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Panel: COVID-19 fueled human rights abuses in Asia, including China

Wed, 2023-05-31 12:26 — mike kraft

Panel: COVID-19 fueled human rights abuses in Asia - UPI.com The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent response from governments to quell the spread of the virus fueled human rights abuses across Asia, a panel of experts said Wednesday. UPI

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COVID-19 may contribute to Cholesterol Problems --research

Tue, 2023-05-30 17:56 — mike kraft

...Medical researchers have also linked SARS-CoV-2 to lingering complications in multiple organs and systems, and some recent work has found that new-onset cholesterol problems may be an under-recognized but common complication of COVID-19.

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Bivalent COVID vaccine efficacy at 6 months drops 24% against hospitalization, strong against death --CDC study

Tue, 2023-05-30 17:48 — mike kraft

Bivalent COVID vaccine efficacy at 6 months: 24% against hospitalization, strong against death CIDRAP

Estimated bivalent (two-strain) COVID-19 mRNA vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalization dropped from 62% 1 week after receipt to 24% at 4 to 6 months in adults with healthy immune systems, but protection against severe outcomes was sustained, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study.

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Healthy Sleep Patterns Might Reduce Long Covid Risk--study

Tue, 2023-05-30 12:56 — mike kraft

Healthy Sleep Patterns Might Reduce Long Covid Risk In a new JAMA study, researchers found that people who had health sleep patterns prior to a Covid infection — both before and after the Covid-19 pandemic began — may h... Anuradha Varanasi Forbes

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US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

Tue, 2023-05-30 12:37 — mike kraft

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms A U.S. study suggests 1 in 10 people are getting long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic. The National Institutes of Health is studying nearly 10,000 U.S. adults to help better understand why some people suffer debilitating health problems that can last for months or years after even mild COVID-19. In the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers identified a dozen key symptoms that help distinguish long COVID.

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Risk of new post-COVID mental disorders higher only in older patients-- study

Fri, 2023-05-26 20:17 — mike kraft

Risk of new post-COVID mental disorders higher only in older patients, study suggests Data suggest an increased risk of new-onset mental illness only in SARS-CoV-2–positive patients aged 70 and older. CIDRAP

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Pfizer COVID tracking confirms safety for kids, heart issues extremely rare.

Fri, 2023-05-26 11:36 — mike kraft

Pfizer COVID vaccine tracking confirms safety in kids, with myocarditis, pericarditis rare CIDRAP

Monitoring of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine safety among more than 3 million US children aged 5 to 17 years flagged just 2 of 20 health outcomes among 12- to 17-year-olds—myocarditis and pericarditis, which were rare.

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