COVID-19

Analysis: The changing COVID pandemic situation

Wed, 2022-12-07 10:05 — mike kraft

Emerging from the COVID pandemic, again For much of the world, 2022 marked the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Michele Gershberg Reuters

..Global health officials cautioned the public against letting its guard down, while acknowledging a change in outlook nearly three years after the virus was first detected. The World Health Organization (WHO) has yet to declare an end to the COVID public health emergency introduced in January 2020.

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Health experts in conundrum over best way to avoid winter ‘tripledemic’

Wed, 2022-12-07 09:58 — mike kraft

Health experts in conundrum over best way to avoid winter ‘tripledemic’ RSV, Covid-19 and flu cases are exploding, but many health officials aren’t forcing masks or discouraging in-person gatherings the Guardian

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China changes strategy, rolls back anti-COVID measures following protests

Wed, 2022-12-07 09:52 — mike kraft

China eases anti-COVID measures following protests BEIJING (AP) — China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign . AP NEWS

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EU backs bivalent Covid shots, UK supports vaccinating infants over 6 months

Tue, 2022-12-06 18:52 — mike kraft

EU regulator backs bivalent COVID shots for primary vaccination The European Medicines Agency said on Tuesday its emergency task force has concluded that messenger RNA bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, targeting the original strain and the Omicron BA.4-5 subvariants, may be used in previously unvaccinated children and adults. Reuters Reuters

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National COVID-⁠19 Preparedness Plan --White House Press Release

Tue, 2022-12-06 18:36 — mike kraft

National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan | The White House Today, the U.S. government is releasing the National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan – which will enable America to move forward safely, sustaining The White House

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The President’s National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan focuses on four key goals:

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Massacusetts sues company that failed to return money for N95 masks it failed to deliver

Tue, 2022-12-06 17:51 — mike kraft

State sues company that failed to return N95 mask money BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general's office has sued a company it alleges failed to reimburse the state nearly $3.5 million for hundreds of thousands of N95 masks it failed to deliver as promised early in the COVID-19 pandemic. AP NEWS

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Congressional report says financial technology companies fueled rampant fraud in U.S. Covid relief program

Tue, 2022-12-06 11:26 — mike kraft

A congressional report says financial technology companies fueled rampant PPP fraud Fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, which gave potentially forgivable loans to small businesses during the pandemic, was largely due to financial technology companies, according to a new report. NPR.org

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Pfizer and Clear Creek Bio partner to develop oral COVID-19 drug

Tue, 2022-12-06 11:09 — mike kraft

Pfizer partners with Clear Creek Bio to develop oral COVID-19 drug Pfizer Inc and Clear Creek Bio Inc on Tuesday announced a collaboration to identify a potential drug candidate and develop a new class of oral treatment against COVID-19, as Pfizer seeks to expand its anti-infective pipeline. Reuters Reuters

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Florida COVID cases increased in Novemeber, deaths top 83,000

Tue, 2022-12-06 10:59 — mike kraft

Florida COVID-19 deaths top 83,000 The state saw an increase in COVID cases during the final week of November CBS Miami

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COVID vaccine hesitancy linked to 'nocebo' side effects--study

Tue, 2022-12-06 10:44 — mike kraft

COVID vaccine hesitancy linked to 'nocebo' side effects CIDRAP

Vaccine hesitancy about COVID-19 vaccines is a positive predictor of negative side effects with vaccination—an example of the "nocebo" effect—according to a study today in Scientific Reports.

Nocebo, a play on placebo, is a phenomenon in which people experience negative effects on health when they have negative views or expectations surrounding medical interventions.

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