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Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

Fri, 2023-04-21 16:15 — mike kraft
Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19 The Compendium stores over 140 documents and has recorded over 300 visits to the most popular ones. The Compendium is maintained and expanded to reflect the most relevant experiences and learnings from COVID-19 vaccination.
The Global Compendium of Country Knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination is now available on TechNet21.  ...
 
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    Covid vaccine study finds no increase in seizures fllowing vaccinaion

    Thu, 2024-05-02 15:51 — mike kraft
    Study: COVID vaccines not linked to seizures In the vaccine group there were 9 seizure events reported. CIDRAP

    ... a new meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials in JAMA Neurology finds no increase in seizures in the month following COVID vaccination. 

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    The findings suggest that there is no difference in risk of seizure incidence among vaccinated individuals vs placebo recipients," the authors concluded. "However, the risk of seizure occurrence after SARS-CoV-2 infection seems to be relatively high."

     

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    U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record low - CDC

    Wed, 2024-05-01 00:06 — mike kraft

     

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    Misinformation issue: crowdsourced tool to counter COVID untruths mainly accurate, credible --study

    Tue, 2024-04-30 14:47 — mike kraft
    X's crowdsourced tool to counter COVID untruths mainly accurate, credible, researchers say Community Notes, a crowdsourced COVID-19 vaccine misinformation countermeasure on X (formerly Twitter), generally corrected false posts accurately and pointed readers to more credible sources, according to researchers who evaluated the posts. CIDRAP
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    Negativity about vaccines surged on Twitter after COVID-19 shots became available--study

    Tue, 2024-04-30 14:28 — mike kraft

     

    Research finds negativity about vaccines surged on Twitter after COVID-19 shots became available There was a marked increase in negativity about vaccines on Twitter after COVID-19 vaccines became available, according to a presentation at the ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, ... Science X Medical Xpress

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    The analysis also found that spikes in the number of negative tweets coincided with announcements from governments and health care authorities about vaccination.

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    Odds of getting long COVID reduced by 25% for those who received booster shot --study

    Tue, 2024-04-30 14:20 — mike kraft
    COVID booster linked to 25% lower odds of long COVID People who received the COVID-19 booster vaccine had 25% lower odds of having long COVID than their unvaccinated counterparts. CIDRAP
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    Impaired sense of smell still common 1 year after COVID-19

    Tue, 2024-04-30 00:13 — mike kraft
    Impaired sense of smell still common 1 year after COVID-19 Participants with a history of COVID-19 were more likely to experience some degree of smell loss compared with those without a history. CIDRAP

    Sense of smell—but not taste—was still impaired in some COVID patients at 1 year, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. 

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    Global measles cases nearly doubled in one year--WHO

    Mon, 2024-04-29 16:05 — mike kraft
    Global measles cases nearly doubled in one year, researchers say | CNN The number of measles cases around the world nearly doubled from 2022 to 2023, researchers say, presenting a challenge to efforts to achieve and maintain elimination status in many countries. Katherine Dillinger CNN

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    Almost half of this year’s cases have been in WHO’s European Region, with the highest incidence in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Yemen.

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    Optimal initiation of Paxlovid in hospitalized COVID patients is 3 to 5 days --study

    Fri, 2024-04-26 14:49 — mike kraft
    Data: Optimal initiation of Paxlovid in hospitalized COVID patients is 3 to 5 days Taking the SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drug nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) 3 to 5 days after COVID-19 symptom onset—not earlier or later—may result in the greatest reduction in viral loads, viral transmission, and viral rebound in hospitalized patients, a University of Hong Kong–led study finds. CIDRAP

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

    Thu, 2024-04-25 22:23 — 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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