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A record number of cholera outbreaks around the globe, driven by droughts, floods and armed conflicts, has sickened hundreds of thousands of people and so severely strained the supply of cholera vaccines that global health agencies are rationing doses.

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babies born during coronavirus lockdowns lagged in developing -- Irish study

Fri, 2022-10-28 12:48 — mike kraft

Babies born during coronavirus lockdowns developed communication skills at slower rate: Study A peer-reviewed study in Ireland showed that children born during coronavirus lockdowns developed at a slower pace than children born in previous years. Andrew Miller Fox News

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What’s behind the early surge in RSV and flu — and what’s to come

Fri, 2022-10-28 11:29 — mike kraft

Why everybody you know is sick right now What’s behind the early surge in RSV and flu — and what’s to come. Dylan Scott Vox

Cold and flu season is off to a particularly nasty start across the United States.

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COVID-19 Symptoms Can Rebound With or Without Taking Paxlovid

Fri, 2022-10-28 11:15 — mike kraft

COVID-19 Symptoms Can Rebound Even if You Don't Take Paxlovid When the antiviral treatment Paxlovid came into wider use for COVID-19 infections earlier this year, doctors who prescribed it and patients who took it noticed that symptoms sometimes flared up again a few days after having gone away. Some people even tested negative before they experienced the rebound. But this puzzling phenomenon can occur whether you take Paxlovid or not, according to a new study.

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White House still expects new COVID boosters will offer better protection, although two new studies raise doubts

Fri, 2022-10-28 11:01 — mike kraft

White House still expects new COVID boosters will offer better protection, but two new studies cast doubt Recent small studies, not yet peer-reviewed, suggested the new boosters may not be significantly better than the original vaccine formula. CBS News

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In possible sign for US, Chile’s flu hospitalizations were highest in three years, but vaccination helped

Fri, 2022-10-28 10:28 — mike kraft

In possible sign for US, Chile's flu hospitalizations were highest in three years, but vaccination helped | CNN In a possible warning sign for the US and other Northern Hemisphere countries, Chile's 2022 flu season started much earlier than usual and brought more hospitalizations than during the pandemic, but the effectiveness of the vaccine against hospitalization was estimated to be almost 50%, according to a new study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Katherine Dillinger CNN

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Tuberculosis deaths rose during pandemic, reversing years of decline --WHO

Fri, 2022-10-28 10:21 — mike kraft

Tuberculosis deaths rose during pandemic, reversing years of decline, WHO says Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the COVID-19 pandemic severely derailed efforts to tackle the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. Bhanvi Satija Reuters

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China: Covid controls spread, millions in lockdown

Fri, 2022-10-28 10:13 — mike kraft

Covid cases, controls spread in China

BEIJING — Covid controls in China have tightened in the last two weeks after more cities reported virus outbreaks.

The restrictions on business and social activity affected 9.2% of China’s gross domestic product as of Thursday, up from 7% on Oct. 16, according to Nomura’s model.

“Since the 20th National Party Congress kicked off on 16 October, domestic Covid case numbers have been clearly on an upward trajectory,” the firm’s chief China economist Ting Lu and a team said in a report Thursday. “The national lockdown situation has been getting ... significantly worse.”

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