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The mission of the Global Health Working Group is to explore and improve current and emerging states of health and human security worldwide.

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Long Covid effects on muscles may explain reactions to exercise --study

Wed, 2024-01-10 10:21 — mike kraft
A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles Long COVID patients can experience severe energy crashes after physical exertion. New research provides clear evidence that there's a biological basis for the symptoms. NPR

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By taking biopsies from long COVID patients before and after exercising, scientists in the Netherlands constructed a startling picture of widespread abnormalities in muscle tissue that may explain this severe reaction to physical activity.

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Colds and flu, like COVID, can have long term effects--studies

Wed, 2024-01-10 10:08 — mike kraft
Long-term respiratory illness is here to stay Covid is not the only disease with a long version Yahoo News

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Some Southern Hemisphere countries experiencing rise in COVID

Wed, 2024-01-10 09:55 — mike kraft
Some Southern Hemisphere countries experiencing rise in COVID COVID is at higher-than-expected levels in some parts of South America. CIDRAP

Some countries in the Southern Hemisphere, currently in their summer season, are experiencing higher-than-expected levels of respiratory disease activity for this time of year due to COVID-19, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said yesterday in an epidemiologic update.

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UK Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in country during last decade’--study

Tue, 2024-01-09 18:04 — mike kraft
Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’ Exclusive: Review by Michael Marmot decries ‘shocking political failure’ behind differing life expectancies across country The Guardian
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During the COVID pandemic, care-seeking for heart-related illness fell, with long-term fallout likely --study

Tue, 2024-01-09 10:16 — mike kraft
Care-seeking for heart-related illness fell amid pandemic—with long-term fallout likely Wavebreakmedia / iStock CIDRAP

Rates of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (CVEs) fell after the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020 and remained lower over the next year among commercially insured New England patients seeking care, and the incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) and angina (chest pain) remained lower than expected.

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Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and is close to warming limit, European agency says

Tue, 2024-01-09 10:09 — mike kraft
World is dangerously close to a global warming limit, new data shows | CNN The year 2023 had already been confirmed as the hottest on record, but new data shows an alarming rise in heating. Angela Dewan, Krystina Shveda, Lou Robinson CNN

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Spain's government proposed a nationwide mask mandate in hospitals and health clinics; Italy says respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record

Mon, 2024-01-08 17:29 — mike kraft
Spain considers nationwide hospital mask rule, as flu, COVID hit Europe Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and COVID spread across Europe. Reuters Reuters
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Researchers investigate why vaccines are less effective in some older adults

Mon, 2024-01-08 10:33 — mike kraft
Researchers investigate why vaccines don't work as well in some older adults An important aspect to aging is how the immune system changes over time. Such changes have consequences, and they contribute to the greater risk for severe infections and other diseases such as cancer ... Mark Wanner Medical Xpress

 

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Explainer: What to know about the spreadof the new Covid-19 variant

Mon, 2024-01-08 09:40 — mike kraft
There’s a New Covid-19 Variant and Cases Are Ticking Up. What Do You Need to Know? - KFF Health News The covid-19 virus is continually changing, and a recent subvariant, the JN.1, is rapidly climbing the charts. khnkit KFF Health News

 

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Long Covid may cause changes in body that make exercise debilitating – Dutch study

Fri, 2024-01-05 11:06 — mike kraft
Long Covid causes changes in body that make exercise debilitating – study Experts say severe muscle damage, mitochondrial problems and microclots may explain impact of working out The Guardian
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