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Advice: Delay getting next booster shot until new vaccines are available soon--NY Times

Fri, 2023-08-11 10:37 — mike kraft

Don’t Get Your Next COVID Booster Quite Yet An uptick in COVID-19 cases and the fast-approaching new school year have many people wondering when they should get their next booster. The short answer, according to experts: not quite yet — you will be a lot better off if you wait another month or two. In June, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the next COVID vaccine formulation target the omicron XBB.1.5 variant. Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are now working to update, test and mass-produce their vaccines, Yahoo News

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The symptoms of the new Eris COVID variant are similar to earlier variants

Fri, 2023-08-11 09:55 — mike kraft

What are the symptoms of new COVID variant Eris taking over the US? A new variant called EG.5 or Eris is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States. What to know about symptoms, severity, transmission, prevention. Yahoo News

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Global Covid cases up 80% as new subvariant rises --WHO

Fri, 2023-08-11 09:50 — mike kraft

Global Covid cases up 80% as new subvariant rises The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80 percent in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new "variant of interest". France 24

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Many of the new cases came in the Western Pacific region, which saw infections jump by 137 percent, the WHO said.

Several countries in the Northern Hemisphere, including the United States, United Kingdom, France and Japan have seen a summer uptick in cases in recent weeks.

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WHO issues initial evaluation of new EG.5 COVID variant and recomendationss

Thu, 2023-08-10 12:36 — mike kraft

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China drops COVID-19 group travel bans to 78 nations including U.S., Japan

Thu, 2023-08-10 12:08 — mike kraft

China drops COVID-19 group travel bans to 78 nations including U.S., Japan - UPI.com China announced Thursday it was removing its COVID-19-era restrictions on group travel to nearly 80 countries including the United States and Japan. UPI

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China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced group travel could continue to 78 nations including the two popular destinations as well as Australia, Britain, Germany, Qatar and South Korea.

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Air pollution is leading to increase in heart problems--study

Thu, 2023-08-10 11:27 — mike kraft

Deaths, disabilities from heart problems related to air pollution are on the rise, study finds | CNN The number of people killed or disabled by certain heart problems caused by exposure to air pollution has risen significantly since 1990: 31% worldwide, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Jen Christensen CNN

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Volcanic Eruptions and Even Clean Air Might've Helped El Niño and Climate Change In Warming the Planet Up

Thu, 2023-08-10 10:10 — mike kraft

Volcanoes and Clean Air Might've Helped Climate Change In Warming the Planet | Weather.com Even with El Niño under consideration, the tremendous amount of heating we're witnessing hints at some unseen players. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com The Weather Channel The Weather Channel

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US CDC sees no major shift in COVID variants although Eris varient is spreading

Wed, 2023-08-09 17:56 — mike kraft

With Eris on the rise, US CDC sees no major shift in COVID variants Currently spreading COVID-19 variants such as EG.5, or Eris, do not represent a major shift and updated vaccines in September will offer protection, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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Generalized vaccine hesitancy a factor in most decisions to not get COVID-19 vaccines --study

Wed, 2023-08-09 17:45 — mike kraft

Vaccine hesitancy behind most decisions to not get COVID-19 vaccines The level of hesitancy for the COVID-19 vaccine was much higher than for other routinely given vaccines. CIDRAP

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Vaccine hesitancy, which began to grow steadily in the US during the early 2000s with false claims that common childhood vaccines caused autism, soared again during the pandemic, as employee vaccine mandates became political footballs.

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