Medical Testing

Opinion: Make Covid-19 testing an empowering choice rather than a draconian punishment

Tue, 2021-11-02 11:14 — mike kraft

Shift Covid testing from draconian punishment to empowerment - STAT Instead of viewing Covid-19 testing as a means of limiting access, reframe it as an empowering tool to let people gather more confidently. Maaisha Osman STAT

Public health is at its best when it is pragmatic in the face of complex problems fraught with stigma and uncertainty, like moving in the direction of full vaccination in the face of many Americans’ entrenched or even defiant anti-vaccination sentiment.

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Some states are rejecting federal funds to help cope with COVID-19

Tue, 2021-11-02 09:00 — mike kraft

COVID-19 still rages, but some U.S. states reject federal funds to help As the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic burns through the rural U.S. state of Idaho, health officials say they don’t have enough tests to track the disease’s spread or sufficient medical workers to help the sick. Andy Sullivan Reuters

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India's COVID Spike and Plummet. What We Have Learned.

Mon, 2021-11-01 18:58 — mike kraft

India's COVID Spike and Plummet. What Have We Learned? Experts discuss the country's second deadly wave Shannon Firth medpagetoday

The severity of India's second COVID-19 wave took the world by surprise. Cases skyrocketed, at one point accounting for roughly half of the total infections reported globally. Then, almost as quickly, the numbers plunged.

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CDC study on breakthrough COVID-19 cases indicates age is the biggest factor

Mon, 2021-11-01 10:05 — mike kraft

Who Had Covid-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Cases? Data shows the vaccines kept working through the Delta surge, though some groups were at higher risk of breakthrough infections or death. The New York Times

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The antidepressant fluvoxamine drug can help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalizations--new study

Thu, 2021-10-28 11:05 — mike kraft

The antidepressant fluvoxamine can reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations | Science News A 10-day course of fluvoxamine sharply reduced hospital visits and deaths, raising hopes for an easy at-home treatment for COVID-19. Helen Thompson Science News

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Breakthrough infections can lead to long COVID; genes may explain critical illness in young, healthy adults--studies

Wed, 2021-10-27 18:46 — mike kraft

(Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review.

Breakthrough infections can lead to long COVID:

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