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European women's work-life balance worsened since COVID outbreak-study

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:47 — mike kraft

European women's work-life balance worsened since COVID outbreak-study European women's work-life balance has worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) report shows. Dina Kartit Reuters

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Britain is little better prepared for future pandemics - Former UK vaccine chief

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:31 — mike kraft

Britain is little better prepared for future pandemics - Former UK vaccine chief Britain is only marginally better prepared for another pandemic than it was for COVID-19, the former head of Britain's vaccine taskforce said on Wednesday, criticising how some structures that helped it emerge from the pandemic had been dismantled. Alistair Smout Reuters

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Opinion: There is no such thing as 'herd immunity.' Why the ongoing dangers of COVID-19 are real

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:20 — mike kraft

There is no such thing as 'herd immunity.' Why the ongoing dangers of COVID-19 are real Testing, masking, avoiding indoor crowded settings and keeping vaccinations and boosters up to date are the best strategies we have to stay safe YahooNews

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Most people with long COVID-19 face stigma, skepticism from others--

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:15 — mike kraft

Most people with long COVID-19 face stigma, skepticism from others People with long COVID deal with months or years of punishing fatigue, mind-numbing brain fog or a frightening fight to take each and every breath. They can also face the skepticism of others, a new study finds. UPI

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Paxlovid: Major new study into whether it can treat long Covid

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:10 — mike kraft

Could Paxlovid treat long Covid? Major new study aims to find out Experts hope the antiviral may help those who have never fully recovered from Covid. NBC News

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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