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COVID infections in pregnant women may affect newborn heart development --China study

Thu, 2024-10-24 10:06 — mike kraft

Maternal COVID infections may affect newborn heart development Ten percent of newborns in the COVID-19 group had abnormalities, compared with 4% in the control group. CIDRAP

Maternal COVID-19 infection during pregnancy may adversely affect the development of the newborn's heart, resulting in congenital heart defects (CHD), researchers suggested yesterday in Scientific Reports.

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CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for Older People And Those Who are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised

Thu, 2024-10-24 09:57 — mike kraft

CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for People 65 Years and Older and for People Who are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised Today, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (AC CDC CDC Newsroom

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Repeated COVID vaccinations found to enhance mucosal immunity in the nose against the virus

Wed, 2024-10-23 19:27 — mike kraft

Repeated COVID vaccinations found to enhance mucosal immunity against the virus During the COVID pandemic, many of us received multiple mRNA vaccines. New work by researchers at the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, and University Hospital Ghent, among ... VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) Medical Xpress

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Bird flu: State and industry input led US Agriculture Department to relax bird flu testing order for cows

Wed, 2024-10-23 10:01 — mike kraft

Exclusive: State and industry input led US farm agency to relax bird flu testing order for cows The U.S.

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RSV: US FDA approves Pfizer's RSV vaccine for older adults at increased risk

Wed, 2024-10-23 09:48 — mike kraft

US FDA approves Pfizer's RSV vaccine for adults at increased risk of the disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Pfizer's RSV vaccine for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in adults aged 18 to 59 at increased risk of the disease. Reuters Reuters

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Floor swabbing in hospitals could help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks --study

Wed, 2024-10-23 09:33 — mike kraft

Floor swabbing could help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals COVID-19 is here to stay. As restrictions and human testing have waned, new research is tackling the challenge of how we can monitor, predict, and prevent cases and outbreaks of COVID-19, especially among ... Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Medical Xpress

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Young children more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than older kids--study

Tue, 2024-10-22 16:47 — mike kraft

Young children more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than older kids, study shows Today a Kaiser Permanente Northern California study of children during the COVID-19 pandemic finds children too young to be vaccinated had the highest hospitalization rate, while adolescents had the highest rate of intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The findings are published in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. CIDRAP

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Philadelphia-area health systems end use of four race-based algorithms to guide care

Tue, 2024-10-22 10:22 — mike kraft

Philadelphia-area health systems end use of four race-based algorithms to guide care A coalition of 12 Philadelphia-area health systems have abandoned the use of race adjustments in four clinical tools Usha Lee McFarling STAT

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U.S. Covid pandemic disproportionately affected younger Americans of color-- study

Tue, 2024-10-22 10:04 — mike kraft

Covid pandemic disproportionately affected younger Americans of color, says study Older Americans had highest number of deaths, but younger Americans of color had highest disease rates The Guardian

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Covid XEC: The symptoms of new virus strain

Tue, 2024-10-22 09:55 — mike kraft

Covid XEC: What are the symptoms of new virus strain? Everything you need to know about the Covid XEC strain Yahoo News

A new strain of Covid emerging in the UK is spreading as cases increase at a high rate, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.

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