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Family members of ICU patients with acute Covid cases show PTSD symptoms three months later --French study

Mon, 2022-02-21 18:02 — mike kraft

Association of COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome With Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members After ICU Discharge (JAMA)

In a prospective cohort study of 517 family members of ICU patients, PTSD-related symptoms at 90 days after ICU discharge were significantly more common in family members of patients with COVID-19 ARDS compared with non–COVID-19 ARDS (35% vs 19%). In a multivariable analysis adjusting for age, sex, and level of social support, COVID-19 ARDS was independently associated with PTSD-related symptoms in family members (odds ratio, 2.05).

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Navajo Nation maintains mask mandate as New Mexico drops it

Mon, 2022-02-21 17:54 — mike kraft

Navajo Nation maintains mask mandate as New Mexico drops it WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is maintaining a mask mandate to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, even as the last of the states that surround the reservation dropped the requirement. AP NEWS

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Iran returns vaccines donated by Poland because they were made in US

Mon, 2022-02-21 17:43 — mike kraft

Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in US TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has returned 820,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by Poland because they were manufactured in the United States, state TV reported Monday. TV quoted Mohammad Hashemi, an official in the country’s Health Ministry, as saying that Poland donated about a million doses of the British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran. AP NEWS

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U.S: More contagious version of omicron spreads in U.S., fueling worries

Mon, 2022-02-21 17:39 — mike kraft

More contagious version of omicron spreads in U.S., fueling worries The omicron BA..2 variant spreads about 30% more easily and has caused surges in other countries. Its steady increase in the U.S. raises questions about the wisdom of rolling back COVID restrictions. NPR.org

As the omicron surge continues to decline in the U.S., infectious disease experts are keeping a close eye on an even more contagious version of the variant that could once again foil the nation's hopes of getting back to normal.

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UPDATE: P.M. Boris Johnson scraps remaining COVID restrictions in England

Mon, 2022-02-21 17:34 — mike kraft

Boris Johnson scraps remaining COVID restrictions in England LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scrapping the last domestic coronavirus restrictions in England, including the requirement for people with COVID-19 to self-isolate, even as he acknowledged Monday the potential for new and more deadly variants of the virus. AP NEWS

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Australia lifts travel restrictions for fully vaccinated arrivals, New Zealand will wait until after the peak

Mon, 2022-02-21 10:29 — mike kraft

Australia welcomes back tourists with toy koalas, Tim Tams CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — International tourists and business travelers began arriving in Australia with few restrictions on Monday, bringing together families in tearful reunions after separations of two years or longer forced by some of the most draconian pandemic measures of any democracy in the world. AP NEWS

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Opinion: After the pandemic, long covid may unleash a tidal wave of health troubles-_Washington Post

Mon, 2022-02-21 10:12 — mike kraft

Opinion | After the pandemic, long covid may unleash a tidal wave of health troubles Slowly, researchers are uncovering the face of long covid, and it is not a happy one. In two years of the pandemic, millions of people survived the infection but felt debilitating symptoms linger for months. Editorial Board Washington Post

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Long term heart problems after COVID cause increasing concern

Mon, 2022-02-21 10:05 — mike kraft

Five months post-covid, Nicole Murphy's heart rate is still doing strange things Five months after being infected with the coronavirus, Nicole Murphy's pulse rate is going berserk. Normally in the 70s, which is ideal, it has been jumping to 160, 170 and sometimes 210 beats per minute even when she is at rest - putting her at risk of a heart attack, heart failure or stroke. No one seems to be able to pinpoint why.

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U.S. may recomend fourth Covid-19 shot this fall, as officials 'continually' look at emerging data

Mon, 2022-02-21 09:55 — mike kraft

A fourth Covid-19 shot might be recommended this fall, as officials 'continually' look at emerging data As the world approaches the second anniversary of the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization, on March 11, more nations are rolling out -- or are discussing the possibility of -- fourth doses of coronavirus vaccine for their most vulnerable. In the United States, leading public health officials say they are "very carefully" monitoring if or when fourth doses might be needed. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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U.S C.D.C. Isn’t Publishing Large Portions of the Covid Data It Collects

Mon, 2022-02-21 09:47 — mike kraft

For more than a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has collected data on hospitalizations for Covid-19 in the United States and broken it down by age, race and vaccination status. But it has not made most of the information public.

When the C.D.C. published the first significant data on the effectiveness of boosters in adults younger than 65 two weeks ago, it left out the numbers for a huge portion of that population: 18- to 49-year-olds, the group least likely to benefit from extra shots, because the first two doses already left them well-protected.

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