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“Herd immunity” plan may result in long-term heart problems for many in US
Sep 06, 2020 05:12One of Trump’s top medical advisers, Scott Atlas, is urging the administration to lean into a national “herd immunity” strategy to combat the pandemic. The report explains that Atlas, a neuroradiologist and fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution is pushing for the United States to embrace a laissez-faire pandemic management model like Sweden’s, by allowing the coronavirus to spread freely to most of the population while protecting those in senior homes or in other vulnerable populations.
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Iran rings in new school year two weeks earlier amid special COVID-19 measures
Sep 05, 2020 05:10Iran rings in the new school year two weeks earlier than usual amid special COVID-19 measures, with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani promising a “school year contrasting with all previous school years in the last century”.
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WHO says ‘vaccine nationalism’ would prolong COVID-19 pandemic
Sep 05, 2020 05:02WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that “vaccine nationalism” would only slow the effort to quash the pandemic and called for vaccines to be used fairly and effectively.
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WHO: No widespread COVID-19 vaccination before mid-2021 despite growing expectations
Sep 05, 2020 02:03The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it did not expect widespread immunization against the novel coronavirus until mid-2021, despite growing expectations in the US and beyond that a vaccine could be released within weeks.
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Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine results show antibody response: The Lancet
Sep 04, 2020 13:43Russia’s “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published on Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics.
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Key model predicts 410,000 coronavirus deaths in US by January
Sep 04, 2020 10:29A key forecasting model often cited by experts and used by the White House has revised its prediction of COVID-19 deaths in the US, now estimating a peak of 410,451 by January 1.
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Iran, Russia discuss joint production of COVID-19 vaccine
Sep 04, 2020 08:36Officials from Iran and Russia weighed plans on the joint production of vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
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Coronavirus death toll in Iran exceeds 22,000
Sep 04, 2020 07:17The death toll from COVID-19 in Iran surpassed 22,000 on Friday, while more than 330,000 positive cases have recovered from the disease.
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Too risky? Fed pressed to expand aid to some businesses
Sep 04, 2020 02:45With the economy still in the pandemic’s grip, the US Federal Reserve is facing a decision on whether to stretch an emergency lending program in a way that could bring more risk for the government and taxpayers. Lawmakers are pressing the Central Bank to deliver more aid to struggling small and mid-sized businesses.
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Iran's education ministry to prioritize online learning this year
Sep 04, 2020 01:17As schools are about to reopen across Iran, the choice between in-person or online education is still a tough trade-off among many families amid the coronavirus pandemic.