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COVID symptoms: red flags for needing medical attention, and changes with each new variant

Fri, 2024-01-12 13:27 — mike kraft

These COVID Symptoms Are Red Flags That You Need Medical Attention Doctors share the warning signs of a severe infection and what warrants a visit with a doctor. Jillian Wilson HuffPost

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Bivalent vaccines help prevent COVID-related stroke, heart attack in older adults--study

Fri, 2024-01-12 12:50 — mike kraft

Bivalent vaccines help prevent COVID-related stroke, heart attack, US data show Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStock CIDRAP

Bivalent (two-strain) COVID-19 vaccines help protect against COVID-19–related thromboembolic events, including strokes, embolisms, and heart attacks, more so than monovalent (one-strain) vaccines, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Covid, flu vaccination rates are "incredibly low"--WHO

Fri, 2024-01-12 12:12 — mike kraft

WHO sees 'incredibly low' COVID, flu vaccination rates as cases surge Death rates have also ticked up among older adults in some regions, but remain far below the COVID pandemic peak. Jennifer Rigby,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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As COVID cases rise, rapid tests are taking longer to detect infection

Thu, 2024-01-11 17:10 — mike kraft

As COVID cases rise, rapid tests are taking longer to detect infection As COVID cases rise over the winter, health experts are finding that it’s taking longer for people using rapid tests to get a positive result after symptoms appear. Cameron Lallana NBC Bay Area

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The problem is: people who initially test negative and then don’t test later may be unknowingly spreading the virus.

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Study suggests people who limit meat 40% less likely to get COVID, but some experts skeptical

Thu, 2024-01-11 10:44 — mike kraft

Study suggests people who limit meat 40% less likely to get COVID, but some experts skeptical mmtzphoto / Flickr cc CIDRAP

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Renewable energy grew rapidly in 2023, but must grow faster to meet climate change target -- IEA

Thu, 2024-01-11 10:19 — mike kraft

Renewables grew rapidly in 2023, but must grow faster still to meet climate change target, IEA says The amount of renewable energy installed around the world last year grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years. AP News

The world’s renewable energy grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years in 2023, the International Energy Agency reported Thursday in its first assessment since nations agreed in December on ambitious new targets to slow dangerous climate change.

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