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3 Vaccines expected for Fall: What You Need to Know

Thu, 2023-07-06 09:21 — mike kraft

3 Vaccines for Fall: What You Need to Know Most Americans have had one or more shots of the flu and COVID-19 vaccines. New this year are the first shots to protect older adults from respiratory syncytial virus, a lesser-known threat whose toll in hospitalizations and deaths may rival that of flu. Federal health officials are hoping that widespread use of these three vaccines will head off another “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses like the one seen last winter. For people with insurance, all of the vaccines should be available for fr Yahoo News

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El Niño is here - the world must prepare for more extreme heat, UN weather agency warns

Wed, 2023-07-05 10:56 — mike kraft

El Niño is here and the world must prepare for more extreme heat, UN weather agency warns | CNN Governments must prepare for more extreme weather events and record temperatures in the coming months, the World Meteorological Organization warned Tuesday, as it declared the onset of the warming phenomenon El Niño. Helen Regan CNN

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Multiple Tests needed to Rule Out COVID, new study confirms

Wed, 2023-07-05 09:30 — mike kraft

Sick? You'll Need Multiple Tests to Rule Out COVID US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education. HealthDay US News & World Report

WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have told patients who get a negative result after taking a rapid antigen test at home to test again 48 hours later. ...

Whether you have symptoms or not, repeat testing after 48 hours may be required to rule out COVID infection, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School found.

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Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse -- the ‘new abnormal’

Mon, 2023-07-03 09:57 — mike kraft

Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal' As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change. AP News

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More kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during COVID-19

Mon, 2023-07-03 09:49 — mike kraft

More kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during COVID-19 CIDRAP

More kids were diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes after the COVID-19 pandemic began, and researchers have yet to determine the mechanism behind this increased incidence rate, the authors of a new meta-analysis said in JAMA Network Open...

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Analysis: COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics

Mon, 2023-07-03 09:30 — mike kraft

COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics Nature - For all the controversy over decentralized contact-tracing apps, data show that these privacy-preserving tools saved thousands of lives during the pandemic. National and international... Salathé, Marcel nature

...To harness this potentially transformative tool in future, policymakers and other stakeholders must heed the evidence — and the lessons — now emerging from its use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Countries rolling out updated vaccines weigh whether to restrict them to high-risk individuals.

Fri, 2023-06-30 17:41 — mike kraft

New COVID jabs are coming — who should get them? Nature - Countries rolling out updated vaccines weigh whether to restrict them to high-risk individuals. Kozlov, Max nature

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Pandemic 'fear of missing out' had mental health consequences for older adults-- study

Fri, 2023-06-30 10:00 — mike kraft

Pandemic 'fear of missing out' had mental health consequences for older adults, study shows During the COVID-19 pandemic, fear of missing out (FOMO) on social activities may have negatively affected the mental health of adults at high risk of serious disease, according to a new study from Rice ... Amy McCaig

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Advice on coping with wildfire smoke and heat wave

Fri, 2023-06-30 09:51 — mike kraft

How to minimize the health risks from wildfire smoke | CNN Millions of people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps through the Midwest and East Coast. Jen Christensen CNN

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US CDC OKs use of new Pfizer, GSK vaccines for RSV in older adults

Thu, 2023-06-29 17:58 — mike kraft

US CDC OKs use of new Pfizer, GSK vaccines for RSV in older adults The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday signed off on the use of new vaccines from Pfizer and GSK to prevent severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in older adults. Reuters Reuters

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