Long COVID Neurologic Symptoms Vary Based on Severity of Initial Infection Distinct pathogenic mechanisms may be at play in each group Judy George medpagetoday

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UNICEF sounds alarm over fast-spreading cholera outbreaks in Africa The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for emergency funding to broaden efforts to reach millions living across 11 eastern and southern African countries which have been hit hard by fast-spreading cholera outbreaks. UN News

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The agency said the worst cholera outbreaks to hit the region in years, are now unfolding in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Rolling back SNAP benefits puts millions of children at risk of hunger and long-term health consequences Now, combined with food inflation, rolling back to an already-inadequate benefit amount is likely to lead to harmful outcomes for kids. Torie Bosch STAT

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California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At the start of 2022, Thomas Marshall weighed 311 pounds. He had been hospitalized 10 times in five years, including six surgeries. He had an open wound on his left leg that refused to heal — made worse by living in a dirty, moldy house with five other people, two ball pythons, four Chihuahuas and a cage full of rats. AP NEWS

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WHO revises COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for Omicron-era The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine. Reuters Reuters

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Court blocks Covid vaccine mandate for U.S. government workers The appeals court rejected arguments that Biden, as the nation’s chief executive, has the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require employees be vaccinated. NBC News

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UN head says survival depends on how people manage water U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water ABC News ABC News

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The U.N. World Water Development Report, issued on the eve of the conference, says 26% of the world’s population — 2 billion people — don’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% — 3.6 billion people — lack access to basic sanitation. U.N. research also shows that almost half the world’s people will suffer severe water stress by 2030.

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Opinion | Do We Need a Spring COVID-19 Booster? A look at the data, particularly for high-risk groups Jeremy Faust, MD, and Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH medpagetoday

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COVID-19: A look back on where the US succeeded and where we didn’t Public health experts explain to ABC News where the U.S. succeeded and where it didn't as the third anniversary of the pandemic passes. ABC News ABC News

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Vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans 'just in case'; rich nations lock in supplies Some of the world's leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Moderna expects to price its COVID vaccine at about $130 in the US Moderna Inc expects to price its COVID-19 vaccine at around $130 per dose in the U.S. going forward as purchases move to the private sector from the government, the company’s president Stephen Hoge said in an interview on Monday. Patrick Wingrove Reuters

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CDC study warns of ‘dramatic increase’ in deadly fungus across US Candida aurism, a rare and sometimes deadly fungal disease, is spreading through the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned this week, citing a “dramatic” increase in cas… sneukam The Hill

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There were at least 2,377 confirmed cases in the U.S. in 2022, according to CDC statistics. That total was a steep jump from the 1,474 cases in 2021 and continued a rapid increase from 2020, when there were just 757 confirmed cases.

Millions of People Could Lose Medicaid Starting in April In 2 weeks, states will begin unwinding pandemic's continuous enrollment provisions Shannon Firth medpagetoday

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However, "I don't see that there's any way that we're not going to lose millions of people," she said, noting "the potential for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of children to lose their coverage when they're still eligible."