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Cancer paritents taking certain drugs have higher risk of dangerous blood clots --study

Mon, 2023-08-21 17:55 — mike kraft
COVID-19 tied to dangerous blood clots in cancer patients The risk of developing venous thromboembolisms is elevated among cancer patients with COVID-19 taking anticancer drugs, new data show. CIDRAP

 

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Study indicates prior Omicron infection may not protect against future COVID-19 infection

Mon, 2023-08-21 17:50 — mike kraft
Prior Omicron infection may not protect against future COVID-19 infection People may assume that a COVID-19 infection protects them the next time they encounter the virus, but that's not necessarily true. Yahoo News

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The Difficulties in Determing How Many Times Will the Average Person Get COVID

Mon, 2023-08-21 17:44 — mike kraft
How Many Times Will the Average Person Get COVID? Because the CDC is no longer tracking COVID cases, it’s hard to determine exactly how many people are getting sick, and how often. People with compromised immune systems may contract the virus more frequently. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus has entered its endemic stage, people are still contracting COVID, and new strains, including EG.5, continue to keep physicians and scientists on alert. Yahoo Life

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Long COVID. New research reveals an arduous road to recovery

Mon, 2023-08-21 09:41 — mike kraft
Long COVID. Shorter Life? New research reveals an arduous road to recovery The first study to look at two years of data shows the devastating effects of long COVID-but there are still no validated treatments. Fortune

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A new COVID variant nicknamed "Pirola" causes concern and close watch

Mon, 2023-08-21 09:24 — mike kraft
A new COVID variant nicknamed "Pirola" is raising global alarm but don't freak out yet Most people shouldn't be concerned about this highly mutated variant, but experts caution it has outbreak potential Yahoo News
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US COVID inducations continue slow rise as UK reports first BA.2.86 case

Mon, 2023-08-21 09:16 — mike kraft
US COVID markers continue slow rise as UK reports first BA.2.86 case Kateryna Onyshchuk / iStock CIDRAP

COVID hospitalizations and death rose last week, along with other indicators and the proportion of newer Omicron variants such as EG.5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest data updates.

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Updated boosters expected t work against the COVID-19 XBB variant

Fri, 2023-08-18 19:13 — mike kraft
‘Eris’ COVID strain leaves vaccine strategy mostly unchanged Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story ‘Eris’ strain leaves vaccine strategy mostly unchanged The updated COVID-19… emartin The Hill

The updated COVID-19 booster shots were designed to target the XBB variant, and they’ll still likely work just as well against the new dominant strain.

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Pfizer's says its updated COVID shot is effective against 'Eris' variant in mice study

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:48 — mike kraft
Pfizer's updated COVID shot effective against 'Eris' variant in mice study Pfizer Inc said on Thursday its updated COVID-19 shot, which is being tested against emerging variants, showed neutralizing activity against the "Eris" subvariant in a study conducted on mice. Reuters Reuters

 

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Bivalent COVID vaccine increases protection against emergency, urgent care for young kids --study

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:28 — mike kraft
Bivalent COVID vaccine boosts protection against emergency, urgent care in young kids Quinn Dombrowski / Flickr cc CIDRAP

A dose of bivalent (two-strain) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine booster pushed effectiveness against emergency or urgent care (ED/UC) to 80% among preschool children, compared with 46% after two Moderna monovalent (single-strain) doses and 70% after three monovalent Pfizer/BioNTech doses.

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New COVID variant BA.2.86, a highly mutated strain, reported in Michigan, Denmark and Israel

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:16 — mike kraft
CDC tracking new COVID variant BA.2.86 after highly mutated strain reported in Michigan Cases of the new COVID variant BA.2.86 have been spotted in Michigan, Denmark and Israel. CBS News

... Experts say reports of BA.2.86 being spotted in countries on multiple continents — Denmark, Israel, U.K. and U.S. — suggest it is at least capable of transmitting widely and could have been spreading undetected for some time

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