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Ivermectin: Higher dose, longer duration still ineffective for COVID, new trial finds

Tue, 2023-02-21 19:09 — mike kraft

Higher ivermectin dose, longer duration still futile for COVID, trial finds CIDRAP

A randomized, controlled trial (RCT) shows that even at a higher dose and longer treatment duration, the antimalarial drug ivermectin didn't shorten the time to a sustained recovery from COVID-19.

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Misinformation issue: FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinfo fight

Tue, 2023-02-21 11:34 — mike kraft

FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinfo fight WASHINGTON (AP) — The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It’s an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed most its communications toward doctors and corporations. AP NEWS

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There are at least 500 coronaviruses. Researchers unveil roadmap to develop a new broad vaccine

Tue, 2023-02-21 10:32 — mike kraft

There are at least 500 coronaviruses. We must develop next-gen vaccines now, experts say. Is the world ready to combat future coronaviruses? Researchers with the Gates and Rockefeller foundations lay out a roadmap for new vaccines. YahooNews

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Analysis: old coronavirus variants are unlikely to come back but new ones are not necessarily worse

Tue, 2023-02-21 10:19 — mike kraft

Could old coronavirus variants ever come back? The virus is evolving through a "continual game of cat and mouse between the virus and our immune systems," an epidemiologist explained. YahooNews

What happened to the variants that once wreaked havoc? “For all intents and purposes, we can consider them gone,” said David Dowdy, an epidemiology professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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How the COVID pandemic has irreversibly changed American and other health care systems

Tue, 2023-02-21 09:49 — mike kraft

The pandemic has irreversibly changed America’s health care system. Here’s why we will all be feeling the consequences of delayed care for years to come Elective surgery delays can be detrimental in both preventive and curative care, allowing disease progression or leading to premature death. YahooFinance

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Covid's main victims have changed according to Massachusetts study .

Tue, 2023-02-21 09:39 — mike kraft

COVID is still killing people every day. But its main victims have changed. - The Boston Globe Since the end of the first Omicron wave last March, white people in Massachusetts are more likely to die from COVID than Black or Hispanic people. BostonGlobe.com

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Vaccinations: African leaders urge greater immunization efforts amid calls for developing new vaccines

Mon, 2023-02-20 17:43 — mike kraft

African leaders call for urgent action to revitalize routine immunization | WHO | Regional Office for Africa African heads of state today agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent following massive disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic that stymied childhood vaccination programmes and heightened outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. WHO | Regional Office for Africa

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Mpox cases in Canada offers reminder it's still circulating, WHO calls it a public health emergency

Mon, 2023-02-20 17:30 — mike kraft

Mpox still circulating more than you'd think, from hot spot in Mexico to cluster of cases in Canada | CBC News The World Health Organization made the call this week to maintain mpox as a public health emergency — and later noted the number of new cases reported globally increased by 70 per cent from the week before. A cluster of cases in Toronto, too, offers a reminder that transmission is still simmering. CBC

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XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant spread to northwest states, now dominant in all US regions

Mon, 2023-02-20 17:07 — mike kraft

XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant now dominant in all US regions CIDRAP

In its new variant estimates today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant is now dominant the northwestern region, making it the most

Also, the more transmissible variant expanded its footprint in areas where it already dominates, and in the United States as a whole, it accounts for an estimated 80.2% of samples, up steadily from 74.7% the previous week.

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