Opinion: CDC's change in COVID guidance could misrepresent risks of virus, some experts warn

Mpox outbreak slowed because of behavior changes, not vaccine--study

Some cognitive decline 'objectively measurable' after COVID-19--British study

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U.S. CDC's statements on COVID guidance and vaccine effectiveness.

 

CDC'S releases on COVDID updates and Vaccine Effectiveness

...A new CDC report finds that the updated (2023-2024) COVID-19 vaccines cut the risk in half for visiting the emergency department, urgent care, or being hospitalized with COVID-19 for most people.

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Nearly 500 deaths per day in the U.S. from excessive drinking during COVID-19 pandemic -- CDC report

Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines

 

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In 2020, all the precautions that helped people avoid Covid had an unexpected benefit: An entire branch of the flu’s family tree, a B strain that geneticists call the Yamagata clade, disappeared, and it hasn’t been detected since.

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Covid-19 increases risk of developing autoimmune disease, but vaccination helps-- Japan and South Korean study

 

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Researchers also found that vaccination against Covid, with either mRNA or viral vector shot, reduced the risk of developing a new autoimmune disease. They did not spell out in the study exactly how much vaccines reduced the risk of AIRDs.

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Long Covid: low iron levels may play a role--British study

 

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the researchers found that long COVID was associated with how quickly inflammation and low iron levels regulated after acute infection. People who took a longer time to demonstrate regulation, and had more severe initial infections, were at an increased risk of long COVID.

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Flu shot effectivenness is OK -- US numbers indicate

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Officials generally are pleased if a flu vaccine is 40% to 60% effective.

The shots tend to do better when they are well matched against the circulating flu strains. Officials say that’s what’s happened during this — relatively typical — flu season.

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White House lifting its COVID-19 testing rule for people around Biden, Harris and spouses, ending a pandemic vestige

U.S. nursing homes still plagued by staff shortages and poor infection control--government report

A serious cyber attack has hit an important part of the US health care system

People 65 and older should get a Covid spring booster shot --US CDC Advisory panel

 

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The recommendation was approved by CDC Director Mandy Cohen, allowing the United States to join Canada and the United Kingdom in offering a spring booster this year to people at high risk of severe disease if they contract Covid.

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Testing positive for COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, U.S. CDC says

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday.

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Racial minorities in the U.S. have greater long-term harms from COVID-19 --study

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