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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 vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots--international study

Wed, 2024-03-13 12:16 — mike kraft

Covid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study finds Researchers say jabs substantially reduce for up to a year the chances of serious cardiovascular complications The Guardian

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Dengue: Brazil faces doubling of cases as temperatures rise

Tue, 2024-03-12 17:54 — mike kraft

As temperatures rise, Brazil ramps up efforts to combat dengue outbreaks Brazil marked the start of 2024 by recording a doubling in cases of dengue, the mosquito-borne illness whose symptoms can be incapacitating.

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Opinion: No parent who has seen the children I’ve treated for measles would refuse a vaccine

Tue, 2024-03-12 10:37 — mike kraft

No parent who has seen the children I’ve treated for measles would refuse a vaccine Pediatrician Paul Law fights measles in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He’s never seen a parent there turn down a vaccine. Torie Bosch STAT

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Masks work, telehealth is here to stay — and other lessons learned since the Covid pandemic started 4 years ago

Tue, 2024-03-12 10:26 — mike kraft

Masks work, telehealth is here to stay — and other health lessons we've learned since the pandemic started 4 years ago It’s been four years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Here are six important lessons we’ve learned. Yahoo Life

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SARS-CoV-2 RNA can persist in blood, tissue, may play role in long COVID --research

Tue, 2024-03-12 10:02 — mike kraft

SARS-CoV-2 RNA can persist in blood, tissue, may play role in long COVID, research suggests The probability of having persistent viral fragments was about double in hospitalized participants and in those who reported being very ill but weren't hospitalized. CIDRAP

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Global life expectancy dropped 1.6 years because of Covid pandmic --new study

Tue, 2024-03-12 09:58 — mike kraft

COVID-19 pandemic has cut life expectancy globally During the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancies globally dropped by 1.6 years according to a new study published today in the Lancet medical journal. Cosmos

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The research reveals new details about the high mortality from COVID-19 internationally. It looked at 204 countries and territories, and 811 subnational regions.

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Extensive study shows that vaccines lower the risk of long COVID for kids

Mon, 2024-03-11 17:46 — mike kraft

Study of 1 million US kids shows vaccines tied to lower risk of long COVID A study of 1,037,936 US children seen in 17 healthcare systems across the country shows that COVID-19 vaccines are moderately protective against long COVID: 35% to 45%, with higher rates in adolescents. The study was published today in Pediatrics. CIDRAP

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The researchers estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) against long COVID in children aged 5 to 17 years. Though severe COVID-19 cases are less common in children than in adults, persistent symptoms in children do occur.

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China to increase number of response teams for new infectious diseases

Mon, 2024-03-11 11:17 — mike kraft

China to increase number of response teams for new infectious diseases

SHANGHAI, March 11 (Reuters) - China will increase the number of specialised teams tasked with responding to future infectious disease outbreaks by five to 25, its top health official has said.

The country will also improve early warning and relevant regulatory or legal systems, according to Wang Hesheng, a director at the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration.

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