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More than 40% of people with COVID-19 never show symptoms, study finds

Wed, 2021-12-15 17:40 — mike kraft

More than 40% of people with COVID-19 never show symptoms, study finds. What experts have learned about these cases. Researchers looked at 95 studies from Jan. 2020 to Feb. 2021 consisting of nearly 30M people in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa. YahooNews

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EU official says Omicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-January

Wed, 2021-12-15 12:31 — mike kraft

Omicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-January | AP News BRUSSELS (AP) — Omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the European Union's 27 nations by mid-January, the bloc's top official said Wednesday amid concerns that a dramatic rise in infections will leave Europe shrouded in gloom during the holiday season. AP NEWS

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WHO report: COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against Omicron, delta still dominant but declining slightly - WHO

Wed, 2021-12-15 09:26 — mike kraft

COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against Omicron - WHO Preliminary evidence indicates that COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against infection and transmission linked to the Omicron coronavirus variant, which also carries a higher risk of reinfection, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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Analysis: "Mild" Omicron could still be bad and cause a lot of illness and disruption.,

Tue, 2021-12-14 21:09 — mike kraft

Mild Omicron could still be bad POLITICO

NOT SO TENDER AND MILD — The early indications suggest that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus typically causes disease that is “mild.” But even if that turns out to be true, “mild” doesn’t mean “no big deal.”

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Climate change temperatures have destabilized the Earth’s poles, creating dangers for the rest of the planet

Tue, 2021-12-14 20:59 — mike kraft

Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril New research shows how rising temperatures have irreversibly altered both the Arctic and Antarctic. Ripple effects will be felt around the globe. Sarah Kaplan Washington Post

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Leading Covid-19 experts on the questions they want answered about Omicron

Tue, 2021-12-14 19:12 — mike kraft

Top Covid experts on the questions they want answered about Omicron “There’s still a lot that we don’t have answers to yet" about Omicron, said Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist. Nicholas St. Fleur STAT

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Italy placed on U.S. CDC 'Avoid' Travel List for Americans

Tue, 2021-12-14 19:02 — mike kraft

CDC Now Advises Americans to 'Avoid' Travel to Italy Italy joins several other European countries the agency has warned against traveling to including France, Portugal, Iceland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark. Yahoo

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised Italy to its highest warning level this week, the latest European country to be classified as a "Level 4."

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Webinar: Climate resilience in the health care system" Wednesday, Dec. 15, 12:30-1 PM ET

Tue, 2021-12-14 16:37 — mike kraft

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Vaccines are not being wasted in Africa, WHO official says

Tue, 2021-12-14 12:35 — mike kraft

Vaccines are not being wasted in Africa, WHO official says The World Health Organization’s regional office for Africa says it is necessary to “dispel” the notion that vaccines are being wasted in Africa, explaining less than 0.25% of doses made available to the continent have expired. By Ed Upright CNN

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There is a higher risk of heart complications from COVID-19 than vaccines -study confirms

Tue, 2021-12-14 11:54 — mike kraft

Higher risk of heart complications from COVID-19 than vaccines -study COVID-19 infections are more likely to trigger rare cardiovascular complications such as heart inflammation and irregular heartbeat than vaccines, a British study showed on Tuesday, after scientists parsed data of about 38 million vaccinated people. Reuters Reuters

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