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Monkeypox: dangerous strain gains ability to spread through sex-- new data suggest

Thu, 2024-04-25 17:23 — mike kraft

Monkeypox virus: dangerous strain gains ability to spread through sex, new data suggest Nature - A cluster of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sparks worries of a wider outbreak. Kozlov, Max nature

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Evidence from past outbreaks indicates that this strain, called clade I, is more lethal than the separate strain that sparked the 2022 outbreak. Clade I has for decades caused small outbreaks, often limited to a few households or communities, in Central Africa. Sexually acquired clade I infections had not been reported before last year.

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Vaccinations of teenagers cut COVID-19 cases by 37% in California--study

Thu, 2024-04-25 17:09 — mike kraft

Teen vaccination cut COVID-19 cases by 37% in California, new data show Researchers also estimated that 230,134 cases were averted in kids aged 5 to 11 years, a 24% reduction. CIDRAP

JAMA Network Open has published a new study showing that, from April 1, 2020, to February 27, 2023, in California, an estimated 146,210 COVID-19 cases were averted by vaccination in teens aged 12 to 15 years, representing a 37% reduction.

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Long Covid: Two million Britons suffer long COVID symptoms -- survey

Thu, 2024-04-25 10:30 — mike kraft

Two million Britons suffer long COVID symptoms, survey shows Two million people across England and Scotland are still suffering from long COVID symptoms, of whom 381,000 have had their day-to-day activities limited a lot, according to an official study published on Thursday. David Milliken Reuters

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WHO study estimates Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

Wed, 2024-04-24 19:06 — mike kraft

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years A major landmark study reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved – 101 million – were those of infants.

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Walking or driving time to COVID vaccination sites cited as deterrent for some--study.

Thu, 2024-04-18 20:18 — mike kraft

Study: Time to walk, drive to COVID vaccination sites may have deterred some Nearly half of all physically able vaccine seekers (47%) could walk to COVID-19 vaccination sites within 15 minutes, and 87% could do so within 60 minutes. CIDRAP

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Serious alcohol-related complications existed early in COVID pandemic--study

Wed, 2024-04-17 10:27 — mike kraft

Study shows increase in serious alcohol-related complications early in pandemic Women aged 40 to 64 years experienced increases of 33.3% to 56.0% in serious alcohol complication episodes in 10 of the 18 months. CIDRAP

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U.S.rural health problems: analysis and call for expanded medicaid

Wed, 2024-04-17 10:08 — mike kraft

Rural Americans Are Way More Likely To Die Young. Why? - KFF Health News Three words are commonly repeated to describe rural America and its residents: older, sicker and poorer. Obviously, there’s a lot more going on in the nation’s towns than that tired stereotype suggests. But a new report from the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service gives credence to the “sicker” part of the trope. Rural Americans ages […] khnerich KFF Health News

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WHO COVID-19 update outlines decreases in new cases and deaths

Mon, 2024-04-15 10:23 — mike kraft

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 12 April 2024 SARS-CoV-2 PCR percent positivity, as detected in integrated sentinel surveillance as part of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) and reported to FluNet was around 8.0% from 69 countries during the week ending 31 March 2024. Globally, JN.1 was the most reported variant of interest (VOI, now reported by 121 countries), accounting for 95.1.8% of sequences in week 13 compared to 93.0% in week 10. Its parent lineage, BA.2.86, has been declining and accounted for 1.6% of sequences in week 13 compared to 3.0% in week 10.

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US respiratory virus activity declines, with few hot spots except North Dakota --CDC

Fri, 2024-04-12 17:53 — mike kraft

US respiratory virus activity declines, with few hot spots reported Outpatient visits for flulike illness is below the national baseline for the first time since October. CIDRAP

Activity from the three main respiratory viruses continues to decline in the United States, with one of the main flu markers—outpatient visits for flulike illness—now below the national baseline for the first time since October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest updates for flu, COVID, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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