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Paxlovid — the most widely-used medication that people can take at home to treat an active case of Covid — is now being studied as a potential treatment for those who have remained sick months or even years following infection.

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Screening for COVID at hospital entry of limited benefit --new study

Tue, 2022-11-29 18:08 — mike kraft

New data: Screening for COVID at hospital entry of limited benefit

Screening nearly 1 million patients, visitors, and healthcare workers at the entrance of a large hospital for COVID-19 symptoms, exposures, or travel was of limited benefit at considerable cost, finds a Yale study published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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COVID-19 death rates in young adults rose in 2021--atudy

Tue, 2022-11-29 17:53 — mike kraft

COVID-19 death rates in young people rose in 2021 CIDRAP

Today in Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers show that, compared to 2020, mortality rates due to COVID-19 infections among young adults increasedsignificantly in 2021, suggesting younger people had lower vaccine uptake and adhered to fewer COVID precautions than older adults in the United States

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Disinformation issue: twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy; Ebola misinformation in Uganda

Tue, 2022-11-29 10:12 — mike kraft

Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy | CNN Business Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy, yet another sign of how Elon Musk plans to transform the social media company he bought a month ago. Donie O'Sullivan CNN

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In 2020, Twitter developed an extensive set of rules that sought to prohibit “harmful misinformation” about the virus and its vaccines.

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State COVID related developments: New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida

Tue, 2022-11-29 09:53 — mike kraft

NJ hires firms to review governor's handling of COVID-19 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday his administration has launched a promised review of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The administration hired regional law firm Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads — which has offices in the state as well as Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York — along with management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group to conduct the review, Murphy said in a statement Monday. AP NEWS

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China: Vaccinespushed for older people, analysis of China's policy problems

Tue, 2022-11-29 09:36 — mike kraft

China targets older people in Covid-19 vaccination drive Plan to accelerate vaccine rates among people over 80 comes as police crack down on protests against country’s zero-Covid policy the Guardian

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U.S. Flu continues to spread across the country, infecting millions, CDC reports

Tue, 2022-11-29 09:25 — mike kraft

Flu came early to the U.S. and 'the floodgates are open' “People don’t have a good appreciation for how severe flu can be,” said the CDC’s influenza expert. Nearly 3,000 deaths from influenza have been reported since October. NBC News

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The U.S. is ‘certainly’ still in a Covid-19 pandemic -- Dr. Fauci

Mon, 2022-11-28 19:28 — mike kraft

The U.S. is ‘certainly’ still in a Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Fauci says

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the U.S. is “certainly” still in the middle of a Covid-19 pandemic and he is “very troubled” by the divisive state of American politics.
“I don’t care if you’re a far-right Republican or a far-left Democrat, everybody deserves to have the safety of good public health and that’s not happening.
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