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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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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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Uganda'extends Ebola epicentre's quarantine for 21 days

Mon, 2022-11-28 11:29 — mike kraft

Uganda's president extends Ebola epicentre's quarantine for 21 days Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country's Ebola outbreak by 21 days, adding that his government's response to the disease was succeeding. Reuters Reuters

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Apixaban blood thinner treatment for COVID now considered dangerous--UK study

Mon, 2022-11-28 10:23 — mike kraft

Covid blood-thinner drug treatment dangerous and does not work – study UK government-backed Heal-Covid trial finds Apixaban can cause dangerous bleeding and does not improve prognosis the Guardian

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WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns

Mon, 2022-11-28 10:08 — mike kraft

WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. The U.N. AP NEWS

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The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, saying that both monkeypox and mpox would be used for the next year while the old name is phased out.

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Omicron BQ Covid variants, which threaten people with compromised immune systems, are now dominant in U.S.

Mon, 2022-11-28 10:02 — mike kraft

Omicron BQ Covid variants, which threaten people with compromised immune systems, are now dominant in U.S. The BQ coronavirus subvariants are likely resistant to key antibody medications used by people with compromised immune systems. Spencer Kimball CNBC

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China eases some COVID rules after wide protests of lockdowns

Mon, 2022-11-28 09:53 — mike kraft

China eases COVID rules after wide protests of lockdowns BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe “zero COVID” strategy Monday after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades. AP NEWS

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Overview: China copes with dissent over lockdowns, plus research and other developments

Fri, 2022-11-25 11:39 — mike kraft

As COVID cases rise, China locks down despite criticism The restrictions are at the heart of the unrest in China as the country grapples with a rising number of infections after years of quarantine policies Jaimy Lee MarketWatch

The COVID-19 restrictions are at the heart of the unrest in China as the country grapples with a rising number of infections after years of quarantine policies.

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