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US workers ill with influenza or COVID-19 were less likely to work onsite than those with other acute respiratory infections

Mon, 2023-11-06 15:14 — mike kraft
Fewer US workers sick with flu, COVID went to workplace after pandemic began On the third day of illness, 19% of participants worked remotely during the pandemic, compared with 9% before. CIDRAP
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Opinion: Why more vaccines are needed to counter future COVID waves

Thu, 2023-11-02 14:37 — mike kraft

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Health misinformation and lack of confidence in vaccines continue to grow-- survey shows

Thu, 2023-11-02 14:04 — mike kraft

 

Health misinformation and lack of confidence in vaccines continue to grow, years after the Covid-19 pandemic, survey shows | CNN Vaccine misinformation, which first began spiraling during the Covid-19 pandemic, has grown in the United States in the years since, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Carma Hassan CNN

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Severe mental illness linked to 50% increase in COVID-related death--British study

Thu, 2023-10-26 14:15 — mike kraft

 

Severe mental illness linked to 50% increase in COVID-related death The study was based on outcomes seen among 660,000 UK patients from February 2020 to April 2021. CIDRAP

 

People with severe mental illness (SMI) are at a 50% increased risk of death from all causes following COVID-19 infections, according to a study yesterday  in The British Journal of Psychiatry.

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Analysis: Vaccinations in the U.S. hindered by complexity of information and insurance

Thu, 2023-10-26 13:41 — mike kraft
‘We’re absolutely making it too hard’: The complexity of adult immunization delivery hinders vaccine uptake The process of keeping track of which vaccines are recommended — and avoiding paying for them out of pocket — has grown increasingly convoluted. Helen Branswell STAT

 

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U.S. health workers face increased mental health crisis -- CDC study

Wed, 2023-10-25 13:43 — mike kraft

 

Health workers face mental health crisis, CDC says | CNN Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are sounding the alarm on a mental health crisis for health workers around the country. Giri Viswanathan CNN

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Using nationwide survey data between 2018 and 2022, a new report from the agency found that nearly half of health workers reported feeling burned out in 2022, up from under a third four years prior. Health workers’ reports of being harassed at work more than doubled, as well.

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People with HIV at higher risk of COVID reinfection -- CDC study

Tue, 2023-10-24 15:12 — mike kraft

 

People with HIV at higher risk of COVID reinfection: CDC A new CDC study found people with HIV were more likely to be reinfected with COVID than those without HIV. ABC News ABC News

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Rates of reinfection were higher among people with HIV (6.7%) than among people without HIV (5.2%).

People with HIV are more likely to have completed a primary COVID vaccine series plus a booster before their reinfection -- 31.8% versus 27% for those without HIV.

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Long Covid: Experts Say New Vaccines Are The Best Defense

Mon, 2023-10-23 23:26 — mike kraft
65 Million People Suffer From Long Covid. Our Experts Say New Vaccines Are The Best Defense Updated Covid vaccines based on Nobel prize-winning mRNA technology provide added protection — especially important when Covid-19, flu and RSV infections spike. Melissa Delaney Forbes

 

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New study meaures degree that vaccine refusal is linked to mistrust in health authorities

Fri, 2023-10-20 14:12 — mike kraft

 

Vaccine refusal linked to mistrust in health authorities Chinnapong/iStock CIDRAP

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In a new study in JAMA Network Open, authors review 28,000 interviews on vaccine uptake and hesitancy conducted in Hong Kong and Singapore from February 2020 through January 2022 to determine what was driving vaccine refusal.

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Opinion: A New Way to Inspire People to Get a COVID Vaccine

Thu, 2023-10-19 15:41 — mike kraft
A New Way to Inspire People to Get a COVID Vaccine Research on what makes people willing to donate organs shows how to motivate many of the unvaccinated this fall Benjamin Rosenberg,Jason Siegel,Katelyn Jetelina Scientific American

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