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High blood pressure went up even more early in the pandemic, study finds

Wed, 2022-11-02 18:50 — mike kraft

High blood pressure went up even more early in the pandemic, study finds | CNN People in the US with high blood pressure saw their levels rise during the first eight months of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study says. Jen Christensen CNN

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The US National Institutes of Health, which helped fund the study, said it is one of the most extensive looks at blood pressure trends from the beginning of the pandemic.

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South Florida lacks long COVID treatment options

Wed, 2022-11-02 18:46 — mike kraft

More than a quarter of Floridians who know they've had COVID say they've also experienced the often disabling aftereffects known as long COVID, according to recent CDC data.

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Florida lacks an adequate number of long COVID treatment options to meet the need, Survivor Corps, an advocacy group for COVID care and research, told Axios.

The group has identified only four active long COVID clinics in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

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China is caught in a zero-Covid trap of its own making and hurting business

Wed, 2022-11-02 09:41 — mike kraft

China is caught in a zero-Covid trap of its own making | CNN Rather than relax Covid restrictions -- as some had hoped for in the lead-up to the Communist Party's five-yearly leadership reshuffle, Chinese authorities have ramped them up after Xi Jinping's sweeping endorsement of the zero-Covid strategy. Nectar Gan CNN

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Analysis: The Pandemic Uncovered Ways to Speed Up Science

Tue, 2022-11-01 17:44 — mike kraft

The Pandemic Uncovered Ways to Speed Up Science There doesn't have to be a trade-off between good research and fast research. Saloni Dattani WIRED

The pandemic highlighted broad problems in research: that many studies were hyped, error-ridden, or even fraudulent, and that misinformation could spread rapidly. But it also demonstrated what was possible.

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OPINION: We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID.

Tue, 2022-11-01 17:39 — mike kraft

Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID. Emily Oster The Atlantic

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Monkeypox remains global health emergency --WHO

Tue, 2022-11-01 11:28 — mike kraft

WHO says monkeypox remains global health emergency The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a global health emergency, which is the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, the UN agency's Emergency Committee said on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

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Several ‘Deltacrons’—new COVID variants with the potential to attack the lungs like Delta and spread as easily as Omicron

Tue, 2022-11-01 11:22 — mike kraft

Scientists have their eyes on several "Deltacrons”—new COVID variants with the potential to attack the lungs like Delta and spread as easily as Omicron The so-called Deltacron variant is back this fall, with the potential to be the next big thing in COVID viral evolution, scientists say. Fortune

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Covid: New research suggests Novovax NVX-CoV2373 booster vaccine is effective against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants

Tue, 2022-11-01 09:51 — mike kraft

New research suggests booster dose of Novovax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine is effective against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants A new study evaluated the neutralizing antibody titers against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and its sub-lineages after two and three doses of the Novovax protein nanoparticle vaccine NVX-CoV2373. News-Medical.net

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Malaria: Antibody treatment tested as new tool against the disease

Tue, 2022-11-01 09:46 — mike kraft

Antibody treatment tested as new tool against malaria Research in Africa found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months, the latest approach in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease. Malaria killed more than 620,000 people in 2020 and sickened 241 million, mainly children under 5 in Africa. AP NEWS

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Cholera: Lebanon gets first vaccines, Malawi death toll rises to 180

Tue, 2022-11-01 09:37 — mike kraft

Battling cholera, Lebanon gets first vaccines, and sharp words, from France Lebanon took delivery on Monday of its first vaccines to combat a worsening cholera outbreak - together with sharply worded criticism of the crisis-hit country's crumbling public health infrastructure from donor nation France. Reuters Reuters

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