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Pregnant women are likely to have mild covid-19 cases but suffer prolonged symptoms, study finds

Sat, 2020-10-10 14:11 — mike kraft

Pregnant women are likely to have mild covid-19 cases but suffer prolonged symptoms, study finds The median length of symptoms was 37 days. Brittany Shammas Washington Post

One of the largest studies of its kind suggests that most pregnant women who become infected with the coronavirus will have mild cases but suffer prolonged symptoms that may linger for two months or longer in some cases.

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Up to 150 million could join extreme poor, World Bank says

Thu, 2020-10-08 10:25 — mike kraft

Up to 150 million could join extreme poor, World Bank says JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Up to 150 million people could slip into extreme poverty, living on less than $1.90 a day, by late next year depending on how badly economies shrink during the COVID-19... AP NEWS

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Up to 150 million people could slip into extreme poverty, living on less than $1.90 a day, by late next year depending on how badly economies shrink during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank said Wednesday in an outlook grimmer than before.

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COVID-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen

Wed, 2020-09-30 20:16 — mike kraft

COVID-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen After preying heavily on the elderly in the spring, the coronavirus is increasingly infecting American children and teens in a trend authorities say appears fueled by school reopenings and the resumption of sports, playdates and other activities. Children of all ages now make up 10% of all U.S cases, YahooNews

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College restarts tied to COVID-19 rises in young adults

Wed, 2020-09-30 20:04 — mike kraft

College restarts tied to COVID-19 rises in young adults US cases in college-age people more than doubled as students went back to school, the CDC says. CIDRAP

As college students returned to campuses in August, COVID-19 cases in that age-group at the national level more than doubled, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today, a day after federal officials announced a new push to help elementary and secondary schools reopen by arming them with rapid tests.

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ANALYSIS: Behind the White House Effort to Pressure the C.D.C. on School Openings

Tue, 2020-09-29 10:19 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — Top White House officials pressured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this summer to play down the risk of sending children back to school, a strikingly political intervention in one of the most sensitive public health debates of the pandemic, according to documents and interviews with current and former government officials.

As part of their behind-the-scenes effort, White House officials also tried to circumvent the C.D.C. in a search for alternate data showing that the pandemic was weakening and posed little danger to children.

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Michigan says racial disparities of virus have diminished in the state

Tue, 2020-09-29 09:55 — mike kraft

Michigan says racial disparities of virus have diminished LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan reported Monday that Black residents are no longer being disproportionately infected and killed by the coronavirus, after they accounted for a staggering 40% of... AP NEWS

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan reported Monday that Black residents are no longer being disproportionately infected and killed by the coronavirus, after they accounted for a staggering 40% of deaths through much of the pandemic.

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A new database tracks COVID-19’s effects on sex and gender

Sun, 2020-09-27 09:43 — mike kraft

A new database tracks COVID-19’s effects on sex and gender The gender breakdown in information is a current blind spot and critical to understanding how the virus works — and what the treatment could be. YahooNews

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COVID-19 data on Native Americans is ‘a national disgrace.’ says scientist

Thu, 2020-09-24 13:17 — mike kraft

COVID-19 data on Native Americans is ‘a national disgrace.’ This scientist is fighting to be counted Abigail Echo-Hawk is working around the clock to close discriminatory data gaps Science | AAAS

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Infected young people seed waves of the virus that sicken older people, C.D.C. report says.

Thu, 2020-09-24 10:49 — mike kraft

As millennials mingled in bars and restaurants over the summer, and students returned to college campuses, coronavirus infections surged among young adults.

From June through August, the incidence of Covid-19 was highest among adults aged 20 to 29 years old, according to research published on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Young adults accounted for more than 20 percent of all confirmed cases.

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