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Long Covid symptoms ease for most within a year-- new research

Thu, 2023-01-12 09:11 — mike kraft

'This will get better': Long Covid symptoms tend to ease within a year, new research finds Ongoing fatigue, loss of smell, weakness and trouble breathing can be scary and debilitating following Covid. A new study suggests most people do get better. NBC News

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WHO: XBB.1.5 Threatens to Increase COVID-19 Infections Globally, but data based only on U.S.

Wed, 2023-01-11 19:55 — mike kraft

WHO weighs in on Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant; US extends COVID health emergency CIDRAP

The World Health Organization (WHO) advisory group on virus evolution said the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant is poised to drive an increase in COVID-19 cases, but it cautioned that confidence in its assessment is low, because most of the information is based on data from just one country—the United States.

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Bivalent COVID vaccines: how they're stacking up against omicron

Wed, 2023-01-11 19:30 — mike kraft

Bivalent COVID vaccines have now been in use for a few months—here's how they're stacking up against omicron Vaccines have played a major role in mitigating the harms of the COVID pandemic since their rollout began just over two years ago. They're estimated to have saved tens of millions of lives across the ... Neil Mabbott

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Commentary: Will America’s public health reckoning ever come?

Wed, 2023-01-11 19:24 — mike kraft

Will America’s public health reckoning ever come? Despite the many failures of our Covid response, very little about U.S. pandemic infrastructure has changed. But some are still working to find compromise reforms. Rachel Cohrs STAT

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Virtually everyone generally agrees some kind of transformative public health reform is needed — Republicans, Democrats, and the public health agencies themselves. But they disagree on how to go about changes. It doesn’t help that Congress couldn’t agree on putting together a commission to examine the pandemic response.

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Wastewater data should become a more mainstream public health tool

Wed, 2023-01-11 17:20 — mike kraft

What's standing in the way of wastewater data becoming a more mainstream public health tool When case counts suggest Covid-19 is in check, the truth is in the toilets. Brittany Trang STAT

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U.S. extends public health emergency status for COVID

Wed, 2023-01-11 17:11 — mike kraft

U.S. extends public health emergency status for COVID The U.S. health department on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 pandemic's status as a public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans to continue receiving free tests, vaccines and treatments. Ahmed Aboulenein Reuters

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U.S. FDA vaccine advisers reported upset that early data about new Moderna Covid-19 booster shot wasn’t presented for review last year

Wed, 2023-01-11 10:06 — mike kraft

FDA vaccine advisers 'disappointed' and 'angry' that early data about new Covid-19 booster shot wasn't presented for review last year | CNN Some vaccine advisers to the federal government say they're "disappointed" and "angry" that government scientists and the pharmaceutical company Moderna didn't present a set of infection data on the company's new Covid-19 booster during meetings last year when the advisers discussed whether the shot should be authorized and made available to the public. Elizabeth Cohen,Naomi Thomas CNN

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Merck's COVID treatment expected to launch in China on Friday

Wed, 2023-01-11 09:50 — mike kraft

Merck's COVID treatment expected to launch in China on Friday Merck & Co's COVID-19 antiviral treatment molnupiravir is expected to be launched in the Chinese market on Friday, Sinopharm's president Liu Yong was quoted as saying by state-backed media outlet Kankan News on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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Countries ponder wider wastewater testing in hopes it willl offer China COVID-19 clues

Wed, 2023-01-11 09:25 — mike kraft

Countries ponder wider wastewater testing amid hope airports offer China COVID-19 clues An international meeting this week will discuss setting up a global system of wastewater monitoring for COVID-19, including at airports, after several countries said they would start tests on flights coming from China. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Tens of thousands of Americans have reported a COVID-19 test result to the National Institutes of Health's new website that launched in November.

Wed, 2023-01-11 09:12 — mike kraft

More than 24K people have reported COVID test results to new NIH website Tens of thousands of Americans have reported a COVID-19 test result to the National Institutes of Health's website that launched in November. In updated data exclusively provided to ABC News, 24,000 people have reported a test result to the site. Additionally, three-fourths of the results are a positive test and women were more likely to report a test result than men. Yahoo

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