Disinformation issue: Facebook's policy does not stop anti-COVID vaxers from spreading and finding informaton--study

Mon, 2023-09-18 19:40 — mike kraft
Facebook's policy on anti-COVID vaccine content didn't stop users from finding it, study suggests Pornpak Khunatorn / iStock CIDRAP
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Health Workers Warn Proposed Loosening Mask Advice in Hospitals Would Harm Patients and Providers

Mon, 2023-09-18 19:18 — mike kraft
Health Workers Warn Loosening Mask Advice in Hospitals Would Harm Patients and Providers - KFF Health News Clinicians, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines on face masks from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals. khnkit KFF Health News
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Germany launches autumn COVID vaccine campaign targeting high-risk groups

Mon, 2023-09-18 18:17 — mike kraft
Germany kicks off autumn COVID vaccine campaign targeting high-risk groups Germany on Monday launched its autumn vaccination campaign to prevent respiratory infection, promoting an updated COVID-19 booster shot only for the elderly or for people at high disease risks. Reuters Reuters

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Persons who received a COVID vaccination after long COVID may have fewer severe symptoms--study

Mon, 2023-09-18 18:07 — mike kraft
COVID vaccination after long COVID may be linked to better outcomes Sixteen cytokines and chemokines were significantly decreased after vaccination. CIDRAP
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COVID levels are nearing 2020’s initial peak; WHO urges those at high risk to take any available booster

Mon, 2023-09-18 17:44 — mike kraft
COVID levels are so high, they're approaching 2020's initial peak, as the WHO urges those at high risk to take any booster they can get their hands on It’s yet another sign that while the official pandemic state may be over, the days of COVID are far from it. Fortune

U.S. COVID infections are hovering near levels of the pandemic’s first peak in 2020, and approaching the Delta peak of late 2021, according to wastewater surveillance and modeling by forecasters. ...

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Climate change undermines fight against AIDS, TB and malaria--analysis

Mon, 2023-09-18 10:47 — mike kraft
Climate change impeding fight against AIDS, TB and malaria Climate change and conflict are hitting efforts to tackle three of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has warned. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Home Covid tests: They still work here’s why they may not pick up an infection

Mon, 2023-09-18 10:09 — mike kraft
Home tests still work to detect Covid-19, but here’s why your test may not pick up an infection | CNN Some people are speculating that rapid tests have lost their ability to detect some of the newer coronavirus variants, but experts say it’s not the case. Brenda Goodman CNN

 

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Persons at greatest COVID risk may not be getting the newest vaccines as outreach efforts drop

Mon, 2023-09-18 09:57 — mike kraft
A new COVID vaccine is here, but those at greatest risk may not get it as outreach drops off The CDC says everyone over 6 months old should get the new COVID vaccine. But with the emergency response mechanisms that supported earlier vaccine campaigns gone, many who need them most won’t get them. PBS NewsHour

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Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a western Michigan county

Fri, 2023-09-15 11:27 — mike kraft
Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a Michigan county. They want deep cuts to health funding The public health department in Ottawa County in Michigan is facing deep cuts to its funding. County commissioners who were elected after taking a stance against COVID-19 restrictions want the health department to get millions less from the general fund. AP News
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Analysis: Press coverage of the recent COVID increase

Fri, 2023-09-15 11:16 — mike kraft
Good news in the news about COVID <p>The recent resurgence of COVID has a depressing familiarity: cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are rising; a new vaccine is being rolled out, to some confusion; anti-vax and other conspiratorial voices are getting louder, doing their best to turn the rebound of the virus into a right-wing talking point. But, lucky for all of us, the […]</p> Columbia Journalism Review

 

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Considerations in when to decide to get Covid and other vaccinations

Fri, 2023-09-15 10:57 — mike kraft
Covid, RSV and flu vaccines are now available — here's how to decide whether to get them together Public health officials are urging eligible Americans to take all three shots so the nation can avoid another "tripledemic" of Covid, flu and RSV. Annika Kim Constantino CNBC
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Alternative COVID vaccine 75% cross-protective against symptomatic cases in previously infected-- study

Fri, 2023-09-15 10:48 — mike kraft
Trial: Alternative COVID vaccine 75% cross-protective against symptomatic cases in previously infected USAID/Rwanda / Flickr cc CIDRAP
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Half of Americans interested in getting updated COVID shot--poll

Fri, 2023-09-15 10:17 — mike kraft
Half of Americans interested in getting updated COVID shot, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows About half of Americans are interested in getting an updated COVID-19 vaccine more than three years after the virus infected millions and upended daily life across the United States and around the world. Ahmed Aboulenein,Jason Lange Reuters

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U.S. Covid Trend Lines: Five Worst Hit U.S. States See Positive Tests Fall, Others Rise

Fri, 2023-09-15 10:11 — mike kraft
COVID cases update: 5 worst hit states see positive tests fall, others rise New COVID-19 hospitalizations have been rising through the end of summer, after falling steadily week after week since January. Newsweek

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California healthcare industry had highest COVID-19 death rate of all occupations early in pandemic

Thu, 2023-09-14 18:14 — mike kraft
California healthcare industry had highest COVID-19 death rate of all occupations early in pandemic "Other services," manufacturing, transportation, and retail trade also had higher death rates. CIDRAP
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