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[ad_1] BOSTON (WHDH) – The threat of a new, apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus is raising concerns in Massachusetts. The variant, known as B117, has now been detected in Florida, Colorado and California. Health experts across the country are tracking and monitoring the potential spread. Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute … Read more

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (KABC) – Los Angeles County on Friday reported 20,414 additional new cases of COVID-19 and 207 more deaths, although 40 of the deaths were due to a backlog associated with a spectrum outage and delays in notification of holidays. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals rose to 7,613, the highest … Read more

[ad_1] A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sabotaging more than 500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine by deliberately removing them from the refrigerator to spoil them, law enforcement and medical officials said. The time when 57 vaccine vials were found left out of the cold room earlier this week … Read more

[ad_1] The new variant of the coronavirus discovered in England that made headlines just before Christmas is apparently more transmissible than the original viral strain, according to research conducted by Imperial College London in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Health (WHO) and other UK based educational institutions. The study, which has not yet been … Read more

[ad_1] A pharmacist administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a resident of a nursing home in the borough of the Bronx in New York City on December 21. Photographer: Eric Lee / Bloomberg Photographer: Eric Lee / Bloomberg Pfizer Inc. has said the second dose of its Covid-19 vaccine should be given … Read more

[ad_1] Modern (NASDAQ:RNAm) is reaping the rewards of its success against Covid-19, pushing the stock of mRNA higher and higher. It is now winning more contracts to deliver its vaccine and analysts are taking note. Source: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com And the stock has increased. Especially since the FDA approved its Covid-19 vaccine on December 18 … Read more

[ad_1] © Reuters / ANDREW WEST / THE NEWS-PRESS Hundreds of people line up at Lakes Park Regional Library to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Fort Myers WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A more infectious variant of COVID-19 that has swept across the UK has been identified in Florida, public health officials said Thursday, marking the third known … Read more

[ad_1] Prison records Steven brandenburg Steven Brandenburg is the Grafton, Wisconsin pharmacist accused of tampering with COVID-19 vaccine doses, prison records show. Brandenburg was booked into the Ozaukee County Jail, located in a suburban area near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on potential charges of criminal damage to property and reckless endangering second degree security. He is described … Read more

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and closed primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus. With more than 50,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 in the past four days, the health service said … Read more