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California and Oregon ease CDC guidance, letting students and workers with asymptomatic COVID avoid isolation.

Mon, 2024-01-22 20:52 — mike kraft

New York Times

Oregon and California, among the most cautious of states early in the pandemic, have surprised health officials elsewhere by breaking with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and telling infected workers and schoolchildren that as long as they have no symptoms, they are generally free to go about their lives.

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Misinformation issue: Doctors worry about continued COVID misinformation in political season

Fri, 2024-01-19 04:02 — mike kraft
As COVID cases rise, doctors worry about the consequences of misinformation Misinformation is still shaping how people perceive the virus and tools designed to protect individuals and communities against COVID’s worst outcomes, public health experts and doctors say. PBS NewsHour

Seeing COVID rates hit another high, and vaccine uptake remain low, doctors don’t have an antidote for something they see as an ongoing risk factor: the spread of misinformation, including on the presidential campaign trail.

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UK study says thousands of Covid deaths could have been avoided if people were fully vaccinated

Wed, 2024-01-17 04:24 — mike kraft
Older people urged to get Covid jab as UK study shows avoidable deaths More than 7,000 hospital admissions and deaths could have been avoided if people had been fully vaccinated The Guardian
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Opinion: Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives.

Mon, 2024-01-15 21:41 — mike kraft
America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives. Dylan Scott Vox

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Covid, flu vaccination rates are "incredibly low"--WHO

Fri, 2024-01-12 22:42 — mike kraft
WHO sees 'incredibly low' COVID, flu vaccination rates as cases surge Death rates have also ticked up among older adults in some regions, but remain far below the COVID pandemic peak. Jennifer Rigby,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
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Sickle-cell patients at increased risk for severe COVID but have low vaccine rate -study

Thu, 2024-01-11 20:31 — mike kraft
Sickle-cell patients at increased risk for severe COVID but have low vaccine uptake Seventeen percent of children ages 5 to 11 with sickle-cell disease had been vaccinated, compared with 25% of their counterparts. CIDRAP
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China's population fell again, partly because of COVID-related deaths and weak economy --study

Tue, 2024-01-09 20:58 — mike kraft
Weak economy, COVID rampage likely shrank China's population again in 2023 China's population likely dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023 due to a surge in COVID-related deaths after the country abruptly ended strict lockdowns, while weak confidence in the economy's prospects keeps birth rates depressed. Farah Master Reuters

 

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Spain's government proposed a nationwide mask mandate in hospitals and health clinics; Italy says respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record

Tue, 2024-01-09 03:59 — mike kraft
Spain considers nationwide hospital mask rule, as flu, COVID hit Europe Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and COVID spread across Europe. Reuters Reuters
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U.S. respiratory virus infections continue to build following the winter holidays.

Tue, 2024-01-09 03:50 — mike kraft
After winter holidays, respiratory virus activity continues to build across the US | CNN The first look at trends following most of the winter holidays shows that seasonal virus activity remains elevated and continues to rise across the United States, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As infections and hospitalizations mount, the CDC continues to emphasize the importance of vaccination — and the value of treatment to avoid severe disease. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Paxlovid Cuts Covid Death Risk. But Useage is Low --studies

Fri, 2024-01-05 20:52 — mike kraft

As Covid rises again, killing about 1,500 Americans each week, medical researchers are trying to understand why so few people are taking Paxlovid, a medicine that is stunningly effective in preventing severe illness and death from the disease.

ALSO SEE: Less than a third of high-risk COVID outpatients prescribed antivirals, study finds

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