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Extensive study shows that vaccines lower the risk of long COVID for kids

Mon, 2024-03-11 17:46 — mike kraft

Study of 1 million US kids shows vaccines tied to lower risk of long COVID A study of 1,037,936 US children seen in 17 healthcare systems across the country shows that COVID-19 vaccines are moderately protective against long COVID: 35% to 45%, with higher rates in adolescents. The study was published today in Pediatrics. CIDRAP

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The researchers estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) against long COVID in children aged 5 to 17 years. Though severe COVID-19 cases are less common in children than in adults, persistent symptoms in children do occur.

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US respiratory virus levels continue to ebb --except for the flu

Mon, 2024-03-11 10:58 — mike kraft

Except for flu, US respiratory virus levels continue to ebb Respiratory virus activity in the United States loosened its grip more last week, as COVID-19 activity continues to decline and a few regions of the country fell below their baselines for flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its updates today. CIDRAP

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Fourth anniversary of WHO declaring COVID a pandemic--two looks at the aftermath

Mon, 2024-03-11 10:51 — mike kraft

Four years on, the COVID-19 pandemic has a long tail of grief Researchers are studying the magnitude and impact that grief from the COVID-19 pandemic has had and will have for years to come. Aimee Cunningham Science News

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Americans' concern about COVID reaches record low across political spectrum -- Survey

Thu, 2024-03-07 19:05 — mike kraft

Concern about COVID reaches record low across political spectrum: Survey Concern about the health threat posed by COVID-19 has reached a record low across the political spectrum, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. Twenty percent of all Americans in… tsuter The Hill

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Study outlines how COVID-19 Pandemic affected mortality rates among U.S. Latinos

Thu, 2024-03-07 10:09 — mike kraft

COVID-19 pandemic changed all-cause mortality among US Latinos Prior to the pandemic, cumulative mortality risks were higher in the Puerto Rican and Cuban groups. CIDRAP

A new analysis of all-cause mortality of Hispanic and Latino adults published in Annals of Internal Medicine shows Mexicans and Central Americans were most affected by the pandemic.

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ALSO: FDA advisers recommend trivalent flu vaccines for upcoming season

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U.S. COVID death toll may have been 16% higher than official tally--study

Wed, 2024-03-06 10:53 — mike kraft

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Covid death toll in US likely 16% higher than official tally, study says Researchers think undercounting goes beyond overloaded health systems to a lack of awareness of Covid and low levels of testing The Guardian

The second year of the pandemic also had nearly as many uncounted excess deaths as the first, the study found.

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Nearly 500 deaths per day in the U.S. from excessive drinking during COVID-19 pandemic -- CDC report

Tue, 2024-03-05 11:01 — mike kraft

Nearly 500 deaths per day from excessive drinking during COVID-19 pandemic: CDC report Excessive drinking is associated with chronic dangers such as liver cancer, high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease. Fox TV Stations FOX 7 Austin

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Covid-19 increases risk of developing autoimmune disease, but vaccination helps-- Japan and South Korean study

Tue, 2024-03-05 09:25 — mike kraft

Covid-19 increases risk of developing autoimmune disease, but vaccination helps, large study shows A large study in Japan and South Korea shows that Covid-19 increases risk of developing autoimmune disease, but vaccination helps. Isabella Cueto STAT

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Researchers also found that vaccination against Covid, with either mRNA or viral vector shot, reduced the risk of developing a new autoimmune disease. They did not spell out in the study exactly how much vaccines reduced the risk of AIRDs.

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Racial minorities in the U.S. have greater long-term harms from COVID-19 --study

Thu, 2024-02-01 11:43 — mike kraft

Racial minorities have greater long-term harms from COVID-19, data show A longitudinal study yesterday in Frontiers in Public Health shows Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) COVID-19 patients in America had greater post-COVID-19 burdens than non-Hispanic, white peers. CIDRAP

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Nearly half of older Americans postpone or don't have surgeries because of financial concerns--study

Wed, 2024-01-31 10:14 — mike kraft

Many Americans postpone surgeries due to cost, job worries - UPI.com Older adults frequently delay needed surgery because of financial concerns, a new study finds. UPI

...Nearly half of people ages 50 and older who were very concerned about the cost of surgery wound up not having an operation they had considered, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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