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FDA advisory panel schedules April 6 meeting to discuss additional COVID booster shots

Mon, 2022-03-21 18:04 — mike kraft

FDA advisory panel to discuss additional COVID booster shots in April A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel will meet April 6 to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster doses, the agency announced Monday. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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The meeting comes amid a renewed debate about who might need booster shots and the broader goals of the U.S. vaccination campaign. ...

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Is There Any Way To Reduce the Risk Of Long COVID If You Get Sick?

Mon, 2022-03-21 17:49 — mike kraft

Is There Any Way To Reduce Your Risk Of Long COVID If You Get Sick? Here's what experts know right now about preventing or treating long-haul symptoms following a coronavirus infection. YahooNews

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...given the nature of extremely contagious respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, infectious disease specialists say that most of us will, at some point, get infected. And as the reality of living with endemic COVID sets in, many of us have grown increasingly concerned about getting long COVID if and when that infection occurs.

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Cambridge study on long COVID patients indicates high percentage of brain fog and concentration problems

Mon, 2022-03-21 13:33 — mike kraft

Long COVID study indicates “something concerning is happening”

Two new studies are reporting on an ongoing long COVID research project investigating the persistent effects of COVID-19 on cognition in the months after acute disease. The University of Cambridge-led research found many long COVID patients are experiencing significant and measurable memory or concentration impairments even after mild illness.

“Long COVID has received very little attention politically or medically,” said Lucy Cheke, senior author on the new studies. “It urgently needs to be taken more seriously, and cognitive issues are an important part of this. When politicians talk about ‘Living with COVID’ – that is, unmitigated infection, this is something they ignore.”

The new findings come from an ongoing project called The COVID and Cognition Study (COVCOG). The study recruited nearly 200 COVID-19 patients across late 2020/early 2021 and around the same amount of demographically matched uninfected controls. The goal was to “map the terrain” of cognition in post-acute COVID-19.

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How the U.S. IS Watching for the Next COVID Variant

Mon, 2022-03-21 12:53 — mike kraft

How Is the U.S. Watching for the Next COVID Variant? While sequencing efforts are better than before, experts say there's a long way to go Sophie Putka medpagetoday

The only certain thing about the future of SARS-CoV-2 variants is that nothing is certain -- but researchers in the U.S. are doing their best to keep an eye out for the next troublesome variant, even in the face of numerous challenges.

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New Hampshire House approves bill to allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin for COVID-19

Mon, 2022-03-21 10:29 — mike kraft

New Hampshire House approves bill to allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin for COVID-19 The controversial debate over treating COVID-19 with the drug ivermectin made it to the floor of the New Hampshire House on Wednesday, with the Republican majority voting to make it easier to obtain the drug at pharmacies. Adam Sexton WMUR

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Dakotas cut back on COVID-19 reporting

Mon, 2022-03-21 10:14 — mike kraft

South Dakota ends daily COVID-19 reporting PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Health officials in South Dakota say COVID-19 case rates have dropped so dramatically they’ll no longer give daily updates. The Argus Leader reported that the state health department ended daily reports on Friday and will now give only weekly reports. AP NEWS

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U.S. status of Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5

Mon, 2022-03-21 10:00 — mike kraft

... About 18 million US children under 5 are still not eligible for the protection of a Covid-19 vaccine. Children are less likely than adults to be hospitalized or to die from Covid-19, but at least 400 children age 4 and younger have died from Covid-19, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts say the wait for a vaccine may not be much longer.

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