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Over the past month, global COVID-19 cases rose slightly, with a steady drop in deaths from the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest monthly update.

However, the group cautioned about interpreting the data, given that less than half of countries reported their COVID metrics during the latest reporting period, which covers December 11, 2023, to January 7.

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Wastewater tests can find mpox, study finds. Expect more viruses to be tracked that way

Tue, 2024-01-23 13:40 — mike kraft

Wastewater tests can find mpox, study finds. Expect more bugs to be tracked that way New research bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases in the U.S. Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections. AP News

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Overview: Mask requirements are returning in some US hospitals, infections increasing but data more difficult

Tue, 2024-01-16 15:35 — mike kraft

Mask policies return in US as respiratory viruses threaten to strain hospitals Covid, flu and RSV rates creep up as vaccination rates for all three remain low, worrying healthcare providers The Guardian

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As COVID cases rise, rapid tests are taking longer to detect infection

Thu, 2024-01-11 22:10 — mike kraft

As COVID cases rise, rapid tests are taking longer to detect infection As COVID cases rise over the winter, health experts are finding that it’s taking longer for people using rapid tests to get a positive result after symptoms appear. Cameron Lallana NBC Bay Area

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The problem is: people who initially test negative and then don’t test later may be unknowingly spreading the virus.

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Wastewater data has become perhaps the best metric to track the wave of COVID in the U.S., but it’s an imperfect tool.

Thu, 2024-01-11 16:23 — mike kraft

The curves on some Covid graphs are looking quite steep, again.

Reported levels of the virus in U.S. wastewater are higher than they have been since the first Omicron wave, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though severe outcomes still remain rarer than in earlier pandemic winters.

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Long Covid effects on muscles may explain reactions to exercise --study

Wed, 2024-01-10 15:21 — mike kraft

A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles Long COVID patients can experience severe energy crashes after physical exertion. New research provides clear evidence that there's a biological basis for the symptoms. NPR

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By taking biopsies from long COVID patients before and after exercising, scientists in the Netherlands constructed a startling picture of widespread abnormalities in muscle tissue that may explain this severe reaction to physical activity.

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Other critical illnesses as well as COVID can affect brain health --Danish study

Fri, 2023-12-29 17:36 — mike kraft

A study involving hospitalized adults today in JAMA Network Open finds that severe COVID-19 negatively affects brain health, but no more so than pneumonia, heart attack, or other critical illnesses.

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