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Lack of sick days, inflexible schedules can seriously affect mental health--CDC report

Tue, 2023-04-25 10:16 — mike kraft
Lack of sick days, inflexible schedule among tough job conditions that can seriously affect mental health, report shows | CNN Certain work conditions -- including inflexible or late-night schedules and lack of paid sick leave -- can have a significant effect on mental health, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deidre McPhillips CNN

 

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Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk -- UK study

Tue, 2023-04-25 09:54 — mike kraft
Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk, study finds Shielded people had a slightly higher known infection rate—5.9% versus 5.7%—compared with controls. CIDRAP
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Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID; what do we know about reinfection?

Mon, 2023-04-24 20:17 — mike kraft
After Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID, what do we know about reinfection? Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Studies suggest that most Americans have been infected with COVID at least once but a growing number have been infected multiple times. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not provide reinfection data but state-level data paints a varied picture. Yahoo

 

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Analysis: How America Lost the COVID-19 War

Mon, 2023-04-24 18:49 — mike kraft
How America Lost the COVID-19 War The U.S. is no better prepared for future pandemics than it was in early 2020. Yahoo News

... the U.S. suffered many more casualties than any other affluent country, despite having the best access to remarkable vaccines.

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Opinion: Small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big

Mon, 2023-04-24 18:36 — mike kraft
How small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big If we can’t get this right for known diseases like Marburg, what hope do we have for unknown pandemic threats? Torie Bosch STAT

...while fast-tracking candidate vaccines represents a positive step forward in the race to stop these outbreaks and to improve global health security, it raises an important question. If vaccine candidates already existed for both of these viruses before the outbreaks began, then why weren’t investigational stockpiles of vaccine ready to go when the first cases were detected?

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U.S. COVID Pandemic relief efforts failed to reach many immigrant families

Mon, 2023-04-24 18:08 — mike kraft
Pandemic relief efforts did not reach immigrant families CIDRAP

Immigrant families living in the United States took some of the hardest economic hits during the COVID-19 pandemic, but benefited less from government assistance and relief programs than families with US-born caregivers.

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New data show safety of Pfizer COVID vaccine for teenagers

Mon, 2023-04-24 09:57 — mike kraft
New data show safety of Pfizer COVID vaccine for teens ages 12 to 17 Very few serious adverse events were reported, and instances of myocarditis were lower than initially reported. CIDRAP
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World's 2022 weather problems reached record levels--UN weather agency

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:04 — mike kraft
UN's weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot Looking back at 2022’s weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization says last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. The United Nations' climate agency in a Friday report says killer floods, droughts and heat waves hit around the world, costing many billions of dollars. Global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs and Antarctic sea ice and European Alps glaciers reached record low amounts. Last year was the fifth or sixth hottest depending on measuring techniques.
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COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic

Fri, 2023-04-21 10:16 — mike kraft
COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic Nature Medicine - COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic Nature
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Opinion: The NIH has little to show for the $1 billion spent to study long Covid

Thu, 2023-04-20 11:46 — mike kraft
The NIH has poured $1 billion into long Covid research — with little to show for it The federal government has burned through more than $1 billion to study long Covid, and there's basically nothing to show for it. Rachel Cohrs STAT

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The National Institutes of Health hasn’t signed up a single patient to test any potential treatments — despite a clear mandate from Congress to study them. And the few trials it is planning have already drawn a firestorm of criticism, especially one intervention that experts and advocates say may actually make some patients’ long Covid symptoms worse.

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