COVID-19

New U.S. COVID vaccine campaign reportedly off to a bumpy start

Thu, 2023-09-21 10:21 — mike kraft

New COVID vaccine campaign off to a bumpy start The launch of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines, the first campaign since the federal pandemic emergency ended, is off to a bumpy start. Reports are piling up of insured Americans being st… colinmeyn The Hill

Anyone with health insurance — either through private insurers or federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid — should be able to receive the new COVID vaccines for free.

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U.S. federal government awards $45 million to support long-COVID clinics

Wed, 2023-09-20 20:04 — mike kraft

HHS awards $45 million to support long-COVID clinics Goals include identifying best practices for treating long COVID and increasing access to quality care. CIDRAP

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Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website for orders

Wed, 2023-09-20 18:13 — mike kraft

Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household. AP News

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Rural Americans at greater risk of losing health coverage than city dwellers.

Wed, 2023-09-20 10:08 — mike kraft

How Will Rural Americans Fare During Medicaid Unwinding? Experts Fear They’re on Their Own - KFF Health News As states review their Medicaid rolls after the expiration of a pandemic-era prohibition against kicking recipients off the government insurance program, experts say the lack of help available to rural Americans in navigating insurance options puts them at greater risk of losing health coverage than people in metropolitan areas. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Disinformation issue: Conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked; new book on Trump's past infection attitude

Wed, 2023-09-20 10:01 — mike kraft

Why the conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked New study says false claims of a Biden plot to reinstate COVID restrictions and steal the election are spreading unchecked on Facebook, X and TikTok. Yahoo Finance

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Common Covid symptoms now showing different, milder symptoms, doctors say

Wed, 2023-09-20 09:45 — 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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How uninsured Americans can find free COID shots, but supply and insurance issues remain for some

Wed, 2023-09-20 09:37 — mike kraft

Uninsured Americans can still get free Covid boosters — here’s how to find them

Uninsured Americans can now get the newest Covid vaccines for free at certain locations across the country, just days after U.S. regulators greenlit those shots for most people.

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Depressant fluvoxamine not effective in reducing COVID inflammation--study

Tue, 2023-09-19 19:43 — mike kraft

Study shows no benefits of antidepressant for COVID-19 symptoms - UPI.com Researchers studied fluvoxamine because previous evidence suggested that it might be able to reduce inflammation caused by the virus. UPI

A clinical trial designed to test repurposed medications for their impact on fighting COVID-19 has found no benefit to taking the antidepressant fluvoxamine (Luvox) to ease coronavirus symptoms.

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Original Pfizer COVID vaccine 33% effective against emergency, urgent care in young kids--study

Tue, 2023-09-19 19:17 — mike kraft

Study: Original Pfizer COVID vaccine 33% effective against emergency, urgent care in young kids US Air National Guard, Sarah M. McClanahan / Flickr cc CIDRAP

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Florida's COVID-19 death toll reaches nearly 91K, mainly among the elderly

Tue, 2023-09-19 11:18 — mike kraft

Florida's COVID-19 death toll: Nearly 91K fatalities reported statewide The number of Florida residents who have died of COVID-19 since early 2020 is nearing 91,000. CBS Miami

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The new data said 70,533 of the deaths, or nearly 78 percent, involved people age 65 or older. Also, 77,371 of the deaths, or about 85 percent, involved people 60 or older.

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