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Public health experts hope the technology will help monitor threats beyond COVID-19, like opioids and the flu, but the strategy requires resources and political buy-in. And while Congress has enacted billions in pandemic funding for states, only a handful have used the money to establish wastewater surveillance.

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How COVID pandemic affected different age, ethnic and political affiliation groups--3 articles

Mon, 2022-05-16 09:41 — mike kraft

COVID pandemic exposed inequities involving age, race, political affiliation The United States has hit a grim milestone: 1 million COVID-19 deaths. During the past two years the virus has posed a deadly risk, but it hasn’t affected every person the same way. The pandemic has highlighted inequalities that have already existed -- and exposed new disparities between age, race and political affiliation. Yahoo

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How North Korea's COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis

Fri, 2022-05-13 20:04 — mike kraft

Explainer: How North Korea's COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis North Korea's admission that it is battling an "explosive" COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns that the virus could devastate a country with an under-resourced health system, limited testing capabilities, and no vaccine programme. Soo-Hyang Choi,Josh Smith Reuters

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Analysis: despite surge in Covid cases, a lower rate of severe illness in some states may reflect high vaccination rates, testing and the use of antiviral drugs, experts say.

Fri, 2022-05-13 11:31 — mike kraft

Covid cases are surging again. Why hospitalizations may not. A lower rate of severe illness in some states may reflect high vaccination rates, the prevalence of testing and the use of antiviral drugs, experts say. NBC News

Covid-19 cases are surging yet again in the United States, but unlike previous waves, a substantial rise in hospitalizations and deaths isn't following yet.

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Analysis: The US is running a fever. Which way will it go?

Fri, 2022-05-13 11:10 — mike kraft

The US is running a fever. Which way will it go? This moment in time, like so many during the last two-plus years of the pandemic, is a confusing one for our country. Mixed signals make it hard to accurately gauge risk and act accordingly. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent CNN

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Study on how many lives could have been saved with COVID vaccinations in each state

Fri, 2022-05-13 10:16 — mike kraft

This is how many lives could have been saved with COVID vaccinations in each state A large share of the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID in the U.S. may have lived if they'd gotten vaccinated. A new analysis shows how many lives could have been saved across the country. NPR.org

One tragic fact about the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is that a huge share of them didn't have to.

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55% of Hospitalized COVID Patients Still Had Symptoms at 2 Years

Thu, 2022-05-12 19:34 — mike kraft

55% of Hospitalized COVID Patients Still Had Symptoms at 2 Years 'Ongoing follow-up of COVID-19 survivors is essential,' researcher says Molly Walker medpagetoday

More than half of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, during the initial outbreak reported at least one symptom a couple of years later, researchers found.

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