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Long COVID: syudy suggests patients could benefit from treatment for concussion patients

Fri, 2023-03-03 09:48 — mike kraft
Long COVID patients could benefit from concussion treatment, DU study finds Concussions and long COVID have more in common than you might think, new research shows. Alayna Alvarez Axios
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Long COVID: patients with it may have lower levels of brain oxygen, cognitive problems--2 studies

Fri, 2023-03-03 09:41 — mike kraft
Patients with long COVID may have lower levels of brain oxygen, cognitive problems - UPI.com People who have long COVID -- lingering symptoms after a COVID-19 infection -- may also have lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems and psychiatric troubles, such as anxiety and depression. UPI

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Monovalent COVID booster protects well against Omicron, but it wanes over 6 months --study

Fri, 2023-03-03 09:36 — mike kraft
Monovalent COVID booster protects well against Omicron, but it wanes over 6 months The COVID-19 booster was 74% effective against Omicron infection compared with the primary vaccine series for 3 months, but protection waned to 36% after 6 months. CIDRAP
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Former Italy PM Conte and other officials investigated over alleged mishandled response to COVID pandemic

Thu, 2023-03-02 10:39 — mike kraft
Former Italy PM Conte investigated over response to COVID pandemic Italian prosecutors have placed former prime minister Giuseppe Conte under investigation for allegedly mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in early 2020, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Emilio Parodi Reuters
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WHO urges assistance to African nations facing cholera

Thu, 2023-03-02 10:07 — mike kraft
WHO urges assistance to African nations facing cholera KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A World Health Organization official in Africa is urging more support to countries facing cholera outbreaks, saying the disease has the potential to "quickly explode" as rainfall persists in some areas. AP NEWS

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Cholera has been reported in 12 of Africa’s 54 countries. South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are the latest to detect cases. Malawi, with hundreds of cholera deaths, faces its worst outbreak ever.

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New studies indicate high level of Covid in toilet samples of US-bound planes, and effectiveness of pre-departure testing

Thu, 2023-03-02 09:52 — mike kraft
81% of toilet samples from US-bound planes had Omicron RNA CIDRAP

Two new studies from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlight new findings about air travel amid COVID-19, with one showing that 81% of wastewater samples from airplane restrooms had SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant genetic material in fall 2022, and the other suggesting that predeparture testing of international travelers was tied to a 52% lower positivity rate at arrival in the United States.

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Bbird flu: How to prevent an outbreak from becoming a pandemic

Wed, 2023-03-01 17:20 — mike kraft
How to stop the bird flu outbreak becoming a pandemic Nature - From tracking the disease’s spread in wild birds to updating human vaccines, there are measures that could help keep avian influenza in check. Sidik, Saima May nature
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Pfizer/BioNTech seeks U.S. nod for updated COVID vaccine as booster in kids under 5

Wed, 2023-03-01 17:10 — mike kraft
Pfizer/BioNTech seeks U.S. nod for updated COVID vaccine as booster in kids under 5 Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE have applied for emergency use authorization of their Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccine in the United States as a booster dose for children aged six months through four years, the companies said on Wednesday. The Omicron-adapted vaccine is currently authorized by the U.S.
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Misinformation issue: COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins

Wed, 2023-03-01 10:20 — mike kraft
COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19's origins remain hazy . Three years after the start of the pandemic, it's still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab or spread to humans from an animal. AP NEWS
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Essential workers during pandemic did not get enough information to protect their health--study

Wed, 2023-03-01 10:11 — mike kraft
Covid-19 surveillance added new burdens on essential workers — and gave them little data to protect their health Surveillance technologies deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic added new burdens on essential workers — and gave them little data to protect their health. Ambar Castillo STAT

At the peak of the pandemic, essential workers faced rampant tech-based surveillance, from overhead infrared thermometers to wearables that tracked their proximity to one another.

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