Month: May 2021

Blinken says US and India united in tackling covid-19 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday that their two countries were united in tackling the covid-19 pandemic together. Jaishankar, who has spent the past week in the United States seeking help to deal with India's coronavirus crisis, told reporters while standing with Blinken at the State Department India was grateful to the US administration for strong support and solidarity. "The partnership between the United States and India is vital, is strong, and I think it's increasingly productive," Blinken said. "We're united in confronting covid-19 together," he added. "We're united in dealing with the challenge posed by climate change, and we are partn...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released clinical recommendations for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis, inflammation of the heart, in vaccinated individuals following news that the agency was investigating a small number of young adults and adolescents who may have experienced heart problems following a COVID-19 vaccination. There is no clear link to the vaccine at this time. The CDC said growing reports of heart issues have cropped up after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer, Moderna) since April, especially in male adolescents and young adults aged 16 and older. Such a pattern has not been observed in those who received Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine. CDC INVESTIGATING ‘MILD’ REPORTS OF POTENTIAL HEART PROBLEMS FOLLOWING COVID-19 VAC...

“This points to the fact that more and more people are vaccinated, and we know that vaccines work,” D’Agostino said. But, she added: “In settings where we don’t know if everyone is vaccinated, or it’s difficult to tell, or we can’t be assured, or they’re not eligible, we still need to have these multilayered strategies.”