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Opinion: -What do COVID-19 and the bank crisis have in common? --the trust issue

Fri, 2023-04-14 14:09 — mike kraft

What do COVID-19 and the bank crisis have in common? Social trust is essential to combat a public health crisis, and trustworthy information is critical to nurturing public trust. cayala The Hill

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Assuming that we will continue to gain ground against this coronavirus and that it will become endemic and manageable even if it doesn’t entirely disappear, there will still be other pandemics in the future. Have we learned the lessons of COVID-19? In particular, have we learned from our mistakes?

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Chances of getting long COVID are lower after a second infection than a first--British study

Fri, 2023-04-14 13:12 — mike kraft

You're less likely to get long COVID after a second infection than a first The chances of developing lingering symptoms after COVID appears to fall sharply from the first to the second time someone gets sick, new research finds. The risk is still significant. NPR

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Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine highly effective --Israeli study of over 65's

Fri, 2023-04-14 13:02 — mike kraft

Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine highly effective, study says - UPI.com A new study examining the effectiveness of the new Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine determined it is highly effective in reducing hospitalizations and deaths. UPI

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Covid has left millions children orphans. Few U.S. states are addressing the crisis

Thu, 2023-04-13 18:12 — mike kraft

Covid has left thousands of US children orphans. Few states are addressing the crisis An estimated 245,000 children in the US have lost one or both parents to Covid, but despite profound implications they have been largely overlooked in policy responses the Guardian

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Analysis: Obesity and COVID-19 mortality are correlated-study

Thu, 2023-04-13 11:02 — mike kraft

Obesity and COVID-19 mortality are correlated Scientific Reports - Obesity and COVID-19 mortality are correlated Nature

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We observe a statistically significant positive association between COVID-19 mortality and the proportion of obese in adult populations spanning 142 countries. This association holds across countries belonging to different income groups and is not sensitive to a population’s median age, proportion of the elderly, and/or proportion of females.

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Meta-analysis reveals wide range of persistent long-COVID psychiatric symptoms

Thu, 2023-04-13 10:57 — mike kraft

Meta-analysis reveals wide range of persistent long-COVID psychiatric symptoms The top three conditions were anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. CIDRAP

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High percentage of COVID-infected healthcare workers still caring for patients --study

Thu, 2023-04-13 10:25 — mike kraft

Study notes high rate of COVID-infected healthcare workers still caring for patients Half of all healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 continued to go to work, even if they were involved with direct patient care. CIDRAP

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Briefing paper on improving access to novel COVID-19 treatments--WHO

Thu, 2023-04-13 10:20 — mike kraft

Improving access to novel COVID-19 treatments Launch of Member States briefing on how to navigate interfaces between public health and intellectual property.

Launch of Member States briefing on how to navigate interfaces between public health and intellectual property.

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First death reported from new bird flu strain, in China -_WHO

Wed, 2023-04-12 10:10 — mike kraft

WHO: First death reported from new bird flu strain - UPI.com Chinese health authorities have reported the death of a woman from bird flu to the World Health Organization, the first confirmed fatality from the A(H3N8) virus. UPI

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The latest infection is the third case reported from China in the past 12 months, but an epidemiological investigation and tracing of close contacts of the victim have not found any additional infections, WHO said Tuesday in a news release.

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Analysis: Following COVID-19 precautions was closely linked to traditional values except in the U.S.--study

Wed, 2023-04-12 09:51 — mike kraft

Traditional values closely linked to following COVID-19 precautions, except in US CIDRAP

A new study from researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles shows the US population's response to COVID-19 precautions stood in sharp contrast to other countries.

Worldwide, people who professed to have more traditional or socially conservative values were more likely to adhere to COVID-19 recommendations, but in the United States people with those values were more likely to dismiss such recommendations.

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