world. Delivering an... AP NEWS

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African president and African Union chairman Cyril Ramaphosa has called on richer nations to release surplus vaccine doses to the rest of the world.

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Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests

Tue, 2021-01-26 20:35 — mike kraft

Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher. Yereth Rosen U.S.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher.

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Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced

Wed, 2021-01-20 06:50 — mike kraft

Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced Exclusive: first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles the Guardian

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EU kicks off debate on vaccine travel certificates

Tue, 2021-01-19 20:56 — mike kraft

EU kicks off debate on vaccine travel certificates European Union countries kicked off a debate on Monday on whether people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine should have greater freedom to travel in the summer than those not immunized. Philip Blenkinsop U.S.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries kicked off a debate on Monday on whether people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine should have greater freedom to travel in the summer than those not immunized.

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Biden unveils proposals to fund more vacinations and improve the economy

Fri, 2021-01-15 06:46 — mike kraft

$1,400 Checks And Help For The Jobless: What's In Biden's Plan To Rescue The Economy President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to address the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic crisis. NPR.org

President-elect Joe Biden has long pledged he would deliver an aggressive plan to address the raging coronavirus pandemic and the painful recession it spawned.

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Pandemic opportunity? Pumping new life into cities.

Sat, 2021-01-09 07:08 — mike kraft

Pandemic opportunity? Pumping new life into cities. How cities are reclaiming streets from cars and easing inequality amid the pandemic. The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor

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Young ER doctors risk their lives on the pandemic’s front lines. But they struggle to find jobs.

Wed, 2021-01-06 00:37 — mike kraft

Young ER doctors risk their lives on the pandemic’s front lines. But they struggle to find jobs. An unprecedented drop in visits to the emergency department has been ruinous to the job prospects for new doctors. Ben Guarino Washington Post

Owais Durrani does not have a job, a predicament that would have been almost unthinkable for a doctor with his skills a year ago.

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For Covid-19 Vaccines, Some Are Too Rich — and Too Poor

Tue, 2020-12-29 21:27 — mike kraft

CAPE TOWN — A few months from now, a factory in South Africa is expected to begin churning out a million doses of Covid-19 vaccine each day in the African country hardest-hit by the pandemic.

But those vials will probably be shipped to a distribution center in Europe and then rushed to Western countries that have pre-ordered them by the hundreds of millions. None have been set aside for South Africa.

The country, which will help manufacture the vaccine and whose citizens have enrolled in clinical trials, does not expect to see the first trickle of doses until around the middle of next year. By then, the United States, Britain and Canada may already have vaccinated more than 100 million people.

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