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COVID spread fears grow as China makes big chnages in zero-tolerance curbs

Thu, 2022-12-08 11:43 — mike kraft

COVID spread fears grow as China unwinds zero-tolerance curbs As many Chinese embraced new freedoms after Beijing dropped parts of its tough COVID regime, concerns mounted that the virus, which had largely been kept in check, could soon run wild. Brenda Goh,Ella Cao Reuters

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NY Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on Combating COVID-19; flucases rise sharply Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine Health

Wed, 2022-12-07 17:44 — mike kraft

Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 Governor Hochul updated New Yorkers on the state's progress combating COVID-19. Governor Kathy Hochul

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Omicron boosters are weaker against BQ.1.1 subvariant that is rising in U.S., study finds

Wed, 2022-12-07 12:23 — mike kraft

Omicron boosters are weaker against BQ.1.1 subvariant that is rising in U.S., study finds

Covid shots designed to protect against the omicron variant trigger a weaker immune response against the rapidly emerging BQ.1.1 subvariant than the previously dominant strain, according to a new lab study.

Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch, in a study published online Tuesday in Nature Medicine, found that the booster shots performed well against the BA.5 subvariant they were designed to target.

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New study spotlights disparities in COVID-19 clinical trials

Wed, 2022-12-07 12:08 — mike kraft

Study spotlights disparities in COVID-19 clinical trials | CIDRAP

A study yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine shows women and racial minorities were underrepresented in both COVID-19 clinical treatment trials and in disease prevention trials.

The research was conducted by a team from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, as well researchers from Beijing and London.

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China changes strategy, rolls back anti-COVID measures following protests

Wed, 2022-12-07 09:52 — mike kraft

China eases anti-COVID measures following protests BEIJING (AP) — China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign . AP NEWS

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Florida COVID cases increased in Novemeber, deaths top 83,000

Tue, 2022-12-06 10:59 — mike kraft

Florida COVID-19 deaths top 83,000 The state saw an increase in COVID cases during the final week of November CBS Miami

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COVID vaccine hesitancy linked to 'nocebo' side effects--study

Tue, 2022-12-06 10:44 — mike kraft

COVID vaccine hesitancy linked to 'nocebo' side effects CIDRAP

Vaccine hesitancy about COVID-19 vaccines is a positive predictor of negative side effects with vaccination—an example of the "nocebo" effect—according to a study today in Scientific Reports.

Nocebo, a play on placebo, is a phenomenon in which people experience negative effects on health when they have negative views or expectations surrounding medical interventions.

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Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites

Tue, 2022-12-06 10:32 — mike kraft

Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites BOSTON (AP) — Boston is planning to establish 11 wastewater testing sites across the city to help monitor for spikes in the COVID-19 virus. The head of the Boston Public Health Commission said the city is partnering with vendors to create the sites as COVID-19 levels in wastewater across the region have begun rising. AP NEWS

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Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Boston’s public health commissioner, said the city will be sampling water from the sites on a weekly basis. Ojikutu said the testing will also help the city monitor for the appearance of new variants of the disease.

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Beijing drops COVID testing burden as wider easing seems likely

Tue, 2022-12-06 09:19 — mike kraft

Beijing drops COVID testing burden as wider easing beckons Residents of China's capital were allowed into parks, supermarkets, offices and airports without a negative COVID-19 test on Tuesday, the latest in a mix of easing steps nationwide after unprecedented protests against a tough zero-COVID policy. Ryan Woo,Martin Quin Pollard Reuters

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U.S. Covid Care Has Entered a New Stage of Crisis for the Uninsured

Tue, 2022-12-06 09:12 — mike kraft

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Difficulty getting care for Covid-19 has become an increasingly common problem for poor, uninsured Americans. After paying about $25 billion to health care providers over the course of the pandemic to reimburse them for vaccinating, testing and treating people without insurance, the federal government is running low on funds for Covid care for the nearly 30 million Americans who are uninsured.

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