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12 key symptoms define long Covid, new study shows, bringing treatments closer

Thu, 2023-05-25 16:47 — mike kraft

Government-funded study creates first symptom-based long Covid definition, a step toward finding treatments | CNN After more than two years and an investment of nearly $1.2 billion, researchers say they’ve come up with a list of 12 symptoms that can reliably classify someone as having long Covid, a working definition that should accelerate research into the disabling condition. CNN

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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use

Thu, 2023-05-25 16:42 — mike kraft

COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use U.S. health regulators have given full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid. Thursday's action means the drug has now been fully vetted by the U.S. government and can remain on the market indefinitely. Millions of Americans have received Paxlovid since it was granted emergency authorization in late 2021. It’s become the go-to treatment for adults and older children. The FDA’s approval is only for adults who are at high risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19. The drug is still available for children under emergency use. AP NEWS

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Antibodies spiked then waned after Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines, but J&J response was opposite

Tue, 2023-05-09 18:06 — mike kraft

Antibodies spiked then waned after Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines, but J&J response was opposite CIDRAP

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One month after COVID-19 vaccination, compared with J&J recipients, nAB levels were 51 times higher among Moderna recipients and 21 times higher among Pfizer recipients. At 6 months, however, J&J vaccinees produced the same antibody response as that of Moderna and significantly higher concentrations than those of Pfizer.

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White House Covid response coordination leadership in transition after the emergency ends

Tue, 2023-05-09 17:53 — mike kraft

Who’s in charge of the White House Covid response after the emergency ends? The White House is in the middle of setting up a new pandemic response office, but it won’t be ready in time for a clean transfer at the end of the public health emergency on May 11. Rachel Cohrs STAT

...White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters Tuesday (that) ...White House officials are in the middle of setting up an Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy that Congress mandated them to create in December, but it won’t be ready in time for a clean transfer at the end of the public health emergency on May 11.

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White House ends COVID vaccine requirement for federal workers and air travel

Tue, 2023-05-09 17:37 — mike kraft

Biden drops COVID-19 vaccine requirement for federal workers, air travel - UPI.com The White House on Tuesday announced it is ending its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal workers and air travel starting Friday. UPI

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Opinion: The Covid-19 emergency is ending. It’s time for the patient to leave the hospital

Tue, 2023-05-09 10:06 — mike kraft

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The Covid-19 emergency is ending. It's time for the patient to leave the hospital | CNN After more than three very long years, it's finally happening: The Covid-19 pandemic is ending, at least in the formal sense, both in this country and abroad. This moment is not being marked with parades or big parties but rather with the flourishes of two administrative pens. On Friday, the World Health Organization announced that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and this Thursday, the United States is set to end its own public health emergency declaration. Dr.

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Recap: What goes away when the U.S. Covid health emergency ends this week

Tue, 2023-05-09 09:57 — mike kraft

What goes away when the Covid health emergency ends this week The state of emergency is over and that will affect everything from from free vaccines and tests to food assistance programs. POLITICO

The Covid-19 public health emergency ends Thursday and with it a host of pandemic-era rules and waivers that many Americans have come to take for granted.

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Immune cells—not antibodies—cause rare cases of COVID vaccine-linked myocarditis --study

Mon, 2023-05-08 17:40 — mike kraft

Study: Immune cells—not antibodies—cause COVID vaccine-linked myocarditis The rare cases of myocarditis among recipients of mRNA vaccines are caused by a generalized immune-cell and inflammatory response, researchers say. CIDRAP

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Anxiety, depression may play a role in long COVID, including physical issues

Mon, 2023-05-08 17:30 — mike kraft

Anxiety, depression may play a role in long COVID - UPI.com In trying to untangle the mysteries of long COVID, researchers have found anxiety and depression may play a role for some of those with the lingering condition. UPI

In the study from researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), patients who perceived that they had thinking difficulties during COVID-19 infection were also more likely to have lingering physical symptoms than those who did not report thinking issues.

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