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Getting a Covid Shot During Pregnancy Is Important --new data

Mon, 2024-10-07 07:36 — mike kraft
Here’s Why Getting a Covid Shot During Pregnancy Is Important - KFF Health News New data from the CDC shows covid vaccination during pregnancy is key to protecting vulnerable newborns from the virus. paulavirna KFF Health News
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CDC sets up new website to shows COVID or flu levels in local areas

Mon, 2024-10-07 06:58 — mike kraft
New CDC website shows if COVID or flu is on the rise in 2024 It centers around a sweeping new weekly metric called "acute respiratory illness." Alexander Tin CBS News
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US virus updates show more COVID decline, with RSV rise in the southeast

Mon, 2024-10-07 06:50 — mike kraft
US markers show more COVID decline, with RSV rise in the southeast Though KP.3.1.1 variant levels continue to rise, the proportion of XEC viruses is also trending upward. CIDRAP

COVID-19 activity declined last week, with wastewater levels—still highest in the West—now at moderate levels, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today (Friday) in its latest respiratory virus updates. ...

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COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking--survey

Wed, 2024-10-02 07:24 — mike kraft
Survey: COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking At least one household member and six healthcare workers who encountered the index case-patient are being investigated after showing symptoms of viral infection. CIDRAP

Online nonprobability survey estimates suggest that 54 million US COVID-19 infections went uncounted in official records after home tests were widely deployed and institutional testing waned starting in February 2022. ...

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Vaccine skepticism politics: Trump leads, and his party follows

Tue, 2024-10-01 06:53 — mike kraft
Trump leads, and his party follows, on vaccine skepticism | CNN More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the covid-19 vaccine. The project, dubbed Operation Warp Speed, likely saved millions of lives. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. CNN
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COVID vaccinations during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization --data

Tue, 2024-10-01 06:08 — mike kraft
Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization Babies under six months can't be vaccinated directly against COVID. A new study found that most infants hospitalized for COVID had mothers who didn’t get the vaccine while they were pregnant. KFF Health News
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WHO’s Africa mRNA Vaccine Hub Faces Uncertainty and Shortfalls --report

Mon, 2024-09-30 10:15 — mike kraft
WHO’s MRNA Vaccine Hub Faces Uncertainty And Shortfalls - Health Policy Watch The establishment of an “mRNA hub” in South Africa to build the capacity of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to develop vaccines during the COVID-19 Health Policy Watch
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CDC tests wastewater for Covid — state-by state results

Mon, 2024-09-30 09:18 — mike kraft
How the CDC tests wastewater for Covid-19 — and what the data says about your state | CNN The agency now tests sewage to keep tabs on the virus. See how the process works and how viral activity in your state compares to the national trends. Matt Stiles, Way Mullery CNN
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U.S. COVID numbers decline slightly, RSV, flu activity low --CDC

Mon, 2024-09-30 09:05 — mike kraft
COVID numbers decline slightly across US; RSV, flu activity low Wastewater levels for COVID-19 remain high but are low for RSV and influenza. CIDRAP

In several weekly updates published today,  (Friday) the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said seasonal influenza and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) activity are low nationally, and COVID-19 activity is elevated but declining. ...

 

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The XEC Covid variant: assessment of contagion and vaccines

Fri, 2024-09-27 14:41 — mike kraft

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XEC, like countless others before it, is a part of the omicron family. The variant is closely related to KP.2, the strain targeted by the updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. And both XEC and KP.1 are descendants of the JN.1 strain, targeted by the updated Novavax vaccine.

“I think we have good reason to think that there will be substantial protection from the boosters that are available,” Hanage said.

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