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The mission of the Global Health Working Group is to explore and improve current and emerging states of health and human security worldwide.

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COVID related lung infection can damage heart--study

Thu, 2024-03-21 10:46 — mike kraft

 

COVID-induced lung infection linked to heart damage Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) related to COVID-19 infections can damage the heart even when the virus itself doesn’t affect heart tissue. The findings come from a study today in Circulation. CIDRAP

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The study suggests that ARDS triggers widespread inflammation in the body, which leads to secondary cardiovascular complications.

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COVID vaccines cut post infection risk of heart failure and blood clots--study

Thu, 2024-03-21 09:53 — mike kraft

 

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After 4 years of COVID, experts are just beginning to understand long COVID

Wed, 2024-03-20 11:10 — mike kraft
4 years later, experts are just beginning to 'scratch the surface' of understanding long COVID Four years after the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, researchers say much is still not understood about a common complication: long COVID. ABC News ABC News

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Since the early days of the pandemic, scientists have learned a great deal about what puts someone at risk for long COVID, but researchers say we are still "scratching the surface" when it comes to our understanding of what causes the condition or how to treat it.

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Marking the fading of the COVID pandemic, the U.S. NIH is shelving its COVID treatment guidelines

Wed, 2024-03-20 10:16 — mike kraft
In a pandemic milestone, the NIH ends guidance on COVID treatment The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic. NPR

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The last version of the NIH's COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines was issued in February. The archives of the guidance — available online until August — document how scientific understanding and technological progress evolved during the pandemic.

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Measles: WHO says it is critical to catch up vaccinations to stem current outbreaks

Wed, 2024-03-20 10:00 — mike kraft
'Critical' to catch up on measles vaccinations to stem outbreaks, says WHO Vaccinating children who missed their measles shots during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday, as outbreaks of the infectious disease increase worldwide. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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The world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and 83 of them are in India

Tue, 2024-03-19 10:23 — mike kraft
The world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and 83 of them are in just one country | CNN All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide. Helen Regan CNN

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Clinical outcomes worse for young, immunocompromised COVID patients --study

Tue, 2024-03-19 09:31 — mike kraft
Clinical outcomes worse for young, immunocompromised COVID patients In a national case series, 11.4% of immunocompromised patients younger than 21 years with COVID-19 admitted for intensive care died, compared to 4.6% of their peers with healthy immune systems. CIDRAP

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In addition to almost triple the rate of in-hospital mortality, patients with ICCs had longer hospital stays.

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U.S. CDC urges vaccination amid rise in measles cases in the US and globally

Mon, 2024-03-18 20:27 — mike kraft
CDC urges vaccination amid rise in measles cases in the US and globally | CNN US government health officials are warning doctors about the dramatic rise in measles cases around the world, and advising families traveling to a measles-affected country to get babies as young as 6 months vaccinated before they go. Brenda Goodman CNN

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New map shows just how extreme weather was during February

Mon, 2024-03-18 10:47 — mike kraft
New map shows just how extreme last month was for the planet | CNN Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of Antarctic ice. Rachel Ramirez CNN
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Analysis: Backlash to COVID countermeasures could leave the U.S. less ready for a future pandemic.

Mon, 2024-03-18 09:59 — mike kraft
COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic Despite remarkable scientific advances, key weaknesses in the country's COVID response have only become more glaring. Caitlin Owens Axios
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