the centers for disease control and prevention says to strive to protect citizens were infections and non infectious diseases. they have resources and services administration that support the training of health professionals and send them to underserved areas. the national institutes of health conduct basic research on diseases such as aids, the food and drug administration hastened the approval process to bring new drugs to the public. the substance abuse and mental health services administration provide services from mental, behavioural and addictive disorders. and the health related concerns connected with hazardous waste during increasingly important during the responsibility of the agency for project toxic substances and disease registry. relatively recent addition to the ph as is the agency for health care policy and research. the agency strive to assess the effectiveness of medical care. the public health service also responds to needy members of the community, providing care to native americans through its indian health service. it also assist the elderly, drug addicts, those

china's top disease control official says there locally produced vaccines highly effective the center for disease control made the rare admission after one study from the site of a jab at a success rate of just above 50 percent. eleven's health ministry is coming under fire for not vaccinating refugees human rights groups say syrians and palestinians are being left out the ministers say it's not that simple said huldah reports now from beirut. isolation is seen as a privilege for palestinian and syrian refugees in lebanon who have died from coronavirus at a higher rate than the national average along with migrant workers they make up 30 percent of a nation of 6000000 people they are included in the national vaccination campaign that is supposed to give equal priority to all but many refugees don't seem to be aware of their rights. nobody came and mentioned anything but if people truly take it the government data shows only 3 percent of those vaccinated so for are non lebanese human rights groups blame this on hesitancy little information on how to register and the government deviating

center for disease control made the rare admission after one study found that the side of a job had a success rate of just above 50 percent. no voting has closed and could always presidential runoff election polls suggest it will be a time race between the leftist economist on the day is toast and the conservative banker guillermo at last so far as the state of the economy that's dominating the political finds is hugely partly because of the recent global oil price crunch let's get more this more latin america does at least see anyone who's in chile has come to santiago good to have you with us as always i mean let's talk about the voting 1st to me with the pun death pandemic rife across the country what has the turnout look like. in the turnout hasn't been as high as it was in the 1st round as one might have expected because the number of infections in ecuador like just about everywhere else here in south america has been increasing steadily but it was a healthy enough turnout and the interesting thing is that we have heard from at least some of the authorised polling companies tha

and china's top disease control of the is that their local produce that sees aren't highly effective the center for disease control made the rare admission after one study found that the center back job had a success rate of just above 50 percent. and their saddles has conceded defeat in ecuador's presidential runoff election the leftist economist was up against conservative banker last are in a tight race the state of the economy has dominated the political fight ecuador is hugely in debt partly because of the recent global oil price crash let's cross over to our latin america editor lucy anyone who's in there chile's capital santiago watching events for us obviously stunning results there. hi there yes i have to say and it was unexpected at least the comfortable win that the get more last it was able to score was more of a headwind from what we're seeing so far at least 5 percentage points above that of and i sat out this film 23 weeks ago it looked like he was going to be the winner. last night had already lost twice before in an attempt to reach the presidency his more conservati

centers for disease control and food and drug administration will allow the use of johnson and johnson's one dose coated 19 vaccine to resume an expert panel voted 10 to 4 to recommend resumption of the vaccinations without restriction for everyone aged 18 and over with these actions the administration of johnson and johnson's covered 1000 vaccine can resume and. that's that f.d.a. will add more details to the health care provider and patient backseat including information about the rest of bonds have occurred in the very small number of people who have received johnson and johnson. out of nearly 8000000 people who received the vaccine 15 developed blood clots and low blood platelets after their shot several became seriously ill and 3 died all women but the expert advisory panel and health officials concluded the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks and that new guidance for doctors could help mitigate any damage we found that for every 1000000 doses of this vaccine the james j. vaccine could prevent over 650 hospitalizations and well deaths among women aged 18 to 40 and this vac

and china's top disease control official says locally produced vaccines aren't highly effective it's a rare admission by the center for disease control china has produced 4 different covert 19 jobs and has shipped millions of them abroad health officials are reviewing their vaccine strategy and considering mixing different brands one study found that the sin of act jab has a success rate of just above 50 percent and the maker of sort of arc is recommending longer intervals between the 2 doses to increase jobs effectiveness spokesman at mit's the vaccine could work better in some countries than others you may argue about which shot it out which show that the protection rate of the vaccine is affected by many factors such as the intensity of the local outbreak the vaccine immunization program different virus strains the criteria for determining the case the age range of patients under observation and so on this is one of the reasons for the different protection rate of sign of covert 1000 vaccine in a different country. a study in israel is suggesting that the pfizer vaccine may be les

back in february when many of our schools were fully or partially closed, the center for disease control and prevention, the cdc, issued guidelines to help reopen our schools safely. then in march congress approved the american rescue plan to fund the safe reopening of our

the centers for disease control and prevention how would you say the u.s. is coming along there's been a change in leadership a change in the weather but has there been progress in the fight against covert. well i think there has been steady progress in the fight against cove even since we began and this is despite 3 waves including a really unprecedented 3rd wave over the holiday season but we're coming down off the back of that wave right now and really getting the numbers down quickly we're not succeeding yet i mean we're making incredible progress but the number of new infections we're seeing in this country remains about what it was during our 2nd wave last summer so what about 50000 new infections a day and 525021000 deaths a day by the numbers of murder. promising when you take a look at who's been inoculated a 3rd of the population has got at least one jap that's over 120000000 americans but with the focus on getting people vaccinated what about you restrictions on the economy because there's a new wave of coronavirus cases as you mentioned and hosp

yes in a press briefing the head of the centers for disease control a dr rachel lenski explained that she and other top u.s. public health officials had given the go ahead for the johnson and johnson vaccine to be resumed in administering to patients and that it would be resumed almost immediately likely the 1st doses of this single shot vaccine will be rolled out and given to people in the u.s. on saturday morning local time. the head of the c.d.c. dr alecky explained that they did a risk benefit analysis they found that continuing with johnson and johnson could save thousands and thousands of people from hospitalization and thousands of people from death as well despite the relatively rare risk of blood clots and a low platelet counts and the mechanism for exactly how the. vaccine may have caused those side effects is not at all clear at the moment what is clear however is that johnson and johnson's vaccine does fill an important nisha in the overall vaccination effort in this country it is as people have noted a single dose one and done shot unlike the moderna and pfizer vaccines a

centers for disease control says the benefits of the job outweigh the extremely rare risk of blood clots. on to other news indonesia where rescue teams are continuing their battle against time to find a submarine that's missing with 53 crewmembers on board it's as supplies are calculated now to run out search crews are working in waters around the intonation idled to bali with several nations helping out at the request of the indonesian government we are sending airborne assets to include a navy p. 8 poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to assist in the search of their missing summary secretary austin spoke to the minister defense of indonesia today to make sure he knew that this aircraft was coming and also to make an offer for any other additional support or systems that the indonesian government might have indonesia is a good friend and a strategic partner we were all deeply saddened to see the reports about their submarine and our thoughts and our prayers are with the indonesian sailors the indonesian navy and of course all their families. the jailed russian opposition leader alexei now

official says the locally produced vaccines are highly effective the center for disease control made the rare admission after one study found that the center of a job had a success rate of just above 50 percent polls have closed in peru for the 1st round of its presidential election the current virus pandemic has overshadowed the vote tens of thousands of died and there have been more than $1600000.00 cases voting has also vanished in ecuador's presidential runoff election it's on track to be a tight race between leftist economists and the tears are ours and conservative banker more lasso rescue efforts on the caribbean island of st vincent have been found but after another volcanic eruption caused power and water outages the last few volcano 1st erupted on friday and is expected to continue for weeks if they keep it suma one goals masters tremendously 29 year old finished a shot ahead of the field after starting his final round in augusta national with a 4 shot lead he's the 1st japanese man to win a golf major more news in half an hour. it says a croatian serb and retards traf

officials says that locally produced vaccines aren't highly effective the center for disease control made the rare admission after one study found the sign of fact japp had a success rate of just about 50 percent. there are warnings that the volcanic eruption on the caribbean island of st vincent could leave 20000 people displaced for months the last you fear a volcano 1st erupted on friday and is expected to continue for weeks the crane says one of its soldiers has been killed by russian backed separatists in the country's east it's the latest incident as tensions mount along the border with verbal threats this week from both nations. that's it 101 east coming right up. the story of one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the u.s. . study after study has demonstrated the perspectives dominate american media coverage what part of this can you get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want and if you don't say it we're not to let you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being

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yes according to new guidance from the centers for disease control and prevention. >> for vaccinatedut of activities without a mask are safe. however, we continue to reprimand -- recommend masten outdoor crowds and venues. it's also safer those vaccinated return to the activities they love doing inside while wearing a mask. mark: the recommendations represent one of the most significant relaxations of guidelines since the pandemic began. nearly 30% of americans are now fully vaccinated against covid. president biden is expected to speak any moment on this issue. little bring you those comments live. two new cases of blood clots linked to johnson & johnson's vaccine are being investigated by the federal health officials. the centers for disease control tells bloomberg news one case was in a male and the other was a female, both of whom are younger than 60 years old. the new reports bring the total of cases to 17 out of 8.1 million doses administered in united states. the white house has reportedly been thinking of raising the u.s. cap on refugees to about 62,500 less than two weeks af

the centers for disease control and prevention how would you say the u.s. is coming along because there's been a change in leadership a change in the weather but has there been progress in the fight against covert. well i think there has been steady progress in the fight against cove even since we began and this is despite 3 waves including a really unprecedented 3rd wave over the holiday season but we're coming down off the back of that wave right now and really getting the numbers down quickly we're not succeeding yet i mean we're making incredible progress but the number of new infections we're seeing in this country remains about what it was during our 2nd wave last summer so what about 50000 new infections a day and 525021000 deaths a day by the numbers murder. promising when you take a look at who's been inoculated a 3rd of the population has got at least one jap that's over 120000000 americans but with the focus on getting people back to native what about new restrictions on the economy because there's a new wave of coronavirus cases as you mentioned

. >> and where the centers for disease control may be easing its recommendations asking has some localidents concerned. it might be too soon. i think we should keep it. >> a good bit of fall while until we have that points to a show. >> controlled under control a little bit more. i think that people under the age of 16 need to be getting vaccinated in a fairly large numbers. >> and then i'm all for it. i think it's appropriate what the cdc is doing. >> well. covid-19 risks are dramatically lower outdoors. ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says there are still risks and people should still consider masking in crowded outdoor environments like sports stadiums, concerts, amusement parks, farmers markets and even a crowded food truck line. they may be. >> situation. so large crowds uncontrolled lots of noses and together where wearing a mask would still be a good idea, particularly way. some people not getting vaccinated as yet. maybe immunocompromised don't have our response to the vaccine as they would have thought compared to general population was vaccinated and

refer to reflect the fact that german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as $3030.00 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost $300.00 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places even including the capital here berlin that have infection rates over that number and are still trying to sort of sort of do a lockdown light where there might be a light curfew but at the same time more testing and shopping and t

officials says the locally produced vaccines highly effective the center for disease control made the rare admission after one study found the job had a success rate of just above 50 percent. supported greater powers to the presidency the changes are from the constitutional referendum allow a president to appoint judges and shrinks the country's parliament while allowing him to run again critics say it's an attempt to impose a more form of. their warnings that the volcanic eruption on the caribbean island of st vincent could leave 20000 people displaced for months rescue efforts have been hampered after another eruption caused water. after women make side. you can do in 1020 years how is it going to help anybody to improve the lives of the people that live in our village. of. it's a wonderful. time for me because i have seen the other side of what i didn't imagine much in the oratory and what is even more exciting that i've seen you apply i researched on in africa. something i couldn't imagine you when i was 25. somebody. my name is sheila. i was born in nigeria i studied med

independence day but before that, i want to speak about the recent change announced by the centers for disease control and prevention, cdc. let me say first while we still have a long way to go, a lot of work to do in may and june to get us to july 4, we've made stunning progress because of all of you, the american people. cases and deaths are down, down dramatically from where they were when i took office january 20 and continuing to fall. it's particularly true for a group of americans were most worried about when it came to the virus. senior citizens. when i took office in january, we were losing literally tens of thousands our seniors each week. grandparents with who are loved so dearly, moms and dads in the communities gone by the thousands every day. at that time, less than 1% of seniors were fully vaccinated when i took office. today less than 100 days, more than 67%, two thirds of our seniors are now fully vaccinated and more than 80% of our seniors have had at least one shot. however resulted in a drop of 80% deaths among american seniors. 70% drop in hospitalizations so instead of losing tho

the centers for disease control and prevention how would you say the u.s. is coming along as there's been a change in leadership a change in the weather but has there been progress in the fight against covert. well i think there has been steady progress in the fight against covert even since we began and this is despite 3 waves including a really unprecedented 3rd wave over the holiday season but we're coming down off the back of that wave right now and really getting the numbers down quickly we're not succeeding yet i mean we're making incredible progress but the number of new infections we're seeing in this country remains about what it was during our 2nd wave last summer so what about 50000 new infections a day and 525021000 deaths a day by the numbers of murder. promising when you take a look at who's been inoculated a 3rd of the population has got at least one jap that's over 120000000 americans but with the focus on getting people back in a good what about you restrictions on the economy because there's a new wave of coronavirus cases as you mentioned

the centers for disease control has issued new guidelines for vaccinated people who want to travel is this a green light to go. i think don't message trouble is still tricky i would encourage people to watch how hard. is the case is surging and where you want to go and if you are also in one of those places with i number of cases the caution is very risky i still think it's best precaution is to stay home as the as close to where you are as possible but. they are encouraging bobbsey you know especially people who are vaccinated there are relaxing lot of measures but in certain ways are these measures are misunderstood when they say that's and if you will can be to your heart now elderly people who are passing are now going to bars and i don't think that's really a good idea especially when you know. protects you from illness but he still has a small chance that you can still be transmitted transmitted yet and carry especially to those who are not vaccinated yet when you still have to be very careful is there a communication problem there could be that what you're saying that you know

impressive increase in terms of population protection it's still a long way to go or china's top disease control official is saying the country's locally produced vaccines a not highly effective this is a rare admission by the center for disease control countries produced 4 different than 1000 jobs as shipped millions of them abroad. chinese al facials are reviewing their vaccine strategy and then are considering nixing different brands one study found sign of x. job as a success rate of just above 50 percent well. a study in israel is suggesting the pfizer vaccine might be less effective against the south african strain. in a study of 800 people who tested positive for those who receive the pfizer job or more likely to have the south african variant than those who were not vaccinated researchers at tel aviv university did caution sample size is very small. and well. we've been following developments in characters stan the president is now far more powerful after voters approved his changes to the constitution nearly 80 percent of voters that cost nearly 80 percent of the votes cast back to the

the centers for disease control has issued new guidelines for vaccinated people who want to travel is this a green light to go. i think don't mess to travel is still tricky i would encourage people to watch how hard. is the case is surging and where you want to go and if you are also in one of those places with number of cases a caution that is very risky i still think that it's best precaution is to stay home as the as close to where you are as possible c.b.c. they are encouraging obviously you know especially people who are vaccinated there are relaxing lot of measures but in certain ways are these measures are misunderstood when they say that's and you can't be to your hurt now elderly people who are vaccinated now going to bars and i don't think that's really a good idea especially when you know. protects you from illness but he still has a small chance that you can still be transmitted transmitting it and carry especially do those who are not facts yet when you start be very careful is there a communication problem there erica be that what you're saying you know you and i know th

the head of china's centers for disease control conceded that chinese covid vaccines have low protectionhe said researchers are considering mixing them with new vaccines to give them a boost. chinese vaccines are being used in dozens of countries around the world, including bzil, mexico, turkey, and indonesia. an independent study by brazilian researchers found a 50.4% efficacy rate for one of the chinese vaccines. that's far below the pfizer and moderna vaccines developed using m.r.n.a. technology, which have each been found to be more than 94% effective. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin arrived in israel today, marking the first visit to the country by a biden administration cabinet member. austin met with israel's defense minister benny gantzm and is scheduled to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. netanyahu has criticized the biden administration's efforts to rejoin the iran nuclear deal. he warned last week that israel will not abide by a new nuclear deal with iran that allows the country to develop nuclear weapons. in iran today, the head of the civilian nuclear prog

the centers for disease control and prevention how would you say the u.s. is coming along there's been a change in leadership a change in the weather but has there been progress in the fight against covert. well i think there has been steady progress in the fight against covert even since we began and this is despite 3 waves including a really unprecedented 3rd wave over the holiday season but we're coming down off the back of that wave right now and really getting the numbers down quickly we're not succeeding yet i mean we're making incredible progress but the number of new infections we're seeing in this country remains about what it was during our 2nd wave last summer so what about 50000 new infections a day and 525021000 deaths a day by the numbers murder. promising when you take a look at who's been inoculated a 3rd of the population has got at least one jap that's over 120000000 americans but with the focus on getting people vaccinated what about new restrictions on the economy because there's a new wave of coronavirus cases as you mentioned and hospi

census for disease control has delayed a decision on the future use of johnson and johnson's code with 19 vaccine it suspended for no other jobs possible links to very rare blood clots the c.d.c. says it needs more time to collect information before recommending further action and japan's highest number since january or pursue more question marks over the talkie lympics 4300 new infections were announced on wednesday the seconds at most powerful figure in the governing party as even suggested cancelling the games in july but other officials insist the games will go ahead the years policewoman who fatally shot a young black man has been charged with manslaughter a day after she turns in her badge the killing has set off several nights of unrest not far from where former officer derrick chauvinists on trial accused of killing george floyd shihab rattansi reports from brooklyn center on the northern outskirts of minneapolis. there are defense called a form of forensic pathologist who argued that floyd's history of hypertension disease on drug use but it couldn't be all good conclusively b

a study by the centers for disease control published wednesday in the new england journal of medicine, found the fizer and madonna vaccines quote do not indicate any obvious safety signals with respect to pregnancy, the cdc collected data from more than 35,000 pregnant women through it's vey safe, voluntary smartphone system, tracking their health after they got the fizer or maternal shots. between december 2020 and late february, the data showed those who were vaccinated did not appear to have any greater risk of pregnancy complications. that's very encouraging gives me a lot more compliments and. talking to patients and saying, you know, women who never even had this vaccine have about the same stillbirth raid. he's saying this carriage trade is saying likely hasn't happened. more questions. doctor bill eisenberg is chief quality and safety officer for center health and an expert in obstetrics and gynecology. he says there are three reasons why he recommends pregnant women get the covid vaccine. first pregnant women have lowered immune systems to begin with, and covid-19 attacks the

cases amongst younger people even even teenagers and children and as the head of the center for disease control put it every day we don't bring these numbers down is a day that has cost in human life and as you said intensive care units increasingly stretched also personnel in intensive care units increasingly burdened so all of that makes it imperative to act meanwhile this comes as there's a battle between state and national leaders on how to proceed and we're hearing that the german government is trying to change that now or tell us more. indeed there have been battles because according to the german constitution health policy is 1st and foremost in the hands of the federal states and there are wide variations among different regions in germany we have regions where there are just 37 new cases per 100000 residents and others where there are nearly 300 new cases for the same number of residents so clearly a lot of variation now with the heads of the federal states actually agreed on a plan in march that was supposed to have different levels of restrictions depending on how high how how high t

the centers for disease control has issued new guidelines for vaccinated people who want to travel isthis a green light to go. i think don't mess to travel is still tricky i would encourage people to watch how are you. is the case is surging and where you want to go and if you are also in one of those places with i number of cases a caution that is very risky i still think that it's best precaution is to stay home as the as close to where you are as possible c.b.c. they are encouraging more busy you know especially people who are vaccinated there relaxing lot of measures in certain ways margie's measures are misunderstood when they say vaccinated people can't be together now elderly people who are vaccinated now going to bars and i don't think that's really a good ideas. protects you from illness but he still has a small chance that you can still be transmitted transmitting it and carry especially to those who are not vaccinated yet when you still have to be very careful is there a communication problem there could be that but what you're saying that you know it is you and i know that

johnson and johnson single shot code 19 vaccine it follows a recommendation by the centers for disease control and prevention it says the vaccines benefits outweigh the serious but more risk 15 cases of blood clots you have been identified 3 of which were fatal. after hearing the deliberation of the advisory committee on immunization practices he in partnership with the f.d.a. is recommending now administration of the johnson and johnson or you don't think that's the main reason to be clear we are no longer recommending up hans to the johnson and johnson c i support the a c. i.p.s. recommendation that the johnson and johnson code in 1000 axeman be used for persons 18 years of age or older in the united states population under the f.t.'s emergency is authorization and i have signed this recommendation south-east asian leaders are preparing for crisis talks with me and miles military ruler general ming online is attending the 10 mation asiana summit in jakarta be inclusion has been condemned by anti coup protest leaders human rights groups and the newly established unity government in myanmar sa

those recommendations by the centers for disease control and prevention allow people who are outdoors to shed their masks as long as they're fully vaccinate. he did or not in large groups, which is it a ballpark or concert getting together with friends going toe the park for a picnic without needing a mask up. we're back to that place now as long as you get vaccinated, vaccinated, people can attend small outdoor gatherings without maths and share meals at outdoor restaurants with those from different households. one man near lake merritt in oakland, said he was happy he won't always have to wear his mask outside, kids fogging up my glasses i'm talking about i can't see. so it's um val kind of definitely held. another man told us you will keep wearing his mask. it concerns me because you'll never know if that pandemic would adopt those guidelines before deciding implement the governor gavin newsom issued a statement saying, quote after reviewing the centers for disease control and prevention's masking recommendations, and with science and data as our god, we're moving to a lot. in cali

china's top disease control official says vaccines aren't highly effective the center for disease control made the rare admission after one study from the sign of success rate of just above 50 percent. for warnings that the volcanic eruption on the caribbean island of st vincent could leave 20000 people displaced for months to free a volcano is expected to continue for weeks the government says most crops and livestock will be destroyed. has left a trail of destruction after tearing through towns in western australia roofs have been ripped from homes as roads have made landfall as a category 3 storm. coming up right after the listening post. frank assessment. is that a fair assessment catastrophic. twice. informed opinions should be coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines the inside story on our. hello i'm richard burton you're watching a special edition of the listening post this week we're veering out of the mainstream and looking at journalism that broke the rules pushed

india and says it will switch to johnson and johnson instead the head of the africa centers for disease control says it's not speakers of concerns but a potential and extremely rare link supplant quotes the serum institute of india will still supply astra zeneca vaccines the african nations to the kovacs global vaccine sharing facility but there's the problem of press information the head of the africa centers for disease control and prevention says fighting vats remains a priority. i think it's a strong wish from the africa c.d.c. to continue to encourage african countries to take up the vaccines quickly because the i will no longer work quickly because without that snitching quickly then we would not be winning the battle against 19 i think that is really my message to all of us that it's a collective effort it's a collective responsibility and collective accountability that will be able to rule our vaccinations across all member states remember vaccines because that's nation it was an economy. the c.d.c. director also spoke a it's about a sounds just anika and concerns over those potential l