Disease Prevention

Improvements in Waste water testing to detect diseases circulating in the community

Thu, 2023-12-21 10:13 — mike kraft

Wastewater sequencing reveals community and variant dynamics of the collective human virome In the not-so-distant future, people might be able to tune in to their favorite news source for an update on their community health status, just as they check on the local weather forecast. Ana María S. Rodríguez Medical Xpress

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Vaccinated children less likely than unvaccinated to develop long Covid; Idaho has highest rate of unvaccinated school kids

Wed, 2023-12-20 19:26 — mike kraft

Vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID in children Nature - A study shows that US children who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have some protection against developing long-lasting symptoms of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Hall, Shannon nature

Vaccinated children are less likely than unvaccinated children to develop long COVID, the myriad of symptoms that can last for months to years following a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a forthcoming US study¹.

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Opinion: Project NextGen is ignoring new COVID-19 antivirals when we need them most

Tue, 2023-12-19 12:12 — mike kraft

Project NextGen is ignoring new COVID-19 antivirals when we need them most The time for complacency is over. Relying solely on vaccines and mAbs isn’t a sustainable long-term solution against a virus that rapidly outpaces our current preventive and therapeutic arsenal. cjordan The Hill

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U.S. is unprepared for the growing threat of mosquito- and tick-borne viruses

Tue, 2023-12-19 10:30 — mike kraft

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U.S.: 3 million children have lost Medicaid insurance this year

Mon, 2023-12-18 18:49 — mike kraft

3 million children lose Medicaid coverage Presented by CVS Health — Three million fewer kids have Medicaid coverage today compared to the end of the pandemic-era protections and beginning of the “unwinding” of coverage in April, according … emartin The Hill

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Texas and Florida alone account for more than 1 million of the children who have lost coverage. The total decline for adults and children due to the “unwinding” process is now at approximately 7.8 million, the analysis found. ...

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