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Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID; what do we know about reinfection?

Tue, 2023-04-25 00:17 — mike kraft

After Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID, what do we know about reinfection? Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Studies suggest that most Americans have been infected with COVID at least once but a growing number have been infected multiple times. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not provide reinfection data but state-level data paints a varied picture. Yahoo

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Potential Explanation for COVID Vaccine Blood Clot Connection--new research

Mon, 2023-04-10 14:24 — mike kraft

New Research Uncovers Potential Explanation for COVID Vaccine Blood Clot Connection Scientists identify key differences in immune responses to the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines. A recent study conducted by a team from SAHMRI and Flinders University in Australia has revealed significant variations in the way the AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines affect the immune system. T Colin Collins SciTechDaily

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New frequency comb breathalyzer detects COVID-19 with excellent accuracy

Fri, 2023-04-07 21:41 — mike kraft

New frequency comb breathalyzer detects COVID-19 with excellent accuracy JILA researchers have upgraded a breathalyzer based on Nobel Prize-winning frequency-comb technology and combined it with machine learning to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection with excellent accuracy in 170 ... Science X

...Their achievement represents the first real-world test of the technology's capability to diagnose disease in exhaled human breath. Their study on this topic was published in the Journal of Breath Research.

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India states asked to ramp up testing as COVID-19 cases climb

Fri, 2023-04-07 14:31 — mike kraft

India asks states to ramp up testing as COVID-19 cases climb India's federal government asked states to identify emergency hotspots and ramp up-testing for COVID-19, after the country recorded its highest daily case count since September, a Reuters tally showed on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Funding the search for answers about post COVID-19 condition: how Stichting Long COVID is stimulating research in the Netherlands

Fri, 2023-03-31 17:33 — FNUOvviyaa

Funding the search for answers about post COVID-19 condition: how Stichting Long COVID is stimulating research in the Netherlands “What I don’t understand is why there isn’t more of a sense of urgency about funding research into long COVID, when it is costing society so much,” says Ellen Bark, co-found

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'We have arrived in the post-antibiotic era': WHO warns of too few new drugs for deadly superbugs

Wed, 2023-03-29 17:35 — FNUOvviyaa

As superbug infections grow more common, the world is running out of drugs to treat them Health officials are sounding increasingly urgent alarms about the need for powerful new drugs to treat increasingly resistant infections. NBC News

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WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research

Sun, 2023-03-19 06:28 — FNUOvviyaa

WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research Advisors to the World Health Organization on Saturday urged China to release all information related to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic after new findings were briefly shared on an international database used to track pathogens. Reuters Reuters

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Omicron less likely than wild-type virus to result in long COVID--Swiss study suggests

Fri, 2023-03-10 15:29 — mike kraft

Omicron less likely than wild-type virus to result in long COVID, study suggests CIDRAP

Swiss researchers find that the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is much less likely to lead to long COVID than the original, wild-type virus.

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Lawsuits and legislation have stripped U.S.public health officials of their tools and powers to counter future pandemics --survey

Wed, 2023-03-08 15:26 — mike kraft

Covid backlash hobbles public health and future pandemic response Lawsuits and legislation fueled by covid backlash have stripped public health officials of powers, leaving the United States unprepared for the next pandemic. Washington Post

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US reported planning to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China

Wed, 2023-03-08 14:41 — mike kraft

US to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision. AP NEWS

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The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration has decided to roll back the testing requirements as cases, hospitalizations and deaths are declining in China and the U.S. has gathered better information about the surge.

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