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Black Covid patients receive fewer medical follow-ups- new study

Mon, 2021-10-11 10:30 — mike kraft

Black Covid patients receive fewer medical follow-ups, study shows The results also found that more than 50 percent of hospitalized patients of color were re-admitted to the hospital less than 60 days after being released. NBC News

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USA TODAY Will the US face another bad COVID-19 winter? Experts are split

Mon, 2021-10-11 10:00 — mike kraft

Will the US face another bad COVID-19 winter? Cases are falling, but the virus isn't done with us, experts say COVID-19 cases are falling again in the USA. Whether they will rise again depends on how Americans behave and what the unpredictable virus does next. Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY YahooNews

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Study saying COVID-19 vaccines cause heart inflammation that was hyped by anti-vaxxers, withdrawn due to miscalculation

Sun, 2021-10-10 21:03 — mike kraft

Fact Check-Pre-print study that claimed 1 in 1,000 risk of myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccine was withdrawn due to miscalculation Correction Oct. 4: corrects spelling of denominator in paragraph 13, and in the same paragraph corrects “25 orders of magnitude off” to “25 times smaller”. Changes 'magnitude' to 'factor' in verdict. Reuters Fact Check U.S.

A pre-print study which claimed that there is a 1 in 1,000 risk of contracting a heart inflammation condition known as myocarditis has since been retracted due to a calculation.

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Analysis: Desperate airlines hope vaccine mandates will lure back passengers

Fri, 2021-10-08 19:52 — mike kraft

Desperate airlines hope vaccine mandates will lure back passengers The one thing we do know for certain is that the airline industry as we know it is changing forever. Jay Ratliff, Opinion Contributor TheHill

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Analysis: How COVAX failed on its promise to vaccinate the world

Fri, 2021-10-08 19:33 — mike kraft

'Naively ambitious':How COVAX failed on its promise to vaccinate the world The global collaboration, set up early in the pandemic to give people in rich and poor nations equitable access to vaccines, has fallen short. Olivia Goldhill STAT

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Scientists hail historic malaria vaccine approval — but point to challenges ahead

Fri, 2021-10-08 19:19 — mike kraft

Scientists hail historic malaria vaccine... Nature - The WHO-approved RTS,S vaccine has modest efficacy and requires a complex regimen of doses, so ample funding and clear communication will be crucial to success. Maxmen, Amy nature

More than 130 years after the naming of the Plasmodium parasites behind malaria, the world now has its first approved vaccine against them. Many malaria researchers have celebrated the development, but others have expressed concerns over the deployment of a vaccine that has only moderate efficacy.

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Delta does not appear to make children sicker; Secondary immune response stronger after infection than after shot--studies

Fri, 2021-10-08 18:22 — mike kraft

Delta does not appear to make children sicker; Secondary immune response stronger after infection than after shot The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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Comparing the risk of Covid-19 for kids compares to other dangers

Fri, 2021-10-08 11:18 — mike kraft

How the risk of Covid-19 for kids compares to other dangers Children are at much lower risk of Covid-19 than adults. But what does that actually mean? German Lopez Vox

Kids are back in school. The federal government seems to be on the verge of approving vaccines for younger children. And as more adults are fully vaccinated, much of the US is slowly returning to normal.

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Study Indicates Drug Use a Factor in COVID Breakthrough Infections

Thu, 2021-10-07 17:23 — mike kraft

Study: Drug Use a Factor in COVID Breakthrough Infections Cocaine, cannabis users at highest risk Molly Walker medpagetoday

Fully vaccinated individuals with substance use disorders were more likely to have breakthrough COVID-19 infections than those without such disorders, researchers found.

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