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Children with COVID continued to shed virus for median of 3 days, supporting school-isolation policies --study

Tue, 2023-10-24 20:26 — mike kraft

Study: Kids with COVID shed virus for median of 3 days, supporting school-isolation policies iStock CIDRAP

Children who tested positive for COVID-19 in 2022 were contagious for a median of 3 days, regardless of vaccination status, suggesting that 5-day school isolation policies are sufficient amid Omicron variant predominance, University of Southern California (USC) and Stanford University researchers report today in JAMA Pediatrics.

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Long Covid: Experts Say New Vaccines Are The Best Defense

Tue, 2023-10-24 04:56 — mike kraft

65 Million People Suffer From Long Covid. Our Experts Say New Vaccines Are The Best Defense Updated Covid vaccines based on Nobel prize-winning mRNA technology provide added protection — especially important when Covid-19, flu and RSV infections spike. Melissa Delaney Forbes

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Opinion: A New Way to Inspire People to Get a COVID Vaccine

Thu, 2023-10-19 21:11 — mike kraft

A New Way to Inspire People to Get a COVID Vaccine Research on what makes people willing to donate organs shows how to motivate many of the unvaccinated this fall Benjamin Rosenberg,Jason Siegel,Katelyn Jetelina Scientific American

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Advice on how to get COVID vaccine shots

Wed, 2023-10-11 03:04 — mike kraft

Struggling to get your COVID vaccine? Here's what to do. Here’s why it's been hard to get the latest COVID vaccine — and what you can do about it. Rebecca Corey AOL

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The woman engineer who showed that the Covid virus is airborne--and helped change the guidance

Fri, 2023-10-06 21:28 — mike kraft

This 'genius' engineer reframed the way we think about the pandemic : Goats and Soda : NPR

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Colds and Flu may cause long-term infections similar toCovid--UK study

Fri, 2023-10-06 20:56 — mike kraft

UK researchers find evidence of ‘long cold’ syndrome Research published Friday shows various acute respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, influenza and the common cold, may present with long-term symptoms, similar to COVID-19. “Long cold” symptom… nrobertson The Hill

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“Long cold” symptoms could linger for up to four weeks in some cases, much like “long COVID,” the UK-based researchers said.

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UNICEF says weather-related disasters have displaced millions of children

Fri, 2023-10-06 20:37 — mike kraft

UNICEF: 43.1 million children displaced by climate-exacerbated disasters over 6 years - UPI.com UNICEF on Friday said that natural disasters exacerbated by climate change have forced millions of children out of their homes in the past six years with the total expected to double in the coming decades. UPI

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Launch of WHO tool for benchmarking ethics oversight of health-related research involving human participants

Mon, 2023-09-25 22:27 — FNUOvviyaa

Launch of WHO tool for benchmarking ethics oversight of health-related research involving human participants Jointly developed by WHO’s Regulatory System Strengthening, Regulation and Safety Unit and the Health Ethics & Governance Unit, it is intended to assist countries in evaluating their capacity to provide appropriate ethical oversight of health-related research.

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New global action pledge to end TB by 2030

Mon, 2023-09-25 22:21 — FNUOvviyaa

New global action pledge to end TB by 2030 Applause rang out in one of the main conference rooms at UN headquarters on Friday as world leaders, civil society representatives and other stakeholders approved a declaration to advance efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. UN News

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The document lays out ambitious new targets for the next five years that include reaching 90 per cent of people with TB prevention and care services, providing social benefit packages to those who have the disease, and licensing at least one new vaccine.

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