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Indian researchers find no link between cases of sudden death and COVID shots

Wed, 2023-11-22 12:20 — mike kraft

Indian researchers find no link between sudden death and COVID shots Indian researchers found no evidence that COVID-19 vaccination was behind "unexplained sudden deaths", a medical organisation said on Tuesday, instead pointing to the disease itself, binge drinking and intense exercise as risk factors. Reuters Reuters

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Broad ‘Asian American’ category obscures health disparities among various groups

Tue, 2023-11-21 11:52 — mike kraft

Invisible in the data: Broad 'Asian American' category obscures health disparities Blending together the highly diverse pool of Asian Americans in widely used metrics obscures vast differences in their health. Usha Lee McFarling STAT

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RSV: straining some US hospitals, more parents plan to vacinate kids than for COVID

Tue, 2023-11-21 11:19 — mike kraft

RSV is straining some hospitals, and US officials are releasing more shots for newborns RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states. AP News

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Climate change hits women’s health harder. Activists want it addressed at COP28

Tue, 2023-11-21 09:36 — mike kraft

Climate change hits women's health harder. Activists want leaders to address it at COP28 With the annual U.N.-led climate summit known as COP to convene later this month in Dubai, activists are urging policymakers to respond to climate change’s disproportionate impact on women and girls. AP News

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Thousands more doses of RSV shot for infants expedited for release amid shortage --CDC

Fri, 2023-11-17 17:40 — mike kraft

Thousands more doses of RSV shot for infants expedited for release amid shortage | CNN Amid an ongoing shortage of nirsevimab, an RSV immunization for young children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that more than 77,000 additional doses will be distributed “immediately.” Jacqueline Howard CNN

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U.S.'s preterm birth and infant mortality measures remain stubbornly high compared to other countries

Fri, 2023-11-17 11:21 — mike kraft

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COngress avoids US government shutdown; new reports describe health problems for senior citizensdifficulties

Thu, 2023-11-16 19:42 — mike kraft

Congress Kicks the (Budget) Can Down the Road. Again. - KFF Health News Congress narrowly avoided a federal government shutdown for the second time in six weeks, as Democrats came to the rescue of divided House Republicans over annual spending bills that were supposed to be finished by Oct. 1. But the brinksmanship is likely to repeat itself early in 2024, when the next temporary spending patches expire. Meanwhile, a pair of investigations unveiled this week demonstrate how difficult it still is for seniors to get needed long-term and rehabilitation care.

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Measles cases and deaths increase worldwide, as childhood vaccinations rates decline --report

Thu, 2023-11-16 19:27 — mike kraft

Report: Measles cases and deaths increase worldwide, as childhood vaccinations rates decline A dangerous decline in the rate of children vaccinated against measles is spurring a global increase in cases and deaths from the highly contagious virus, according to a new report. Helen Branswell STAT

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Long Covid hits U.S. veterans hard; 4th COVID vaccine dose helped those with rheumatic disease

Thu, 2023-11-16 15:46 — mike kraft

Nearly half of US veterans had long-COVID symptoms up to 6 months later Risk factors for long COVID were Black race, ages 50 to 64, diabetes, and severe infection. CIDRAP

Nearly half of 363,000 US veterans who tested positive for COVID-19 still had symptoms up to 6 months later, and the risk factors for this condition were Black race, older age, diabetes, and severe infection, concludes a study published yesterday in the Annals of Epidemiology.

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Covid widened the life expectancy gap between women and men in the U.S. --study

Wed, 2023-11-15 10:04 — mike kraft

COVID increased gender life expectancy gap in US poco_bw CIDRAP

For more than 100 years, American women have outlived American men, largely due to differences in rates of cardiovascular disease and lung cancer. Now COVID-19 has widened the gendered life expectancy gap, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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