Disease Prevention

Is COVID-19 on airplane air filters?

Mon, 2022-01-31 10:18 — FNUOvviyaa

Is COVID-19 on airplane air filters? Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have become more interested in how well airplane cabins filter and circulate their air. Amanda Morris

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With this support, the researchers will specifically look for evidence of pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, on used filters collected from airplanes. If viruses can be found on filters, then filters from international flights could be used as a new way to track when and where viruses enter the country. Rather than testing travelers individually, it might be possible to monitor entire flights with one test...

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How you can help scientists better understand COVID variants with wearable devices

Mon, 2022-01-31 10:15 — FNUOvviyaa

How you can help scientists better understand COVID variants with wearable devices Duke researchers are investigating whether data from your smartphone and smartwatch can help determine if you have COVID-19 and how severe the infection could get. Their work has the potential to help ... Brittany Vekstein

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"Increasing the number of people participating in our study is more important now than ever as the omicron surge continues," said Dunn. "This provides an unprecedented opportunity to collect this rare and unique data that will make our work much more powerful to prevent future pandemics."...

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Outrage as Paris hospitals chief raises idea of charging unvaccinated patients

Mon, 2022-01-31 10:12 — FNUOvviyaa

Outrage as Paris hospitals chief raises idea of charging unvaccinated patients Martin Hirsch’s remarks have provoked anger across political spectrum in France the Guardian

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Can you get long COVID if you were vaccinated?

Mon, 2022-01-31 10:01 — FNUOvviyaa

Can you get long COVID if you were vaccinated? What the latest research says about getting long COVID-19 once you’re vaccinated. Herb Scribner Deseret News

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A new study out of Israel has found that long COVID-19 symptoms are less likely in fully vaccinated people, according to Nature....

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New study suggests two paths toward 'super immunity' to COVID-19

Wed, 2022-01-26 17:20 — mike kraft

New study suggests two paths toward 'super immunity' to COVID-19 New laboratory research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals more than one path toward robust immunity from COVID-19. Science X staff

New laboratory research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals more than one path toward robust immunity from COVID-19.

A new study finds that two forms of immunity—breakthrough infections following vaccination or natural infection followed by vaccination—provide roughly equal levels of enhanced immune protection.

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OPINION: A form of human sacrifice: the conservative campaign against vaccination has claimed thousands of lives for no ethically justifiable purpose.

Wed, 2022-01-26 13:23 — mike kraft

The Anti-vaccine Right Brought Human Sacrifice to America Since last summer, the conservative campaign against vaccination has claimed thousands of lives for no ethically justifiable purpose. Kurt Andersen The Atlantic

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Medicare does not yet cover at home testing kits but officials trying to change the law

Wed, 2022-01-26 13:13 — mike kraft

Medicare Patients Can't Get Their At-Home COVID Test Kits Covered -- Yet But CMS says it's working to provide that coverage Joyce Frieden medpagetoday

WASHINGTON -- Can your Medicare patients get reimbursed for buying at-home rapid COVID tests? Sorry, no -- but we're working on changing that, say Medicare officials.

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Researchers gain new insights into antibody response against viral COVID variants

Wed, 2022-01-26 13:00 — mike kraft

Researchers gain new insights into antibody response against viral COVID variants In the journal Science, researchers from Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin present new findings on the immune response against the ... Science X staff

In the journal Science, researchers from Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin present new findings on the immune response against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Their study is based on investigations of antibodies elicited by infection with the Beta variant of the virus.

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