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OVERVIEW: US case counts fall; vaccine trials underway for small children

Wed, 2021-04-28 10:18 — mike kraft

'New normal' may be near as US case counts fall; vaccine trials underway for small children; 200,000 deaths in India: Live COVID-19 updates India crossed a bleak milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus. In the US, infections are falling. Latest COVID-19 news. John Bacon and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY YahooNews

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Studies: Higher stroke risk linked to asymptomatic COVID-19 in younger men and spread of virus in cars, vans

Tue, 2021-04-27 21:20 — mike kraft

COVID-19 Scan for Apr 26, 2021 CIDRAP

Men under 50 recovering from asymptomatic COVID have double the likelihood of acute ischemic strokes (AIS) compared with men of the same age without COVID infection, according to a study last week in JAMA Network Open.

Eighteen South Asian men were treated in Singapore for AIS a median of 54.5 days after their initial COVID-19 diagnosis. Twelve (67.7%) had no known pre-existing risk factors. While AIS is a known neurologic complication from symptomatic COVID-19, none of these men experienced respiratory symptoms during their infection.

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Pakistan provinces run low on oxygen supplies, ban non-urgent surgeries

Tue, 2021-04-27 11:00 — mike kraft

Provinces in Pakistan ban non-urgent surgeries as oxygen supplies run low In light of depleting oxygen supplies in Pakistan, two provinces in the country have imposed a “complete ban” on elective surgeries in order to manage supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. By Ben Westcott, Kara Fox and Niamh Kennedy, CNN CNN

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India update: Aid is arriving but situation will contionue dire

Tue, 2021-04-27 10:54 — mike kraft

Aid is coming to India, but its Covid-19 catastrophe is likely to continue. The European Union has sued AstraZeneca over its failure to deliver hundreds of millions of Covid vaccination doses by the end of June as promised. The New York Times

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Suggestions on how to reach people who are reluctant to get vaccinated

Mon, 2021-04-26 12:05 — mike kraft

These are the pro-vaccine messages people want to hear No single strategy works for everyone, but a combination of several types of messages and messengers is persuading on-the-fence folks to get vaccinated. Frances Stead Sellers, Bonnie Berkowitz Washington Post

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Poll indicates widespread concern about J&J vaccine

Mon, 2021-04-26 11:51 — mike kraft

The public’s concerns over the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine are widespread, Post-ABC poll finds Fewer than 1 in 4 unvaccinated adults say they would be willing to get the Johnson & Johnson shot. Amy Goldstein, Scott Clement Washington Post

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ANALYSIS: India, the world’s largest vaccine producer struggles to overcome its latest COVID-19 surge—and that’s everyone’s problem.

Mon, 2021-04-26 09:34 — mike kraft

India Is a Warning The world’s largest vaccine producer is struggling to overcome its latest COVID-19 surge—and that’s everyone’s problem. Yasmeen Serhan The Atlantic

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Europe starts to reopen but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams

Sun, 2021-04-25 20:29 — mike kraft

Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams PARIS (AP) — Cradling the head of the deeply sedated COVID-19 patient like a precious jewel in his hands, Dr. Alexy Tran Dinh steered his intensive-care nurses through the delicate process of rolling the woman off her stomach and onto her back, guiding the team like a dance instructor. They moved only on Tran Dinh’s count, in unison and with extreme care, because the unconscious patient could die within minutes should they inadvertently rip the breathing tube from her mouth.

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Michigan’s Covid Wards Are Filling Up With Younger Patients

Sun, 2021-04-25 20:16 — mike kraft

Michigan hospitals see increasing numbers of younger COVID-19 Michigan is seeing an increasing number of serious cases of COVID-19 among younger adults, stressing the state's hospital system, according to an organization of community hospitals. John Bowden TheHill

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Eight Per Cent in the US Are Skipping Their Second Doses of Covid Vaccines

Sun, 2021-04-25 11:58 — mike kraft

Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their Covid-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.

More than five million people, or nearly 8 percent of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is more than double the rate among people who got inoculated in the first several weeks of the nationwide vaccine campaign.

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