Day: January 27, 2023
CDC urges people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions after Covid subvariants knock out Evusheld
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday urged people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions to avoid Covid after the dominant omicron subvariants knocked out a key antibody treatment. These precautions include wearing a high quality mask and social distancing when it’s not possible to avoid crowded indoor spaces, according to […]
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FDA proposal would allow gay men in monogamous relationships to donate blood
A nurse fills test tubes with blood to be tested during an American Red Cross bloodmobile in Fullerton, CA on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Paul Bersebach | Medianews Group | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed new guidelines that would no longer require gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to […]
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Southwest CEO maps out a recovery after vacation meltdown: ‘We have work to do’
Travelers at Baltimore Washington International airport offer with the affect of Southwest Airways canceling more than 12,000 flights all-around the Christmas getaway weekend throughout the country and in Baltimore, Maryland, December 27, 2022. Michael McCoy | Reuters Southwest CEO Bob Jordan’s information, soon after a holiday break meltdown derailed the journey plans of millions, is […]
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China seems earlier Covid as tourist bookings surge for the Lunar New Yr
BEIJING — Men and women in China are transferring previous the pandemic and likely out to vacation, preliminary information for the Lunar New Yr holiday getaway show. “Pent-up desire is being launched as a lot of people hurry to scenic places, look at firework shows and group into restaurants and hotels,” Nomura’s main China economist […]
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FDA withdraws Covid antibody treatment Evusheld because it’s not effective against 93% of subvariants
Evusheld (tixagevimab and cilgavimab) injection, a new COVID-19 treatment that people can take before becoming symptomatic. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Chris Sweda | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday pulled its authorization for AstraZeneca‘s Evusheld, an antibody injection that people with weak immune systems […]
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This is where mainland Chinese traveled overseas for the Lunar New Yr
BEIJING — Travelers from mainland China caught shut to property in Asia in the course of the Lunar New Yr, the initial holiday break after Beijing relaxed its Covid-linked border controls. Hong Kong and Macao ended up the most well-liked places, said Excursion.com, citing flight bookings on its system for the initial four times of […]
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