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40% of children still infectious after symptoms are resolved --study

Tue, 2023-12-12 17:46 — mike kraft

COVID study: 40% of children still infectious after symptom resolution The median time to symptom resolution was 6 days, and 12% of participants still had symptoms at day 10. CIDRAP

A study today of viral shedding dynamics in 101 children who had COVID-19 during the Omicron surge in Toronto shows that 40% were still infectious on the day after their symptoms resolved.

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Supreme Court throws out several Covid-19 vaccine mandate cases for executive branch employees and troops

Tue, 2023-12-12 11:25 — mike kraft

Covid-19 vaccine mandates for executive branch employees and troops thrown out by Supreme Court | CNN Politics The Supreme Court on Monday threw out several cases challenging the federal government’s now-defunct Covid-19 vaccine mandates for executive branch employees and military service members. Devan Cole CNN

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Public health leaders received threats, prompting up to 30% to leave the field --study.

Tue, 2023-12-12 11:14 — mike kraft

Public health officials detail threats, changed landscape post-pandemic Feodora Chiosea/iStock CIDRAP

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Heath workers at highest COVID risk least likely to follow precautions --study

Tue, 2023-12-12 10:53 — mike kraft

Health workers at highest COVID risk least likely to always follow infection-control protocols, study finds Banco Mundial América Latina y el Caribe / Flickr cc CIDRAP

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Four U.S. states show highest nmber of Covid positive cases

Tue, 2023-12-12 10:41 — mike kraft

COVID map shows 4 states with higher positive cases Test results for a region covering Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, saw a jump in COVID-19 cases. Newsweek

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Region Seven—an administrative area consisting of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska—is once again at the top of this chart as it has the highest proportion of COVID-19 diagnoses following testing. That region saw the most cases out of the entire U.S. in last week's figures, too.

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Covid symptoms follow a pattern now of sore throat, then congestion, doctors say

Mon, 2023-12-11 19:14 — mike kraft

Sore throat, then congestion: Common Covid symptoms follow a pattern now, doctors say Doctors who treat Covid describe the ways the illness has gotten milder and shifted over time to mostly affect the upper respiratory tract. NBC News

Doctors say they're finding it increasingly difficult to distinguish Covid from allergies or the common cold, even as hospitalizations tick up.

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Children's Covid vaccine: Low vaccination rates lead to fewer doses at pediatric offices. Now, some parents can’t find it

Mon, 2023-12-11 11:18 — mike kraft

‘A vicious cycle’: Low Covid-19 vaccination rates lead to fewer doses at pediatric offices. Now, some parents can’t find it | CNN

‘A vicious cycle’: Low Covid-19 vaccination rates lead to fewer doses at pediatric offices. Now, some parents can’t find it | CNN When the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the updated Covid- 19 vaccine in mid-September, many parents thought getting the shot for their young children would be a piece of cake. Amanda Musa CNN

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How uninsured adults in the U.S. can still get vaccinated against COVID

Mon, 2023-12-11 10:24 — mike kraft

How uninsured adults can still get vaccinated against COVID To address disproportionately low levels of COVID vaccine protection among adults who are uninsured or underinsured, the CDC in September launched the Bridge Access Program, a $1 billion effort to deliver free COVID vaccine doses to a group of people who have historically fallen through the cracks in the nation’s health care system. PBS NewsHour

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Across the country, the Bridge Access Program has been deployed through a network of retail pharmacies, like CVS and Walgreens, community health clinics and local and state health departments.

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