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COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic

Fri, 2023-04-21 10:16 — mike kraft

COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic Nature Medicine - COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic Nature

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Opinion: The NIH has little to show for the $1 billion spent to study long Covid

Thu, 2023-04-20 11:46 — mike kraft

The NIH has poured $1 billion into long Covid research — with little to show for it The federal government has burned through more than $1 billion to study long Covid, and there's basically nothing to show for it. Rachel Cohrs STAT

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The National Institutes of Health hasn’t signed up a single patient to test any potential treatments — despite a clear mandate from Congress to study them. And the few trials it is planning have already drawn a firestorm of criticism, especially one intervention that experts and advocates say may actually make some patients’ long Covid symptoms worse.

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Two drug combination shows protection against severe COVID-19

Thu, 2023-04-20 11:39 — mike kraft

Two drug combos show protection against severe COVID-19 CIDRAP

Two new randomized, controlled trials published yesterday in the Annals of Internal Medicine describe how drug combinations lowered the risk of severe COVID-19, with one detailing use of the antidepressant fluvoxamine plus the corticosteroid budesonide, and the other outlining the monoclonal antibody duo amubarvimab plus romlusevimab.

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Covid XBB.1.16 varient continues to spread in U.S. and elsewhere with new symptoms

Thu, 2023-04-20 10:38 — mike kraft

The XBB.1.16 COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing The Most Right Now The new strain, also known as XBB.1.16, is presenting a few new issues that we haven't really seen with infections before. Yahoo News

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Red, itchy eyes have been reported in children infected with XBB.1.16, but adults may experience the symptom as well.

Fevers are higher than in previous COVID variants.

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Strep infections in the US surged this winter, up nearly 30% from pre-pandemic peak

Thu, 2023-04-20 10:28 — mike kraft

Strep infections in the US surged this winter, up nearly 30% from pre-pandemic peak | CNN After two years of significantly low levels, strep infections in the US have surged again this season, according to a new analysis. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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U.S. court rules that Biden's COVID vaccine mandate rule for federal contractors was valid.

Wed, 2023-04-19 17:25 — mike kraft

Biden's COVID vaccine rule for federal contractors was valid, US court rules President Joe Biden had the power to require employees of federal contractors to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday, throwing out a judge's ruling that had blocked the mandate in Arizona. Daniel Wiessner Reuters

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Air pollution, severe heat waves affect U.S. West, Asia

Wed, 2023-04-19 10:21 — mike kraft

California and other Western states see spikes in unhealthy air pollution as national levels improve Ozone smog is improving, but wildfires in the West continue to expose people to dangerous pollutants, according to a new report. NBC News

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New White House plan aims to provide uninsured with free Covid-19 vaccines

Wed, 2023-04-19 10:05 — mike kraft

New White House plan aims to provide uninsured with free Covid-19 vaccines | CNN Politics The Biden administration unveiled Tuesday a $1.1 billion program aimed at providing Covid-19 vaccines and treatments to the uninsured at no cost after the federal supply is exhausted. Tami Luhby CNN

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Early steroid use for severe COVID-19 associated with fewer deaths in serious cases

Wed, 2023-04-19 09:59 — mike kraft

Early steroid use for severe COVID-19 tied to fewer deaths CIDRAP

JAMA Network Open has published a new US national cohort study demonstrating that early administration of the steroid dexamethasone was associated with significantly reduced odds of mortality or discharge to hospice in those requiring supplemental oxygen or mechanical ventilation and/or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

The effect was not seen, however, in patients who did not require supplemental oxygen or noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation.

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