Michael Mina shares insight on how to prevent another pandemic

GAZETTE: The key would be that we’re not waiting for people to get sick or for someone to notice that several people have gotten sick with something that they don’t recognize? It would be a routine scan of people’s blood collected for other procedures? MINA: Yes. We have tools that we are developing in my… Read More: Michael Mina shares insight on how to prevent another pandemic »

Indian and other ‘variants of concern’ behind a quarter of Covid cases in London

Indian Covid variant may already be dominant in Britain and has grown ‘exponentially’ since March, SAGE warns… but cases are only rising in THREE out of 23 hotspots and experts say mutant strains won’t be ‘disaster’ first feared Documents published by SAGE said B.1.617.2 strain likely made up ‘majority’ of the UK’s infections by mid-May… Read More: Indian and other ‘variants of concern’ behind a quarter of… »

GOP demands stronger oversight of $45B Biden boost to Obamacare

Republicans are demanding that the Biden administration exercise greater oversight of the massive expansion of Obamacare premium tax credits enacted as part of President Joe Biden’s pandemic relief legislation, a boost that federal budget experts say will cost taxpayers nearly $ 45 billion. “The U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that these subsidies are susceptible… Read More: GOP demands stronger oversight of $45B Biden boost to Obamacare »