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Five things to know about a possible fourth COVID-19 shot

Fri, 2022-03-18 19:41 — mike kraft

Five things to know about a possible fourth COVID-19 shot Pfizer and Moderna have each asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize a second booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccines — essentially a fourth COVID-19 shot — for certain adults. Joseph Choi TheHill

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Exercise could treat symptoms of long-COVID, researchers say

Fri, 2022-03-18 11:46 — mike kraft

Exercise could treat symptoms of long-COVID, researchers say “Exercise can help. Exercise takes care of the inflammation that leads to elevated blood glucose and the development and progression of diabetes and clinical depression,” said Candida Rebello, a Adam Barnes TheHill

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The likely reason for 'stealth' Omicron's recent success --study

Fri, 2022-03-18 11:34 — mike kraft

Study reveals likely reason for 'stealth' Omicron's recent success What accounts for BA.2's recent success? It's not due to an ability to evade the protection of COVID-19 vaccines, a new study finds. YahooNews

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A surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and lack of internet access --study

Fri, 2022-03-18 11:10 — mike kraft

The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access The case for treating internet access as a health necessity. Keren Landman Vox

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Why some Americans haven't gotten COVID yet and why it's not inevitable they ever will: Experts

Fri, 2022-03-18 10:54 — mike kraft

Why some Americans haven't gotten COVID yet and why it's not inevitable they ever will: Experts Because omicron has shown the ability to cause breakthrough infections despite vaccination status, this has led to fears that everyone will catch the virus at some point. "Some people may come into more contact with people more regularly than others," Grein, director of hospital epidemiology at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, told ABC News. YahooNews

Doctors said there are several reasons millions of Americans have yet to contract the virus.

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Dr. Fauci says COVID-19 cases will likely increase soon, though not necessarily hospitalizations

Fri, 2022-03-18 09:49 — mike kraft

Fauci says COVID-19 cases will likely increase soon, though not necessarily hospitalizations The U.S. should expect to see an increase in cases from the BA.2 variant, but it may not lead to a surge in hospitalizations or deaths, experts say. ABC News ABC News

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This key indicator may determine how bad a BA.2 wave could be in the US

Thu, 2022-03-17 19:36 — mike kraft

This key indicator may determine how bad a BA.2 wave will be in the US As America casts a wary eye on rising cases caused by the BA.2 subvariant in Europe, the immune status of adults over the age of 65 will be a key indicator of how future variants will affect the US. Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN CNN

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Covid’s ‘Silver Lining’: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common Flu

Thu, 2022-03-17 11:17 — mike kraft

Covid’s ‘Silver Lining’: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common Flu Billions of dollars invested in mRNA vaccines and covid research could yield health care dividends for decades to come. khnlizszabo Kaiser Health News

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Hospitalizations of young children increased fivefold during omicron surge, but few died--CDC report

Thu, 2022-03-17 11:10 — mike kraft

Hospitalizations of young children increased fivefold during omicron surge, but few died, says CDC report The omicron variant caused less severe disease than delta for children under 5, and fewer deaths. Katie Shepherd Washington Post

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Pfizer's Covid vaccine safe in people with prior myocarditis--French study

Thu, 2022-03-17 10:14 — mike kraft

Pfizer's Covid vaccine safe in people with prior myocarditis, study says The findings of a small French study may be reassuring to those with histories of the heart condition who are reluctant to get vaccinated, experts said. NBC News

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine appears to be safe in people previously diagnosed with myocarditis, according to a small study presented Thursday at a European medical conference.

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