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US respiratory virus activity declines, with few hot spots except North Dakota --CDC

Fri, 2024-04-12 21:53 — mike kraft

US respiratory virus activity declines, with few hot spots reported Outpatient visits for flulike illness is below the national baseline for the first time since October. CIDRAP

Activity from the three main respiratory viruses continues to decline in the United States, with one of the main flu markers—outpatient visits for flulike illness—now below the national baseline for the first time since October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest updates for flu, COVID, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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Minority healthcare workers experienced COVID testing delays in first 2 years of pandemic --study

Fri, 2024-04-12 14:35 — mike kraft

Minority healthcare workers experienced COVID testing delays in first 2 years of pandemic Black and non-Hispanic healthcare professionals (HCPs) of other races and those without graduate degrees were more likely than their White peers and clinical HCPs with graduate degrees to experience delayed COVID-19 testing in the first 2 years of the pandemic, finds a multicenter, test-negative case-control study. CIDRAP

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Covid vaccines not linked to fatal heart problems in young people --CDC study

Thu, 2024-04-11 22:45 — mike kraft

Covid vaccines aren't linked to sudden death in young people, a new CDC report finds. The new report debunks widespread misinformation that the mRNA shots were connected to sudden cardiac death in young athletes. NBC News

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the analysis shows that the risk of sudden death in young adults after being vaccinated is significantly lower than the risk of sudden cardiac death from all causes — about 1 in 500,000 per year, compared to 1 in 100,000 per year, according to his estimates.

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Heat waves are a cause of more illness and death in U.S. cities with fewer trees

Thu, 2024-04-11 13:43 — mike kraft

Heat waves cause more illness and death in U.S. cities with fewer trees There are usually fewer trees in neighborhoods with higher populations of people of color. Planting trees could save hundreds of lives every year. ashley Science News

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What worries scientists about bird flu's spread among cattle

Thu, 2024-04-11 13:38 — mike kraft

Here's what worries scientists about bird flu's spread among cattle Avian influenza is still spreading among dairy cattle. Scientists are paying close attention to how the virus is changing and what that means for its pandemic potential. NPR

The unlikely spread among cattle and one dairy worker has scientists looking through the data to better understand this spillover. They say the risk to humans hinges on whether the virus can evolve in key ways to better infect mammals.

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Long Covid: three new studies outline long-term burden in adults

Wed, 2024-04-10 23:41 — mike kraft

Three studies spotlight long-term burden of COVID in US adults Three new studies shed new light on long COVID in the United States, with one finding that two thirds of severely ill patients reported persistent impairments for up to 1 year, another showing that US veterans were at three times the risk of preventable hospitalization in the month after infection, and the last revealing that one third of COVID-19 survivors had lingering symptoms at one time. CIDRAP

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Pregnant women's drop in confidence over COVID vaccines outlined in survey

Wed, 2024-04-10 15:13 — mike kraft

Surveys spotlight pregnant women's drop in confidence over COVID vaccines Spanish-speaking Hispanic women had the highest self-reported rate of any COVID-19 vaccination. CIDRAP

A new study details dramatically lower confidence in COVID-19 vaccine safety in pregnant and recently pregnant women in 2023 compared to 2021, despite evidence to the contrary, according to findings published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

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New poll describes partisan divide over COVID vaccines

Wed, 2024-04-10 15:03 — mike kraft

Did political shaming shape who got the COVID vaccine? A new poll shows most consider vaccines safe, but fewer than half of Republicans think so. Yahoo News

While most people believe COVID-19 vaccines are safe and their side effects are now clear, a new HarrisX poll conducted for the Deseret News finds a big partisan difference in how people view COVID-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness.

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EU’s Covid recovery fund under pressure to allocate unused funds

Tue, 2024-04-09 13:23 — mike kraft

€500B remains unspent from EU’s Covid recovery fund Capitals urge European Commission to slash red tape fearing that huge amounts of money won’t ever be used. POLITICO

BRUSSELS — Governments have received less than a third of the EU's original €723 billion pot to help boost post-Covid economic recovery and are now heaping pressure on the European Commission to speed up payments.

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