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Misinformation issue: Judge limits Biden administration in contacting social media companies about alleged Covid misinformation

Wed, 2023-07-05 09:39 — mike kraft

Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling. AP News

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Multiple Tests needed to Rule Out COVID, new study confirms

Wed, 2023-07-05 09:30 — mike kraft

Sick? You'll Need Multiple Tests to Rule Out COVID US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education. HealthDay US News & World Report

WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have told patients who get a negative result after taking a rapid antigen test at home to test again 48 hours later. ...

Whether you have symptoms or not, repeat testing after 48 hours may be required to rule out COVID infection, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School found.

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U.S. maternal mortality more than doubled since 1999, most deaths among Black women - study

Mon, 2023-07-03 17:41 — mike kraft

U.S. maternal mortality more than doubled since 1999, most deaths among Black women - study The number of U.S. women who died within a year after pregnancy more than doubled between 1999 and 2019, with the highest deaths among Black women, researchers said on Monday. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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Nearly one fourth of the people in the US hadn’t gotten COVID by the end of 2022: CDC

Mon, 2023-07-03 17:35 — mike kraft

Almost 1 in 4 people in the US hadn’t gotten COVID by the end of 2022: CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that almost 1 out of 4 people in the U.S. still hadn’t been exposed to COVID-19 by the end of 2022 after nearly three years … jchoi The Hill

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In its final survey looking at the period between October and December 2022, the CDC estimated that about 77.5 percent of people had infection-induced antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Opinion: Why the CDC’s New Mask Guideline Proposal May Actually Imperil Frontline Workers

Mon, 2023-07-03 10:33 — mike kraft

Why the CDC’s New Mask Guideline Proposal May Actually Imperil Frontline Workers Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyIn March 2020, as lockdowns gripped the world and the COVID-19 pandemic was officially in full swing, Lisa Brosseau, a national expert on respiratory protection and infectious diseases at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, was pleading with the CDC to “follow the science.” Contrary to the information from the CDC and WHO at the time, Brosseau—and other experts who would soon follow—thought the SARS-CoV-2 virus that Yahoo News

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Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse -- the ‘new abnormal’

Mon, 2023-07-03 09:57 — mike kraft

Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal' As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change. AP News

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More kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during COVID-19

Mon, 2023-07-03 09:49 — mike kraft

More kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during COVID-19 CIDRAP

More kids were diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes after the COVID-19 pandemic began, and researchers have yet to determine the mechanism behind this increased incidence rate, the authors of a new meta-analysis said in JAMA Network Open...

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New York shutting down COVID status mobile app

Mon, 2023-07-03 09:41 — mike kraft

NY shutting down Excelsior Pass; Covid app cost state more than $64M The app kept track of a person's vaccination status. bamaap syracuse

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Analysis: COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics

Mon, 2023-07-03 09:30 — mike kraft

COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics Nature - For all the controversy over decentralized contact-tracing apps, data show that these privacy-preserving tools saved thousands of lives during the pandemic. National and international... Salathé, Marcel nature

...To harness this potentially transformative tool in future, policymakers and other stakeholders must heed the evidence — and the lessons — now emerging from its use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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