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England confirms 34 COVID cases linked to highly mutated variant BA.2.86

Fri, 2023-09-08 09:58 — mike kraft

England confirms 34 COVID cases linked to highly mutated variant - UKSHA UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) said on Friday that 34 COVID-19 cases linked to the highly mutated variant BA.2.86 had been identified in England. Reuters Reuters

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The agency said 28 of the confirmed cases were identified from a single outbreak at a care home in Norfolk.

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Elite athletes suffered no long-lasting heart damage after COVID-19 infections --study

Thu, 2023-09-07 19:51 — mike kraft

Study shows elite athletes suffered no long-lasting heart damage after COVID-19 Sean Fornelli / Flickr cc CIDRAP

...in Heart, researchers from Amsterdam University Medical Centers reportthat elite athletes followed up for 2 years after COVID-19 infections suffered no lasting damage to their hearts and faced no career setbacks because of their illnesses.

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Overview of Covid status: New varient may be less alarming than first thought--Reuters explainer

Thu, 2023-09-07 10:46 — mike kraft

Explainer: Do I need to worry about COVID again? New data from scientists and vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer /BioNTech suggests that a newer, highly mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not as alarming as some experts had feared when it was first detected several weeks ago. Deena Beasley,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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U.S.COVID hospitalizations increase for 7th consecutive week but new boosters could help

Wed, 2023-09-06 17:31 — mike kraft

COVID hospitalizations increase for 7th consecutive week but new boosters could help COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to rise in the United States but there is hope that the uptick could be stemmed with the new boosters. Hospitalizations increased 15.7% for the week ending Aug. 26 from 15,050 to 17,418, according to data updated Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the peak of omicron, the week of Jan. 15, 2022, there were 150,674 hospitalizations. Yahoo

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New study describes Native Americans at outsized risk of severe COVID-19, death

Thu, 2023-08-31 10:08 — mike kraft

Native Americans at outsized risk of severe COVID-19, death ANOXLOU / Flickr cc CIDRAP

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U.S. states and counties with highest recent rates of COVID hospitaizations

Wed, 2023-08-30 09:32 — mike kraft

26 states see ‘substantial’ spike in COVID hospitalizations, CDC says The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said hospitalizations rose yet again last week by another 19%. Deaths from the virus also saw a large jump: 21% in one week. Yahoo News

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Study tracks relationships between COVID hospital data and general community levels

Tue, 2023-08-29 19:45 — mike kraft

Study: Hospital COVID spread increases when community levels are high Prostock-Studio / iStock CIDRAP

JAMA Network Open yesterday published a US cohort study showing an increase of hospital-onset COVID-19 cases when community-onset infections were high during the first 2 years of the pandemic.

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A few more BA.2.86 COVID-19 detections noted in wastewater in Ohio, Portugal and Switzerland

Tue, 2023-08-29 10:40 — mike kraft

A few more BA.2.86 COVID-19 detections noted in human samples, wastewater Ohio, which had a preliminary positive from wastewater, now has a BA.2.86-positive human sample. CIDRAP

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Omicron variant may be less likely to lead to long COVID --German study

Tue, 2023-08-29 10:26 — mike kraft

Omicron variant may be less likely to lead to long COVID The study took place before availability of the 2-strain COVID-19 vaccine, which offers protection against Omicron and the wild-type virus. CIDRAP

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COVID indications continue rise in the US and globally

Mon, 2023-08-28 09:40 — mike kraft

COVID markers continue rise in the US and globally Ladanifer / iStock CIDRAP

In the United States, a slow but steady rise in COVID activity continued over the past week according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while at the global level, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that indicators are up in three of six regions.

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