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Medical professionals and researchers have been studying the link between COVID-19 and vascular symptoms since the beginning of the pandemic. They have learned that people with severe COVID-19 are at a risk of strokes, blood clots, and other vascular complications.

These observations led to several hypotheses that COVID-19 was a vascular disease with respiratory symptoms and not a respiratory disease.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reaffirms he is not going to order vaccines for kids for state health departments

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:15 — mike kraft

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: ‘We are not going to order’ vaccines for kids for state health departments ORLANDO, Fla. — Amid backlash from political rivals, medical professionals and senior federal government officials alike, Gov. Rick DeSantis on Monday morning reaffirmed his decision not to preorder newly authorized COVID-19 vaccines or offer them at state health departments. “We are not going to have any programs where we’re trying to jab 6-month-old babies with mRNA,” he said during a news ... YahooNews

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Enormous databases do not necessarily allow scientists to solve long COVID mysteries

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:10 — mike kraft

How common is long COVID? Why studies give different answers Nature - Enormous databases do not necessarily allow scientists to solve long COVID mysteries, such as how well vaccination protects against the condition. Ledford, Heidi nature

Clinical epidemiologist Ziyad Al-Aly has access to a treasure trove that many researchers can only dream of: millions of sets of electronic medical records from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which provides health care for the country’s military veterans.

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UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:04 — mike kraft

UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy BEIJING (AP) — A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced Tuesday, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies. AP NEWS

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Overview: Asia, Europe, Saudi Arabia

Mon, 2022-06-20 17:43 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Parts of Asia looked to crack down on rising COVID-19 cases by conducting mass tests, while public health agencies in the United States approved the use of vaccines in young children and in Europe began the review of a variant-adapted vaccine. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. Covid Cases Surge, but Deaths Stay Near Lows

Mon, 2022-06-20 09:48 — mike kraft

For two years, the coronavirus killed Americans on a brutal, predictable schedule: A few weeks after infections climbed so did deaths, cutting an unforgiving path across the country.

But that pattern appears to have changed. Nearly three months since an ultra-contagious set of new Omicron variants launched a springtime resurgence of cases, people are nonetheless dying from Covid at a rate close to the lowest of the pandemic.

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Early Omicron infection unlikely to protect against current variants --study

Mon, 2022-06-20 08:42 — mike kraft

Early Omicron infection unlikely to protect against current variants People infected with the earliest version may be vulnerable to reinfection with later versions even if they have been vaccinated and boosted, new findings suggest. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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Comparing the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for young children

Mon, 2022-06-20 08:34 — mike kraft

Comparing the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for young children We’ve laid out what’s known about the differences in the vaccines for the youngest children in the hopes it will parents make their decision. Helen Branswell STAT

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There are two vaccines. Which do you choose?

We can’t tell you which is best for your child. But we can tell you that in this age group, the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna vaccines probably differ more than they do in any other age group on the vaccination spectrum.

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