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U.S. Covid Test Positivity Hits 10%

Thu, 2022-12-01 17:44 — mike kraft

U.S. Covid Test Positivity Hits 10% The United States has reported a 26 percent increase in coronavirus test positivity in the last two weeks. In states such as Arizona, Utah, South Dakota and Missouri, test positivity rates are above 20 percent. RTTNews

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As per the latest data published by the New York Times, one tenth of people who are subjected to Covid tests nationwide are diagnosed with coronavirus infection. This is the highest rate in many months. ...

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Judge approves DOJ intervention in efforts to improve Jackson Mississippi's struggling water system.

Thu, 2022-12-01 10:57 — mike kraft

Judge OKs federal intervention in struggling water system The U.S. Justice Department has won a federal judge's approval to carry out a rare intervention to improve the precarious water system in Mississippi’s capital city, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, months after the system's partial failure. The department filed the proposal for intervention on Tuesday and U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate approved it later that day in Mississippi.

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U.S. to test sewage in more cities for indications of polio infections

Thu, 2022-12-01 10:50 — mike kraft

US officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. AP NEWS

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CDC officials say they have been talking with other communities about also starting polio wastewater testing. They are focused on cities and counties with low polio vaccination coverage and those in which travelers had visited the New York communities where polio was found.

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More Republicans Died Than Democrats after COVID-19 Vaccines Became Available--study

Wed, 2022-11-30 17:19 — mike kraft

More Republicans Died Than Democrats after COVID-19 Vaccines Came Out The sharp divergence in excess death rates that emerged in the post-vaccine period "is pretty striking… and the magnitudes are quite large." Yale University Nextgov.com

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The study finds that excess deaths during the pandemic were 76% higher among Republicans than Democrats in two states, Ohio and Florida.

What’s more, the partisan gap in death rates increased significantly after vaccines were introduced.

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Opinion: There is no such thing as 'herd immunity.' Why the ongoing dangers of COVID-19 are real

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:20 — mike kraft

There is no such thing as 'herd immunity.' Why the ongoing dangers of COVID-19 are real Testing, masking, avoiding indoor crowded settings and keeping vaccinations and boosters up to date are the best strategies we have to stay safe YahooNews

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Paxlovid: Major new study into whether it can treat long Covid

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:10 — mike kraft

Could Paxlovid treat long Covid? Major new study aims to find out Experts hope the antiviral may help those who have never fully recovered from Covid. NBC News

Paxlovid — the most widely-used medication that people can take at home to treat an active case of Covid — is now being studied as a potential treatment for those who have remained sick months or even years following infection.

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Screening for COVID at hospital entry of limited benefit --new study

Tue, 2022-11-29 18:08 — mike kraft

New data: Screening for COVID at hospital entry of limited benefit

Screening nearly 1 million patients, visitors, and healthcare workers at the entrance of a large hospital for COVID-19 symptoms, exposures, or travel was of limited benefit at considerable cost, finds a Yale study published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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COVID-19 death rates in young adults rose in 2021--atudy

Tue, 2022-11-29 17:53 — mike kraft

COVID-19 death rates in young people rose in 2021 CIDRAP

Today in Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers show that, compared to 2020, mortality rates due to COVID-19 infections among young adults increasedsignificantly in 2021, suggesting younger people had lower vaccine uptake and adhered to fewer COVID precautions than older adults in the United States

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