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U.S. FDA flags risk of heart inflammation after Novavax COVID vaccine

Fri, 2022-06-03 15:12 — FNUOvviyaa
U.S. FDA flags risk of heart inflammation after Novavax COVID vaccine (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has raised concerns about a possible risk of heart inflammation from Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, even as the company's data showed it could reduce the chances of mild-to-severe disease. In Novavax's nearly 30,000 patient trial, conducted between December 2020 and September 2021, there were four cases of a type of heart inflammation called myocarditis detected within 20 days of taking the protein-based shot. YahooNews
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Inaccurate oxygen level readings delayed COVID-19 therapies for Black, Hispanic patients: study

Wed, 2022-06-01 21:39 — FNUOvviyaa
Inaccurate oxygen level readings delayed COVID-19 therapies for Black, Hispanic patients: study COVID-19 patients in racial and ethnic minority groups were delayed in receiving therapies because of an inaccurate reading of oxygen saturation levels, according to a new study. The study, publish… mbeals The Hill

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Gridlock could delay COVID funds until fall — or longer

Wed, 2022-06-01 21:24 — FNUOvviyaa
Gridlock could delay COVID funds until fall — or longer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is headed for “a lot of unnecessary loss of life," the Biden administration says, if Congress fails to provide billions more dollars to brace for the pandemic’s next wave. AP NEWS

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Homeless deaths spiked during pandemic, not from COVID. From drugs.

Tue, 2022-05-31 21:03 — FNUOvviyaa
'The world doesn’t care': Homeless deaths spiked during pandemic, not from COVID. From drugs. Homeless deaths are spiking. Fentanyl, a potent opioid that fueled a record number of overdoses in the U.S. last year, is a likely culprit. YahooNews

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Fighting For Survival in the Shadow of Covid-19

Tue, 2022-05-31 20:42 — FNUOvviyaa
Fighting For Survival in the Shadow of Covid-19 For low-income countries, 'pandemic preparedness' means more than fighting the next virus. It’s about building the capacity necessary to keep entire health systems from crumbling. YahooNews
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CDC identifies 9 monkeypox cases in 7 states

Tue, 2022-05-31 09:32 — FNUOvviyaa
CDC identifies 9 monkeypox cases in 7 states | CNN The US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention is investigating more cases of monkeypox across the United States as part of a global outbreak. Betsy Klein,Jacqueline Howard CNN

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U.S. Covid cases are probably undercounted, as tracking efforts fade

Fri, 2022-05-27 10:27 — mike kraft
Nation's latest COVID-19 wave largely hidden from view, health experts say 'There's a lot of COVID out there,' one expert acknowledged. ABC News ABC News

Current COVID-19 cases are just a fraction of what they were at the peak of the omicron wave.

But many people in the country may be noticing what seems to be a flood of cases in their social circles.

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Sytate and local health departments are hard-pressed and slow to spend Covid cash for underserved

Tue, 2022-05-17 17:25 — mike kraft
Overwhelmed health departments are hard-pressed to spend Covid cash for underserved The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address covid health disparities, the largest federal funding initiative designed specifically to help underserved communities hardest hit by the virus. Phil Galewitz, Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News CNN
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Covid-19 vaccine boosters are critical for older adults, but more people are not getting them

Tue, 2022-05-17 11:02 — mike kraft
Covid-19 vaccine boosters are critical for older adults. Why aren't more people getting them? Even as top U.S. health officials say it's time America learns to live with the coronavirus, a chorus of leading researchers say faulty messaging on booster shots has left millions of older people at serious risk. Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News CNN

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Future COVID variants will likely reinfect us multiple times a year, experts say — unless we invest in new vaccines

Tue, 2022-05-17 09:21 — mike kraft
Future COVID variants will likely reinfect us multiple times a year, experts say — unless we invest in new vaccines For more than a year now, the original COVID-19 vaccines have held up remarkably well — even miraculously so — against a Greek alphabet of new variants: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta. But now experts say something is changing.
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