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A new COVID variant nicknamed "Pirola" causes concern and close watch

Mon, 2023-08-21 09:24 — mike kraft

A new COVID variant nicknamed "Pirola" is raising global alarm but don't freak out yet Most people shouldn't be concerned about this highly mutated variant, but experts caution it has outbreak potential Yahoo News

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US COVID inducations continue slow rise as UK reports first BA.2.86 case

Mon, 2023-08-21 09:16 — mike kraft

US COVID markers continue slow rise as UK reports first BA.2.86 case Kateryna Onyshchuk / iStock CIDRAP

COVID hospitalizations and death rose last week, along with other indicators and the proportion of newer Omicron variants such as EG.5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest data updates.

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Updated boosters expected t work against the COVID-19 XBB variant

Fri, 2023-08-18 19:13 — mike kraft

‘Eris’ COVID strain leaves vaccine strategy mostly unchanged Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter{beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story ‘Eris’ strain leaves vaccine strategy mostly unchanged The updated COVID-19… emartin The Hill

The updated COVID-19 booster shots were designed to target the XBB variant, and they’ll still likely work just as well against the new dominant strain.

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Cyberattack on some U.S. hospitals keeps computers offline for weeks

Fri, 2023-08-18 17:54 — mike kraft

Cyberattack keeps hospitals' computers offline for weeks Key computer systems at hospitals and clinics in several states have yet to be turned back on more than two weeks after a cyberattack forced some emergency room shutdowns and ambulance diversions. AP News

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Binge drinking, substance use reached all -time high in U.S. during 2022 --NIH

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:55 — mike kraft

Binge drinking, marijuana and hallucinogen use reach all-time highs, NIH says - UPI.com Cannabis and hallucinogen use, as well as binge drinking, among U.S. adults ages 35-50 reached a historic high in 2022, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday. UPI

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Pfizer's says its updated COVID shot is effective against 'Eris' variant in mice study

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:48 — mike kraft

Pfizer's updated COVID shot effective against 'Eris' variant in mice study Pfizer Inc said on Thursday its updated COVID-19 shot, which is being tested against emerging variants, showed neutralizing activity against the "Eris" subvariant in a study conducted on mice. Reuters Reuters

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Bivalent COVID vaccine increases protection against emergency, urgent care for young kids --study

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:28 — mike kraft

Bivalent COVID vaccine boosts protection against emergency, urgent care in young kids Quinn Dombrowski / Flickr cc CIDRAP

A dose of bivalent (two-strain) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine booster pushed effectiveness against emergency or urgent care (ED/UC) to 80% among preschool children, compared with 46% after two Moderna monovalent (single-strain) doses and 70% after three monovalent Pfizer/BioNTech doses.

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New COVID variant BA.2.86, a highly mutated strain, reported in Michigan, Denmark and Israel

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:16 — mike kraft

CDC tracking new COVID variant BA.2.86 after highly mutated strain reported in Michigan Cases of the new COVID variant BA.2.86 have been spotted in Michigan, Denmark and Israel. CBS News

... Experts say reports of BA.2.86 being spotted in countries on multiple continents — Denmark, Israel, U.K. and U.S. — suggest it is at least capable of transmitting widely and could have been spreading undetected for some time

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