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Appeals Court rules Mayo Clinic must face religious bias claims over COVID vaccine policy

Tue, 2024-05-28 11:21 — mike kraft

Mayo Clinic must face religious bias claims over COVID vaccine policy, court rules A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit accusing the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota of illegally firing five employees who refused on religious grounds to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or be regularly tested for the virus. Daniel Wiessner Reuters

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Bird flu detected in tissue of a US dairy cow sent to slaughter, USDA says

Fri, 2024-05-24 17:53 — mike kraft

Bird flu detected in tissue samples of US dairy cow sent to slaughter, USDA says Bird flu virus particles were found in tissue samples taken from one dairy cow sent to slaughter at a U.S. meat processing plant, but none were detected in samples from 95 other cattle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday. Tom Polansek,Manas Mishra Reuters

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Bird flu: wastewater testing will scale up nationally in coming weeks

Thu, 2024-05-23 11:46 — mike kraft

Wastewater testing specifically for bird flu virus will scale up nationally in coming weeks Specific testing for H5 flu virus in wastewater is scaling up nationwide through a partnership between universities, Verily, and philanthropies. Megan Molteni STAT

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New study shows vaccination lowers risk of long COVID; incidence varies by region

Thu, 2024-05-23 10:27 — mike kraft

Study shows vaccination lowers risk of long COVID COVID-19 patients vaccinated against the novel coronavirus were less likely to have symptoms of post-COVID condition (PCC), or long COVID, according to a new study in Nature Communications. CIDRAP

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In other long-COVID research news, a study in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases describes new estimates of long-COVID incidence and clinical study trends in a number of regions.

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Bird flu: Australia reports first human avian flu infection

Thu, 2024-05-23 10:05 — mike kraft

Australia reports first human avian flu infection Australia reported its first human case of avian influenza on Wednesday in a child who authorities said had been infected in India but made a full recovery, while a different highly contagious strain was found on an egg farm. Peter Hobson Reuters

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Store-bought milk could be another way to track the bird flu outbreak in cows

Wed, 2024-05-22 13:06 — mike kraft

Move over, wastewater. Store-bought milk could be another way to track the bird flu outbreak in cows Store-bought milk could provide a work-around, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson researchers suggested, similar to wastewater surveillance. Helen Branswell STAT

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CDC statement's update on bird flu in the U.S.

Mon, 2024-05-20 14:28 — mike kraft

CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or “A(H5N1) virus,” in dairy cows and other animals in the United States. CDC is working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state public health and animal health officials, and other partners using a One Health approach. USDA is now reporting that 51 dairy cattle herds in nine U.S. states have confirmed cases of A(H5N1) virus infections in cattle. There have been no additional human cases detected since the one recent case from Texas was reported on April 1, 2024.^[1][2]

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Testing of patients for COVID, isolation of sick staff cut in-hospital viral spread, UK modeling study suggests

Wed, 2024-05-15 10:29 — mike kraft

COVID patient testing, isolation of sick staff cut in-hospital viral spread, modeling study suggests Interventions such as testing patients for COVID-19 on admission, isolation of ill healthcare workers (HCWs), and universal HCW masking from March 2020 to July 2022 significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission among patients and staff in UK hospitals, suggests a simulation study led by UK Health Security Agency researchers in London. CIDRAP

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CDC releases wastewater data to help track bird flu in cattle

Wed, 2024-05-15 10:02 — mike kraft

CDC makes public influenza A wastewater data to assist bird flu probe The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday released data on influenza A found in wastewater in a public dashboard that could assist in tracking the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that has infected cattle herds. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. FDA warns about using over-the-counter COVID-19 tests from Cue Health

Tue, 2024-05-14 10:18 — mike kraft

FDA warns about using over-the-counter COVID-19 tests from Cue Health - UPI.com The Food and Drug Administration, citing a increase of false results. advised consumers Monday not to use over-the-counter COVID-19 tests by Cue Health and to throw them out. UPI

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