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Opinion: COVID-19 has tested us. Will we be ready for the next pandemic?

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-01-02 18:02

COVID-19 has tested us. Will we be ready for the next pandemic? An infectious disease expert with insider access gives his take on what we did well, what we need to fix, and how to prepare for future outbreaks. Science

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COVID, flu severity similar, but Omicron BA.5 patients more likely to die--study

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-01-02 17:51

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U.S. Respiratory virus activity is high and rising -- CDC

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-01-02 17:45

Respiratory virus activity is high and rising across the United States, CDC data shows | CNN As seasonal virus activity surges across the United States, experts stress the importance of preventive measures – such as masking and vaccination – and the value of treatment for those who do get sick. Deidre McPhillips, Amanda Musa, Carma Hassan CNN

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Long covid still confounds us. Here’s what is now known.

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-01-02 10:40

Four years on, long covid still confounds us. Here’s what we now know. As many as 7 percent of Americans report having suffered from a slew of lingering symptoms after enduring covid. Frances Stead Sellers The Washington Post

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Gaza, Ukraine, and other conflicts could be accelerating antibiotic resistance

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2023-12-28 10:29

Gaza, Ukraine, and other conflicts could be accelerating antibiotic resistance Military conflict can drastically accelerate the emergence and spread of drug-resistant bugs. Torie Bosch STAT

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Risk of long COVID increases with each COVID infection--study

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2023-12-27 17:44

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Four Midwest states show highest COVID rates again

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2023-12-27 17:36

COVID map shows where cases are highest across US Four states showed the highest rate of positive tests in the country in the week ended December 16. Newsweek

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In only four states in the entire country the rate was above 15 percent. Region Seven, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, had the highest rate in the country as of the week ending on December 16, 18.5 percent. For weeks the four states have been identified as the worst-hit by the virus in the country, with more people testing positive than anywhere else.

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2023 was the year of record heat temperatures

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2023-12-27 09:32

2023 was the year of record heat temperatures Humans have just experienced what will go down as the hottest year in recorded history -- so far -- as the planet experienced heating at an unprecedented pace. ABC News ABC News

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Throughout 2023, records for the warmest temperatures around the world were broken one by one. But record-eclipsing temperatures will no longer be an anomaly if greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming continue at the current pace, according to climate scientists.

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Five reasons to be positive about climate change despite a terrible year

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2023-12-26 11:04

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Analysis: the anti-vaccine movement is gaining power in U.S. state governments

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2023-12-22 19:22

How the anti-vaccine movement is gaining power in statehouses Louisiana is a harbinger of the growing power of the anti-vaccine movement in the nation’s statehouses, as more candidates supporting once-fringe policies win and sign onto laws gutting vaccine requirements. Lauren Weber The Washington Post

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