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China drops COVID-19 group travel bans to 78 nations including U.S., Japan

Thu, 2023-08-10 12:08 — mike kraft

China drops COVID-19 group travel bans to 78 nations including U.S., Japan - UPI.com China announced Thursday it was removing its COVID-19-era restrictions on group travel to nearly 80 countries including the United States and Japan. UPI

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China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced group travel could continue to 78 nations including the two popular destinations as well as Australia, Britain, Germany, Qatar and South Korea.

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The odds of a fatal heart attack increase during heatwaves especially amid air polution --study

Tue, 2023-07-25 16:47 — mike kraft

Extreme Temperature Events, Fine Particulate Matter, and Myocardial Infarction Mortality BACKGROUND: Extreme temperature events (ETEs), including heat wave and cold spell, have been linked to myocardial infarction (MI) morbidity; however, their effects on MI mortality are less clear. Alt Circulation

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Climate change fingerprints are on the July heat waves in Europe, China and America --study

Tue, 2023-07-25 09:55 — mike kraft

Study finds climate change fingerprints on July heat waves in Europe, China and America Climate change’s sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe. A new study finds these intense and deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and Southern Europe could not have occurred without it. AP News

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Biden administration suspends funding for China's Wuhan lab

Thu, 2023-07-20 09:54 — mike kraft

Biden administration suspends funding to Wuhan lab The Biden administration is suspending all federal funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the Chinese lab at the center of a controversy over the origins of the coronavirus, according to… nweixel The Hill

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The memo from an HHS official said the facility has repeatedly refused to provide documents and answer questions from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about safety and security. HHS also told the lab it’s seeking to cut off funding permanently.

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Experts issue health warnings as extreme weather grips globe

Tue, 2023-07-18 09:59 — mike kraft

Heatwave brings health warnings as extreme weather grips globe Temperatures were expected to reach record highs in Italy on Tuesday and the World Meteorological Organization warned of an increased risk of deaths as heatwaves and extreme weather gripped parts of Europe, Asia and the United States. Angelo Amante,Emma Farge Reuters

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World reels from heartwaves, wildfires, floods as US and China discuss climate crisis

Mon, 2023-07-17 10:18 — mike kraft

Heatwaves: world reels from wildfires, floods as US and China discuss climate crisis Global temperatures headed towards alarming highs and extreme weather proliferated as the world's two biggest polluters, the China and the United States, sought on Monday to reignite climate talks. Charlie Devereux Reuters

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The deadly flooding hitting several countries at once will only be more common--scientists

Tue, 2023-07-11 09:46 — mike kraft

Deadly flooding is hitting several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common Lethal flooding has simultaneously hit India, Japan, China, Turkey and the U.S. Northeast. Scientists have long warned that more extreme rainfall is expected in a warming world. AP News

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China reports signficant increasein COVID deaths in June

Thu, 2023-07-06 09:32 — mike kraft

China says 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick China says 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick months after it lifted most containment measures. AP News

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Blood Type A Could Make You More Vulnerable to COVID-19 --new study

Wed, 2023-06-28 09:51 — mike kraft

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Early studies from China in 2020 suggested people with certain blood types—specifically blood type A—might be at greater risk for getting infected—while those with type O may be protected against infection. Some small studies confirmed the connections, while others did not, leaving public health experts agnostic about how important blood type might be as a potential risk factor for COVID-19.

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Vaccination plays role in making Omicron waves less severe--new study

Wed, 2023-06-28 09:41 — mike kraft

Study suggests vaccination plays role in making Omicron waves less severe CIDRAP

A new analysis suggests that the Omicron variant has comparable intrinsic severity to the ancestral (Wuhan) SARS-CoV-2 strain, but its effective severity is substantially lower because of vaccination.

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Case-patients with at least one dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or CoronaVac vaccine had significantly lower odds of mortality than unvaccinated patients, the authors said, with the lowest odds observed in people who had received three Pfizer doses (odds ratio, 0.31; 95% CI, 0.18 to 0.49).

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