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[Link] Womp, womp: Efficacy of Merck’s Thor-inspired COVID pill crumbles, vexing experts
Read: 2/12/2021 arstechnica.com
In a 13-to-10 vote, advisers for the Food and Drug Administration narrowly supported authorizing Merck's Thor-inspired antiviral pill molnupiravir for use against severe COVID-19.
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[Link] Marjorie Taylor Greene Is 1 Twitter Violation Away From a Permanent Ban
Read: 4/11/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account has been suspended for a week for posting COVID-19 misinformation, and the Georgia congresswoman is just one more violation away from a permanent ban.
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[Link] Millions of Americans Say They’d Quit Their Jobs to Avoid Lifesaving Vaccine
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The hesitancy is, unsurprisingly, driven almost entirely by currently unvaccinated workers.
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[Link] Unvaccinated patients are getting kicked off organ transplant waitlists
Read: 13/10/2021 arstechnica.com
A growing number of medical facilities across the country are directing coveted organ donations to patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, pushing people who remain unvaccinated down or even off of transplantation waitlists.
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[Link] The FDA Just Fully Approved Pfizer's COVID Vaccine
Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com
The landmark moment could convince some vaccine-hesitant people to get their shot—and may foreshadow a jump in new vaccine mandates to battle the pandemic. “The FDA’s approval of this vaccine is a milestone as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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[Link] AI Can Guess Your Race Based On X-Rays, and Researchers Don't Know How
Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers opening the door to a wider array of artificially intelligent medical devices, new research suggests that medical AI systems can perpetuate racial bias in health care in ways humans don’t understand and can’t detect.
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[Link] Technician for water co. linked to liver failure says his dog got liver illness
Read: 15/5/2021 arstechnica.com
The lead water technician for Real Water—a Las Vegas-based company that produces “alkalized” bottled water now linked to liver failure cases—testified that he had no relevant experience to be a water technician when he was promoted to the position last August.
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