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Global COVID markers decline, but hot spots remain in Asia and the Mideast

Thu, 2023-04-27 20:52 — mike kraft

Global COVID markers decline, but hot spots remain in two regions CIDRAP

Though COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to decline over the past 4 weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is tracking rises in two of its regions, South East Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. In its weekly update today, it also noted rises in individual countries in other parts of the world.

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U.S. shortage of home care workers continues to grow

Thu, 2023-04-27 14:48 — mike kraft

Demand for in-home healthcare outpaces availability of workers - UPI.com The need for at-home care has vastly outpaced a much smaller growth in the pool of home care workers, a recent study shows. UPI

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Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk -- UK study

Tue, 2023-04-25 13:54 — mike kraft

Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk, study finds Shielded people had a slightly higher known infection rate—5.9% versus 5.7%—compared with controls. CIDRAP

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U.S. COVID Pandemic relief efforts failed to reach many immigrant families

Mon, 2023-04-24 22:08 — mike kraft

Pandemic relief efforts did not reach immigrant families CIDRAP

Immigrant families living in the United States took some of the hardest economic hits during the COVID-19 pandemic, but benefited less from government assistance and relief programs than families with US-born caregivers.

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End of data sharing could make Covid-19 harder to control

Mon, 2023-04-24 14:05 — mike kraft

End of data sharing could make Covid-19 harder to control, experts and high-risk patients warn | CNN When the federal public health emergency expires on May 11, some shared data requirements will come to an end and the federal government will lose access to key metrics. Some experts and patients at high risk of severe covid outcomes worry the scaling back of data access could make it harder to control covid. Sam Whitehead CNN

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New data show safety of Pfizer COVID vaccine for teenagers

Mon, 2023-04-24 13:57 — mike kraft

New data show safety of Pfizer COVID vaccine for teens ages 12 to 17 Very few serious adverse events were reported, and instances of myocarditis were lower than initially reported. CIDRAP

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World's 2022 weather problems reached record levels--UN weather agency

Fri, 2023-04-21 15:04 — mike kraft

UN's weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot Looking back at 2022’s weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization says last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. The United Nations' climate agency in a Friday report says killer floods, droughts and heat waves hit around the world, costing many billions of dollars. Global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs and Antarctic sea ice and European Alps glaciers reached record low amounts. Last year was the fifth or sixth hottest depending on measuring techniques.

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People worldwide lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic -- UNICEF survey

Thu, 2023-04-20 14:47 — mike kraft

People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF. Jennifer Rigby,Emma Farge Reuters

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Covid XBB.1.16 varient continues to spread in U.S. and elsewhere with new symptoms

Thu, 2023-04-20 14:38 — mike kraft

The XBB.1.16 COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing The Most Right Now The new strain, also known as XBB.1.16, is presenting a few new issues that we haven't really seen with infections before. Yahoo News

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Red, itchy eyes have been reported in children infected with XBB.1.16, but adults may experience the symptom as well.

Fevers are higher than in previous COVID variants.

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Modest rise in community COVID spread found after schools opened to in-person instruction

Mon, 2023-04-17 23:06 — mike kraft

In-person school reopenings tied to modest rise in community COVID spread CIDRAP

A study of US counties suggests that communities with schools that switched from remote to in-person instruction in fall 2020 had slightly higher COVID-19 case rates 4 to 8 weeks later than those that remained virtual.

The research was published today in JAMA Network Open.

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