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Long COVID: More on research efforts

Wed, 2024-03-13 21:23 — mike kraft

What we know about long COVID — from brain fog to physical fatigue : Short Wave "Long COVID has affected every part of my life," said Virginia resident Rachel Beale said at a recent Senate hearing. "I wake up every day feeling tired, nauseous and dizzy. I immediately start planning when I can lay down again." Beale is far from alone. Many of her experiences have been echoed by others dealing with long COVID. It's a constellation of debilitating symptoms that range from brain fog and intense physical fatigue to depression and anxiety. But there's new, promising research that sheds light onto some symptoms. NPR health correspondent Will Stone talks with Short Wave host Regina G.

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Big US drug companies stage legal battle against Biden's plan to reduce cost of certain medicines.

Tue, 2024-03-12 15:05 — mike kraft

How Big Pharma is fighting Biden’s program to lower seniors’ drug costs Drug companies have tried to invalidate a program that would reduce the price of medications for high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Tony Romm The Washington Post

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Masks work, telehealth is here to stay — and other lessons learned since the Covid pandemic started 4 years ago

Tue, 2024-03-12 14:26 — mike kraft

Masks work, telehealth is here to stay — and other health lessons we've learned since the pandemic started 4 years ago It’s been four years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Here are six important lessons we’ve learned. Yahoo Life

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Latest COVID vaccine, antivirals lower risk of severe COVID-19--new study

Fri, 2024-03-08 15:18 — mike kraft

Latest COVID vaccine, antivirals lower risk of severe COVID-19, new data show According to new research from the Cleveland Clinic published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, updated COVID-19 vaccines—the monovalent (single-strain) XBB.1.5 shots—reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 by 31%, and the use of antiviral drugs reduced the risk of severe disease by 42%. CIDRAP

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U.S. patients struggle to get medication after cyberattack hits a major health care company

Thu, 2024-03-07 01:03 — mike kraft

Patients struggle to get lifesaving medication after cyberattack on a major health care company The attack on Change Healthcare has upended the lives and work of patients, doctors and pharmacists due to outages in systems used for medical billing and insurance claims. NBC News

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Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines

Tue, 2024-03-05 15:53 — mike kraft

The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines | CNN For 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B strains. Brenda Goodman CNN

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In 2020, all the precautions that helped people avoid Covid had an unexpected benefit: An entire branch of the flu’s family tree, a B strain that geneticists call the Yamagata clade, disappeared, and it hasn’t been detected since.

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Less than 20 per cent of Americans know in advance the cost of their health care --poll

Thu, 2024-02-01 16:23 — mike kraft

Few Americans say they know how much health care will cost: Gallup Less than 20 percent of Americans say they know how much they will have to pay before receiving health care treatments, according to a report. The Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report survey, … lsforza The Hill

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Nearly half of older Americans postpone or don't have surgeries because of financial concerns--study

Wed, 2024-01-31 15:14 — mike kraft

Many Americans postpone surgeries due to cost, job worries - UPI.com Older adults frequently delay needed surgery because of financial concerns, a new study finds. UPI

...Nearly half of people ages 50 and older who were very concerned about the cost of surgery wound up not having an operation they had considered, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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Advice for those who test positive for COVID

Tue, 2024-01-30 15:14 — mike kraft

Confused about Covid? Here’s how to behave in 2024 and what to do if you test positive Covid etiquette is ambiguous in the absence of advice from the UK Health Security Agency. Yahoo News

Dr Mark Faghy is an associate professor in respiratory physiology at the University of Derby and leads several research projects on the virus. He explains that we are not out of the woods yet.

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Variety of studies on whether Paxlovid reduces long COVID

Thu, 2024-01-25 16:42 — mike kraft

Does Paxlovid prevent long COVID? Maybe, experts suggest Anthony Quintano/ Flickr cc CIDRAP

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