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Upstate New York hospital renstates mask and Covid testing requirements because of EG.5 variant spread

Thu, 2023-08-17 10:58 — mike kraft

Upstate University Hospital reimplements masking, COVID testing due to EG.5 variant spread Upstate employees received notice Thursday morning that the hospital will be putting masking and COVID testing policies back in place.Effective immediately, sta CNY Central WSTM

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Signs pointing to a late summer Covid upswing

Thu, 2023-08-17 10:29 — mike kraft

All signs point to a late summer COVID wave COVID-19 is on the upswing once again, per closely watched metrics. Alex Fitzpatrick,Kavya Beheraj Axios

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Hospitalization rates are rising the fastest in Mississippi (+73% month over month), Alabama (+66%) and Louisiana (+66%).

Yet they're down in Michigan (-32%), Vermont (-31%) and Rhode Island (-31%).
Remember from past waves that COVID moves about the country unequally, ebbing in some areas and flowing in others at any given point in time.

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Malaria: New lines of research to fight the disease

Wed, 2023-08-16 18:07 — mike kraft

The US eliminated malaria in 1951. How can it keep it under control now? | CNN Working underground in a biosafety level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical giant GSK were frustrated. Meg Tirrell CNN

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It turned out that the mosquitoes harbored a bacteria that secreted a chemical that inhibits development of the parasites. That meant the team had to shut the colony down for the purposes of research into new malaria drugs — but it also led them to a new potential way to combat malaria.

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ALthough COVID tests are not totally free anymore in the U.S., there are ways to access rapid tests

Wed, 2023-08-16 17:34 — mike kraft

COVID testing isn't totally free anymore. How to access PCR, rapid tests Here’s what you need to know about when to get tested, which test to use, how to get a test for free and if old tests are OK to use. Yahoo Life

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Here’s what you need to know about when to get tested, which test to use, how to get a test for free and if old tests are OK to use.

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People with positive COVID results from home tests were 29% less likely to isolate

Wed, 2023-08-16 16:53 — mike kraft

People with positive COVID results from home tests were 29% less likely to isolate People with positive home test results had significantly lower odds of isolating for any length of time than those with provider results. CIDRAP

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Covid fraud: Utah man posing as doctor selling fake COVID-19 cure arrested after three-year manhunt

Wed, 2023-08-16 10:12 — mike kraft

Utah man posing as doctor selling fake COVID-19 cure arrested after three-year manhunt Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 63, said his "structural alkaline silver" product made the virus "incapable" of infecting someone. CBS News

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U.S. Veterans Affairs Administration officials concerned about surge in COVID cases

Wed, 2023-08-16 09:39 — mike kraft

Surge in COVID cases sparks worries among VA leaders Active cases among VA patients have nearly tripled in the last month. Yahoo News

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U.K. Heart attack hospitalisations at record level since pandemic

Wed, 2023-08-16 09:24 — mike kraft

Heart attack hospitalisations at record level since pandemic Record numbers of people have been hospitalised with heart attacks in the wake of the pandemic, official figures show. Yahoo News

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The new figures for England show that more than 84,000 patients were admitted to hospital because of a heart attack in 2021/22 – a rise of more than 7,000 in a year.

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