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Having symptoms after getting a COVID vaccine may indicate robust immune response

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-06-12 12:31

Headache, fatigue, malaise, and chills after COVID-19 vaccination are signs the immune system is marshalling a strong response against future infection, suggests a study

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Opinion: Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-06-11 11:22

Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril | CNN If H5N1 bird flu changes at the right place at the right time, suddenly the animal pandemic could become a major problem for people, too. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Scarcity of bird flu tests makes it difficult to guage the spread and detect possible pandemic stage --experts

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-06-11 11:09

Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm? - KFF Health News If widely used, flu tests could be helpful now. In the meantime, the government needs to clear a path for H5N1 tests, researchers warn, to avoid the early missteps of the covid pandemic. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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New COVID variant KP.3 is now about 25% of U.S, cases-- CDC estimates

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-06-07 17:41

New COVID variant KP.3 climbs to 25%, now largest in CDC estimates The strain is "very, very similar" to the JN.1 variant from earlier this year. CBS News

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Dr. Birx, former health official, says US making ‘same mistakes’ with bird flu as COVID-19

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2024-06-06 17:34

Birx says US making ‘same mistakes’ with bird flu as COVID-19 (thehill.com)

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More than 200 symptoms tied to long COVID --new report

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2024-06-06 10:30

Report: More than 200 symptoms tied to long COVID Today a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a number of conclusions about long-COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function, including that the condition can cause more than 200 symptoms, and that a positive COVID-19 test is not necessary to make a long-COVID diagnosis. CIDRAP

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Bird flu first known human fatality reported in Mexico --WHO

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2024-06-06 10:19

First-ever human case of H5N2 bird flu reported in Mexico, WHO says | CNN Even as the United States grapples with an outbreak of H5N1 flu in dairy cattle, the World Health Organization has announced the first known human infection with a different strain, H5N2, in a person in Mexico who died of complications of their infection. Brenda Goodman CNN

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CDC reports US COVID markers show small rise in activity

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-06-03 10:06

US COVID markers show small rise in activity Wastewater detections are up in the western region, which is also seeing a small rise in test positivity. CIDRAP

The main markers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to track COVID activity showed small rises Friday from very low levels, including wastewater SARS-CoV-2 detections, which rose from the minimal to low level over the past week....

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