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New studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

Thu, 2020-12-24 16:50 — mike kraft

Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found that people who made antibodies to the coronavirus were much less likely to test positive again for up to six months and maybe longer.

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Interactive map shows state by state coronavirus situation --NPR

Wed, 2020-12-23 19:28 — mike kraft

Coronavirus Is Surging: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak? View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off. NPR.org

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Interactive Map of where U.S Intensive care units are filling up --NT Times

Wed, 2020-12-23 17:56 — mike kraft

See Where U.S. Intensive Care Units Are Filling Up A Times analysis found that the number of hospitals with full or nearly full I.C.U.s has doubled nationwide since the beginning of October, and more than two in five hospitals have reached a critical occupancy level. nytimes

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What the data say about border closures and COVID spread

Wed, 2020-12-23 17:46 — mike kraft

What the data say about border closures and COVID spread Models estimate that travel restrictions worked early in the pandemic, but became less effective throughout the year. Smriti Mallapaty nature

As countries in Europe rush to close their borders to the United Kingdom to prevent transmission of a new — and potentially more transmissible — variant of SARS-CoV-2, research has estimated the effect of international travel restrictions on COVID-19 spread earlier in the pandemic.

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Readmission and Death After Initial Hospital Discharge Among Patients With COVID-19 in a Large Multihospital System

Wed, 2020-12-23 12:17 — mike kraft

Readmission and Death After Initial Hospital Discharge Among Patients With COVID-19 This study describes reasons for readmission, use of ICU interventions during readmission, and proportions of death after initial hospital discharge of COVID-19 patients from US Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals March-June 2020. JAMA_current

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Pulse Oximeter Devices Have Higher Error Rate in Black Patients--New study

Wed, 2020-12-23 10:20 — mike kraft

Pulse oximeters are one of the most commonly used tools in medicine. The small devices, which resemble a clothespin, measure blood oxygen when clipped onto a fingertip, and they can quickly indicate whether a patient needs urgent medical care.

Health providers use them when they take vital signs and when they evaluate patients for treatment. Ever since the pandemic started, doctors have encouraged patients with Covid to use them at home.

But in Black patients, the devices can provide misleading results in more than one in 10 people, according to a new study.

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New coronavirus cases in US may be leveling off -- but more and more are being hospitalized and dying

Wed, 2020-12-23 09:09 — mike kraft

(CNN) An average of more than 200,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus every day for two straight weeks in the United States, a toll that has led to record numbers of people hospitalized and dying of the virus.

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US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted

Tue, 2020-12-22 10:28 — mike kraft

US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic. Final mortality data for this... AP NEWS

NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.

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