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COVID-19 remains a major health threat in U.S. --study

Thu, 2025-01-30 15:40 — mike kraft
Study reveals COVID-19 remains major health threat in U.S. COVID-19 continues to be a threat to America's health, causing more illness and death than either influenza or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a new study suggests. Dennis Thompson Medical Xpress

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TB outbreak in Kansas described as largest outbreak in US. history

Mon, 2025-01-27 21:52 — mike kraft
Kansas Hit By Large Tuberculosis Outbreak: Here’s What We Know The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has said the risk to the general public in surrounding counties remains “very low.” Molly Bohannon Forbes
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Long COVID: U.S. analysis shows significant financial burden

Fri, 2025-01-24 15:53 — mike kraft
Analysis shows significant financial burden of long COVID in US Approximately 93% to 95% of these costs come from productivity losses. CIDRAP

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Using current estimates of US long-COVID burden (assuming the probability of long COVID is 6% and symptoms last 1 year), cases cost an average of $2.01 billion annually. The economic burden of long COVID already surpasses that of carpal tunnel, Lyme disease, and psoriasis, the authors said, and is likely to continue to grow.

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Higher risk of long COVID in women, differences among minority kids cited in new studies

Thu, 2025-01-23 15:55 — mike kraft
Studies note higher risk of long COVID in women, differences among minority kids Compared to the women, the men in the study were older, less likely to be overweight or have asthma, and less likely to report mental health conditions. Men, however, were more likely to report hospitalization during acute infection (10% compared to 7%). CIDRAP
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Paxlovid protects against hospital care, death, especially in older patients -new study

Wed, 2025-01-22 15:13 — mike kraft
Paxlovid protects against hospital care, death, especially in older patients, data show Researchers observed lower rates of use among Black and Hispanic patients than among White patients. CIDRAP
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Analysis: How COVID-19 situation has changed during five years since the first case in America

Tue, 2025-01-21 16:03 — mike kraft
COVID-19: It has been five years since the first case in America. What's it like today? Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil. Sam Woodward USA TODAY

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COVID-19 doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon despite advancements in vaccines against the virus.

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US flu, COVID, RSV levels remain high--CDC

Tue, 2025-01-14 15:15 — mike kraft
US respiratory disease markers remain high for flu, COVID, RSV Respiratory virus activity across the nation remains high, with COVID-19 levels rising across much of the country, flu indicators still elevated, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity very high in many regions, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest illness updates. CIDRAP

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Forty-three states are reporting very high or high flu activity, and of respiratory samples that tested positive for flu at public health labs, nearly 98% were influenza A. Of subtyped samples, 55.5% were H3N2, and 44.5% were 2009 H1N1.

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U.S. childhood vaccination rates, a health bright spot in some states, are slipping

Tue, 2025-01-14 15:05 — mike kraft
Childhood vaccination rates, a health bright spot in struggling states, are slipping Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia have some of the highest childhood vaccination rates. Experts worry a rising tide of vaccine skepticism is causing those bright spots to dim. NBC News

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Wildfires and climate change--studies; 2024 confirmed as hotest year on record.

Fri, 2025-01-10 16:13 — mike kraft
How are wildfires connected to rising temperatures? The specter of flames devouring built environments has become more familiar over recent years and is often blamed on climate change. But is that always the case? Deutsche Welle
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COVID overview: Cases down but still killing after 5 years

Thu, 2025-01-09 15:27 — mike kraft
Forgotten but not gone: COVID keeps killing, five years on Five years since COVID-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across the globe—though at far lower levels than at the height of the pandemic. Medical Xpress

...Around 777 million COVID cases and more than seven million deaths have been officially recorded since the first infections emerged in December 2019, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

However, the true toll is believed to be far higher.

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