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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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Long COVID: Effects on employment, financial distress

Tue, 2024-12-17 10:51 — mike kraft
Long COVID's effects on employment: Financial distress, fear of judgment Though research has shown that people with long COVID are more likely to be unemployed, the statistics don't reveal what patients go through before they cut their hours, stop working or lose their jobs. Emily Caldwell Medical Xpress

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Long COVID: Black adults with report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts − new study

Tue, 2024-12-17 10:38 — mike kraft
Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts − new research Black Americans were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 infections, illness and death during the pandemic. But the long-term toll of long COVID among this group is still largely overlooked. The Conversation
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COVID-19 linked to more heart complications than flu, RSV--study

Tue, 2024-12-17 10:30 — mike kraft
COVID-19 linked to more heart complications than flu, RSV The odds of myocarditis were 61% lower in flu and 85% lower in RSV than with COVID-19. CIDRAP

A new study published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders shows that pediatric and young adult COVID-19 patients are more at risk for cardiac complications than flu or RSV patients of the same age. 

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The widening gap in good health toward end of life --study

Mon, 2024-12-16 17:40 — mike kraft
Health Gap at End of Life Is Now Wider in US Than Any Other Country Lifespan vs healthspan. Yahoo News

Humans today are living longer than ever before, but how many of those added years are spent in good health?

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Climate change records may indicate global warming is accelerating faster than expected

Mon, 2024-12-16 12:39 — mike kraft
Global climate records in 2023 and 2024 defy scientific explanation The record heat during 2023 and 2024 was a topic of debate at a recent climate science meeting. Andrew Freedman Axios
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Climate change hearings conclude at World Court amid disputes between rich and island nations

Mon, 2024-12-16 12:12 — mike kraft

Rich countries, island states lock horns on climate change at UN court

THE HAGUE, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The World Court concluded hearings on Friday on countries' legal obligation to fight climate change and whether large states contributing most to greenhouse-gas emissions should be liable for damage caused to small island nations.
 
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XBB COVID vaccine estimated effective rate: 63% to 68% against more severe illness in kids

Fri, 2024-12-13 11:41 — mike kraft
XBB COVID vaccine estimated to be 63% to 68% effective against more severe illness in kids The adjusted effectiveness of the updated Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 XBB vaccine in the 2023-24 US respiratory virus season was 68% and 63% against hospitalization or emergency department (ED) or urgent-care visits among children aged 5 to 11 years and 12 to 17 years, respectively, with an overall effectiveness for both age-groups of 65%, a Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC)-led research team estimates. CIDRAP

 

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Latest Symptoms of COVID-19 similar to the Common Cold

Thu, 2024-12-12 13:10 — mike kraft
Latest symptoms of COVID-19: New strain presents like the common cold XEC, the latest strain of the coronavirus, is more transmissible than others, but its symptoms tend to be milder. Newsweek

Another year is drawing to a close, with another strain of the coronavirus making the rounds.

But this time, medical professionals say it might be harder to distinguish whether you have COVID-19, the flu or the common cold without taking a test.

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Vaccine efficiency against long COVID measured positively among children and adolescents --two studies

Wed, 2024-12-11 18:05 — mike kraft
Studies describe vaccine efficacy against long COVID In the first study, published in eClinicalMedicine, researchers measured the real-world efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine against long COVID in children and adolescents using data from 20 US health systems collected in as part of the RECOVER PCORnet electronic health record (EHR) Program. CIDRAP

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Dengue fever hits record levels in Central and South America

Wed, 2024-12-11 10:34 — mike kraft
Record outbreak of Dengue fever in Central and South America More than 12.6m cases were recorded this year, the region's UN health organisation says. BBC News

The number of cases of dengue fever in Central and South America has nearly tripled to a record high this year, the Pan American Health Organisation (Paho) said on Tuesday.

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