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COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking--survey

Wed, 2024-10-02 10:24 — mike kraft

Survey: COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking At least one household member and six healthcare workers who encountered the index case-patient are being investigated after showing symptoms of viral infection. CIDRAP

Online nonprobability survey estimates suggest that 54 million US COVID-19 infections went uncounted in official records after home tests were widely deployed and institutional testing waned starting in February 2022. ...

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Asheville North Carolina hurricaine tragedy shows there are no climate change safe havens --experts

Tue, 2024-10-01 10:44 — mike kraft

Asheville tragedy shows there are no climate change safe havens: experts Asheville, North Carolina, has been called a potential safe haven for climate refugees by real estate researchers, praised for its temperate mountain weather, distance far from the coast, experiencing less extreme heat and fewer wildfires. The city of around 95,000 people was believed markings of a place where those escaping the harsh impacts of the climate crisis could go for safety.

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Efforts to reduce barriars to RSV shots now that CDC has recomended vacinations

Tue, 2024-10-01 10:17 — mike kraft

When the Food and Drug Administration approved several new vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus last year, the shots were celebrated as a “powerful new tool” to protect infants and older people. Pharmaceutical giants projected billions of dollars in sales, assuming a large swath of the eligible population would roll up their sleeves.

But for all the anticipation, relatively few people sought the vaccines out: Only about 24 percent of eligible older adults received it last season. It was a disappointing response, one experts blamed largely on vaccine fatigue, the cost of the shots and confusion over who should get them.

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Vaccine skepticism politics: Trump leads, and his party follows

Tue, 2024-10-01 09:53 — mike kraft

Trump leads, and his party follows, on vaccine skepticism | CNN More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the covid-19 vaccine. The project, dubbed Operation Warp Speed, likely saved millions of lives. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. CNN

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WHO recommends pregnant women to get vaccinations and antibody therapy to prevent RSV in infants

Tue, 2024-10-01 09:21 — mike kraft

WHO recommends maternal shot and antibody therapy to prevent RSV in infants The recommendations, to administer both the shot and the antibody or either, come after the WHO's strategic advisory group on immunization met last week. For countries that decide to use a maternal vaccine, WHO said it recommends a single shot in the third trimester of pregnancy. Drugmaker Pfizer's shot is approved in the United States for use in women during the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy to protect their babies. Yahoo News

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COVID vaccinations during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization --data

Tue, 2024-10-01 09:08 — mike kraft

Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization Babies under six months can't be vaccinated directly against COVID. A new study found that most infants hospitalized for COVID had mothers who didn’t get the vaccine while they were pregnant. KFF Health News

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WHO’s Africa mRNA Vaccine Hub Faces Uncertainty and Shortfalls --report

Mon, 2024-09-30 13:15 — mike kraft

WHO’s MRNA Vaccine Hub Faces Uncertainty And Shortfalls - Health Policy Watch The establishment of an “mRNA hub” in South Africa to build the capacity of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to develop vaccines during the COVID-19 Health Policy Watch

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Hurricane aftermath: Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll passes 100

Mon, 2024-09-30 13:04 — mike kraft

Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll passes 100 A crisis is unfolding in western North Carolina as officials pledged to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas that still lack power and cellular service days after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. AP News

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Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus

Mon, 2024-09-30 12:55 — mike kraft

Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus. The announcement comes just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. AP News

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Aftermath health dangers of flooding: Disease, injuries and mental health concerns

Mon, 2024-09-30 12:30 — mike kraft

Health dangers of flooding: Disease, injuries and mental health concerns | CNN Even after a hurricane’s immediate flooding threat goes away, residents could face a host of potential health problems from the water — and what it leaves behind. Jen Christensen CNN

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CDC tests wastewater for Covid — state-by state results

Mon, 2024-09-30 12:18 — mike kraft

How the CDC tests wastewater for Covid-19 — and what the data says about your state | CNN The agency now tests sewage to keep tabs on the virus. See how the process works and how viral activity in your state compares to the national trends. Matt Stiles, Way Mullery CNN

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U.S. COVID numbers decline slightly, RSV, flu activity low --CDC

Mon, 2024-09-30 12:05 — mike kraft

COVID numbers decline slightly across US; RSV, flu activity low Wastewater levels for COVID-19 remain high but are low for RSV and influenza. CIDRAP

In several weekly updates published today, (Friday) the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said seasonal influenza and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) activity are low nationally, and COVID-19 activity is elevated but declining. ...

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The XEC Covid variant: assessment of contagion and vaccines

Fri, 2024-09-27 17:41 — mike kraft

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XEC, like countless others before it, is a part of the omicron family. The variant is closely related to KP.2, the strain targeted by the updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. And both XEC and KP.1 are descendants of the JN.1 strain, targeted by the updated Novavax vaccine.

“I think we have good reason to think that there will be substantial protection from the boosters that are available,” Hanage said.

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