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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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Paxlovid fails to improve long COVID symptoms in small study

Fri, 2024-06-07 18:13 — mike kraft
Paxlovid fails to improve long COVID symptoms in small study Using the popular COVID antiviral Paxlovid failed to significantly improve symptoms in 155 patients experiencing moderate to severe long COVID, according to a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.  CIDRAP

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The findings are part of the STOP-PASC trial, and the study was conducted at Stanford University from November 2022 to September 2023. All enrollees reported at least 3 months of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) symptoms.

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Overview COVID, Bird Flu, Polio cases

Fri, 2024-06-07 17:53 — mike kraft
Quick Takes: US COVID-19 levels, H5N1, and Polio The last data from the CDC show upticks in early COVID-19 indicators, but severity indicators remain unchanged from the previous week. CIDRAP

 

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Study on associations between obesity, probable long COVID, and sleep problems

Fri, 2024-06-07 09:17 — mike kraft
Associations between obesity, a composite risk score for probable long COVID, and sleep problems in SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated individuals International Journal of Obesity - Associations between obesity, a composite risk score for probable long COVID, and sleep problems in SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated individuals Nature

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COVID-19 continues takes a disproportionate toll on people with diabetes

Fri, 2024-06-07 09:06 — mike kraft
The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 took on people with diabetes continues today At the start of the pandemic, many people living with diabetes were wondering what COVID-19 meant for them. Diabetes was already known to put people at higher risks from other infectious diseases, including ... Jamie Hartmann-Boyce Medical Xpress

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More than 200 symptoms tied to long COVID --new report

Thu, 2024-06-06 10:30 — mike kraft
Report: More than 200 symptoms tied to long COVID Today a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a number of conclusions about long-COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function, including that the condition can cause more than 200 symptoms, and that a positive COVID-19 test is not necessary to make a long-COVID diagnosis. CIDRAP

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Bird flu first known human fatality reported in Mexico --WHO

Thu, 2024-06-06 10:19 — mike kraft
First-ever human case of H5N2 bird flu reported in Mexico, WHO says | CNN Even as the United States grapples with an outbreak of H5N1 flu in dairy cattle, the World Health Organization has announced the first known human infection with a different strain, H5N2, in a person in Mexico who died of complications of their infection. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Explainer: What to know as climate records keep getting shattered

Thu, 2024-06-06 10:07 — mike kraft
Climate records keep getting shattered. Here is what you need to know Month after month, global temperatures are breaking records. Meanwhile, scientists and climate policymakers warn of the growing likelihood that the planet will soon exceed the warming limit set in the landmark Paris 2015 climate talks. AP News

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World hits streak of record temperatures, could hit 1.5 C tipping rate before 2023

Thu, 2024-06-06 09:59 — mike kraft
World hits streak of record temperatures as UN warns of 'climate hell' Each of the past 12 months ranked as the warmest on record in year-on-year comparisons, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday, as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to avert "climate hell". Kate Abnett,Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber Reuters

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Long COVID: New Report Underscores the Seriousness and breadth of the problem

Wed, 2024-06-05 19:49 — mike kraft

New Report Underscores the Seriousness of Long COVID (yahoo.com)

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FDA vaccine advisers unanimously vote for updated COVID-19 vaccines this autumn

Wed, 2024-06-05 17:32 — mike kraft
FDA vaccine advisers vote unanimously in favor of updated Covid-19 shot for fall | CNN Another new version of the Covid-19 vaccine will probably be coming this fall. Jen Christensen CNN

Another new version of the Covid-19 vaccine will probably be coming this fall.

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