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US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

Tue, 2023-05-30 12:37 — mike kraft

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms A U.S. study suggests 1 in 10 people are getting long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic. The National Institutes of Health is studying nearly 10,000 U.S. adults to help better understand why some people suffer debilitating health problems that can last for months or years after even mild COVID-19. In the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers identified a dozen key symptoms that help distinguish long COVID.

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In the U.S., The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States

Fri, 2023-05-26 20:23 — mike kraft

The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States The COVID pandemic caused a U.S.-wide decline in fertility rates, but red states actually saw increases Tanya Lewis Scientific American

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Risk of new post-COVID mental disorders higher only in older patients-- study

Fri, 2023-05-26 20:17 — mike kraft

Risk of new post-COVID mental disorders higher only in older patients, study suggests Data suggest an increased risk of new-onset mental illness only in SARS-CoV-2–positive patients aged 70 and older. CIDRAP

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Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic Protections Expired

Fri, 2023-05-26 11:57 — mike kraft

Hundreds of Thousands Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic Protections Expired WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of a pandemic-era policy that prohibited states from removing people from the program. Early data shows that many people lost coverage for procedural reasons, such as when Medicaid recipients did not return paperwork to verify their eligibility or could not be located. The large number of terminations on procedural grounds suggests that many people may be losing Yahoo News

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How dispute over raising the U.S. debt limit could reduce spending of some coronavirus relief funds

Fri, 2023-05-26 11:41 — mike kraft

How raising the nation's debt limit could reduce spending of some coronavirus relief funds Proposals to raise the nation's debt limit include spending cuts to coronavirus relief funds that haven't been used. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that $30 billion of “unobligated” pandemic funds could be canceled as part of a debt-limit deal. That could include leftover funds for vaccines, public health initiatives and a program that provides wireless internet access for students. But the Treasury Department says the cuts would have little effect on $350 billion of aid for state and local governments.

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EU, Pfizer/BioNTech agree to cut COVID vaccine purchases

Fri, 2023-05-26 11:29 — mike kraft

EU, Pfizer/BioNTech announce amendment to COVID vaccine contract The European Union and drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said on Friday they had reached a deal to amend a COVID-19 vaccine contract, cutting the number the EU must buy and pushing the delivery deadline to 2026. Maggie Fick Reuters

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China faces a new Covid wave that could peak at 65 million cases a week

Thu, 2023-05-25 17:34 — mike kraft

China faces a new Covid wave that could peak at 65 million cases a week China is bracing for a new wave of Covid-19 infections that could see as many as 65 million cases per week by the time the surge peaks at the end of June. Yahoo News

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White House Pushes to Save Key Covid Programs in Debt Ceiling Talks

Thu, 2023-05-25 17:27 — mike kraft

The White House is seeking to preserve funding for key components of the federal coronavirus response in debt limit negotiations with House Republicans, according to senior Biden administration officials familiar with the talks.

Administration officials are trying to protect roughly $5 billion in funding for a program to develop the next generation of coronavirus vaccines and treatments. They are also looking to preserve more than $1 billion in funding for an initiative to offer free coronavirus shots to uninsured Americans, according to the officials.

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New York stateto end COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers

Thu, 2023-05-25 17:07 — mike kraft

NY health officials to end COVID vaccine mandate for health workers The mandate was the source of legal fight.

New York state health officials signaled Wednesday a requirement that health care workers receive the COVID-19 vaccination will end as pandemic-era rules more broadly are expiring.

The announcement comes after years of legal challenges to the vaccine requirement, which resulted in health care workers who refused to receive the vaccine losing their jobs as a result.

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12 key symptoms define long Covid, new study shows, bringing treatments closer

Thu, 2023-05-25 16:47 — mike kraft

Government-funded study creates first symptom-based long Covid definition, a step toward finding treatments | CNN After more than two years and an investment of nearly $1.2 billion, researchers say they’ve come up with a list of 12 symptoms that can reliably classify someone as having long Covid, a working definition that should accelerate research into the disabling condition. CNN

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