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The Doctor's Office of the Future
Jan.17 -- Forward is a startup that reimagines a doctor's office. It uses technology to do everything from drawing your blood to taking your pulse to recording your conversations with your doctor. (Video by David Nicholson, Alan Jeffries)
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Covid-19 Variants And Vaccine Efficacy
How worried do we need to be about these versions impacting COVID-19 vaccines and when will we see more vaccines approved?
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Scientists Racing To Learn New Details About Omicron Variant
As soon as omicron became known, FYR started doubling the amount of cases it's sequencing to look for that variant, with plans to increase as needed.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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2 Studies Say New Coronavirus Variant Spreading In NYC
Outside experts have not reviewed either study.
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CDC Guidelines Show Why Vaccines Are Important: Johns Hopkins
Mar.09 -- Dr. Amesh Adalja, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security senior scholar, discusses CDC guidance for people that have received Covid-19 vaccinations, concern about states dropping mask mandates, and how vaccines can be tweaked...
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South Africa Vaccine Advisor Says Omicron Symptoms Appear to Be Mild
Barry Schoub, chairman of South Africa's Ministerial Advisory Committee on Vaccines, says that early data on the omicron variant suggest mild symptoms, even though there are a large number of cases in which fully-vaccinated people cases...
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Why the New Covid Variant Became a Concern to Scientists
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant in South Africa and what researchers are looking for as it is being studied. The Bloomberg School of...
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Covid Variants a Reminder That Pandemic Is Global: Johns Hopkins
Jan.29 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses nationalization of vaccines and the efficacy of vaccines against variants. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua on...
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New Surge Spreads In The U.S. As Third Vaccine Is Within Reach
More states are reporting infections from a new COVID-19 variant, just as a third vaccine nears approval.
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Covid-19 Has 5 or 6 Variants of Concern: Johns Hopkins
Feb.05 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses known variants of the coronavirus and modeling of global vaccination rates. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua on...
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CLEAN : more infectious strain of coronavirus spreading in south east of UK
A new, significantly more infectious strain of the coronavirus is spreading through the south east of the UK (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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More Dangerous Delta Variant Of COVID Now Spreading
This Delta variant has spread around the globe and is popping up in the U.S.
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What We Know About the New Covid Variant
The identification in South Africa of a new coronavirus variant, which has now been discovered in two travelers to Hong Kong, is roiling investor sentiment. Bloomberg Intelligence's Sam Fazeli discusses what he knows so far about the new...