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Medical personnel report official COVID declarations had little impact on their work --study

Mon, 2023-06-19 10:23 — mike kraft
Experience of US Clinicians With Health Care Resource Scarcity During the COVID-19 Pandemic This qualitative study assesses clinician experiences during periods of extreme scarcity of health care resources in the se
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Former British PM Cameron says country was prepared for flu-like pandemic rather than COVID

Mon, 2023-06-19 10:07 — mike kraft
Former PM Cameron says Britain was prepared for flu-like pandemic rather than COVID Former prime minister David Cameron told an inquiry on Monday that Britain was prepared for a flu-type pandemic but not enough work was done in advance to confront an asymptomatic disease similar to COVID-19. Reuters Reuters

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Global water reservoir volumes decline despite new dams construction boom-- study

Fri, 2023-06-16 10:30 — mike kraft
Global water reservoir volumes decline despite construction boom, study says Global reservoir volumes fell during the last 20 years despite a construction boom that drove up storage capacity, a new study showed on Tuesday, suggesting that new dams will not be enough to solve growing strain on the world's water supplies. David Stanway Reuters

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Prevalence of depression among American adults varies dramatically by state -- CDC report

Fri, 2023-06-16 10:19 — mike kraft
Nearly 1 in 5 US adults have been diagnosed with depression and the prevalence varies dramatically by state, CDC report finds | CNN The proportion of US adults who have ever been diagnosed with depression ranges greatly depending on where they live. Jacqueline Howard CNN
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COVID-19 vaccine safety for adults confirmed in 2 new studies

Fri, 2023-06-16 10:09 — mike kraft
COVID-19 vaccines shown safe in 2 new studies Data show COVID-19 vaccines are safe in older adults and when administered with non-COVID vaccines. CIDRAP

Two new studies show COVID-19 vaccines are safe in older adults and when administered simultaneously with non-COVID vaccines. Both studies are published in Vaccine.

 

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Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic-- study

Thu, 2023-06-15 18:28 — mike kraft
Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic, study says The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. And the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years. That's according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday. Experts cited several possible reasons for the increases, including higher rates of depression, limited availability of mental health services and the number of guns in U.S. homes. Suicide and homicide are the No. 2 and 3 causes of death for 10- to 24-year-olds.
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Survey iundicates more than 96% of Americans has COVID-19 antibodies by last autumn

Thu, 2023-06-15 17:41 — mike kraft
96.4% of Americans had COVID-19 antibodies in their blood by fall 2022 Infection and vaccination both leave their mark in your blood. Yulia Reznikov/Moment via Getty Images CC BY-ND Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, were present in the blood of 96.4% of Americans over the age of 16 by September 2022. That’s according to a serosurvey – an analysis testing for the presence of these immune defense molecules – conducted on samples from blood donors. A serosurvey like this one helps researchers estimate how many people have been exposed to any pa Yahoo News

 

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Opinion: In California, people are still dying of COVID — but you wouldn’t know it

Thu, 2023-06-15 11:43 — mike kraft
In California, people are still dying of COVID — but you wouldn’t know it | Opinion Piecing together information is like driving through fog without any road signs, one SLO County resident says. | Opinion Yahoo News

... COVID isn’t done with us yet, and people with weakened immune systems continue to be at heightened risk.

For them, trying to stay on top of the latest information is a frustrating experience

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Monoclonal antibody injection prevented COVID-19 during Delta, Omicron

Thu, 2023-06-15 11:35 — mike kraft
Monoclonal antibody injection shown to prevent COVID-19 during Delta, Omicron The relative risk reduction for participants who received adintrevimab as post-exposure prophylaxis was 75%. CIDRAP

A single injection of the monoclonal antibody (mAb), adintrevimab prevented COVID-19 in the phase 2/3 EVADE trial, finds a study yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

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Burnout, online harassment of health workers during COVID-19 decribed in new studies

Thu, 2023-06-15 11:26 — mike kraft
Studies spotlight burnout, online harassment of health workers during COVID-19 CIDRAP

Two new studies illustrate the mental toll COVID-19 took on healthcare workers (HCWs), with the first documenting high rates of burnout among HCWs and the second describing harassment on social media platforms suffered by physicians and scientists during the pandemic.

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