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U.S. flu activity remains stable and high but rising in central states.

Mon, 2024-03-04 13:31 — mike kraft

US respiratory virus levels remain high as flu rises in central states Respiratory illness levels in the United States remained high but stable last week, with flu activity rising in some regions of the country and indicators declining for both COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest data updates. CIDRAP

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Additional evidence that vaccinated patients have lower risk of long COVID

Wed, 2024-01-24 18:29 — mike kraft

Study: Vaccinated patients have lower risk of long COVID At 90-days post-infection, 8% of vaccinated cases were still reporting symptoms, compared with 27% of unvaccinated cases. CIDRAP

Today researchers from the University of Michigan published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases more evidence that being vaccinated against COVID-19 significantly reduces the risk of developing long COVID.

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More hospitals --California, Illinois and New York-- requiring masks

Fri, 2023-12-29 10:39 — mike kraft

COVID mask mandates return in California, Illinois, New York Requirements to wear masks are returning in hospitals in areas of the U.S. amid spikes in COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses Newsweek

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Four Midwest states show highest COVID rates again

Wed, 2023-12-27 17:36 — mike kraft

COVID map shows where cases are highest across US Four states showed the highest rate of positive tests in the country in the week ended December 16. Newsweek

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In only four states in the entire country the rate was above 15 percent. Region Seven, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, had the highest rate in the country as of the week ending on December 16, 18.5 percent. For weeks the four states have been identified as the worst-hit by the virus in the country, with more people testing positive than anywhere else.

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Map Shows 4 US States With Highest Positive Cases--CDC

Wed, 2023-12-20 09:44 — mike kraft

COVID- map shows 4 US states with highest positive cases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releases graphics showing where infection rates are highest in the country. Newsweek

New data shows that people living in four states are still suffering the highest levels of COVID-19 infections in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska remain the worst-hit states as more people there have been diagnosed positive for the virus than elsewhere in the country.

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Most US farmers still reject planting cover crops although they help the enviornment

Fri, 2023-11-03 10:40 — mike kraft

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Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a western Michigan county

Fri, 2023-09-15 11:27 — mike kraft

Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a Michigan county. They want deep cuts to health funding The public health department in Ottawa County in Michigan is facing deep cuts to its funding. County commissioners who were elected after taking a stance against COVID-19 restrictions want the health department to get millions less from the general fund. AP News

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A few more BA.2.86 COVID-19 detections noted in wastewater in Ohio, Portugal and Switzerland

Tue, 2023-08-29 10:40 — mike kraft

A few more BA.2.86 COVID-19 detections noted in human samples, wastewater Ohio, which had a preliminary positive from wastewater, now has a BA.2.86-positive human sample. CIDRAP

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Rain has failed to quell Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way

Wed, 2023-06-28 18:38 — mike kraft

Rain has failed to quell Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way, officials say Canadian officials say a large amount of rain in Quebec in recent days didn’t fall in the areas where there wildfires are most active and they expect air quality to remain a concern through the summer, as long as the fires continue. AP News

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Drifting smoke from the wildfires has lowered curtains of haze on broad swaths of Canada and the United States, pushing into southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and moving into parts of West Virginia.

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ALSO SEE: More than a third of the US population, from the Midwest to the East Coast, under air quality alerts from Canadian wildfire smoke

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