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Renewable energy grew rapidly in 2023, but must grow faster to meet climate change target -- IEA

Thu, 2024-01-11 10:19 — mike kraft

Renewables grew rapidly in 2023, but must grow faster still to meet climate change target, IEA says The amount of renewable energy installed around the world last year grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years. AP News

The world’s renewable energy grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years in 2023, the International Energy Agency reported Thursday in its first assessment since nations agreed in December on ambitious new targets to slow dangerous climate change.

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Sickle-cell patients at increased risk for severe COVID but have low vaccine rate -study

Thu, 2024-01-11 10:01 — mike kraft

Sickle-cell patients at increased risk for severe COVID but have low vaccine uptake Seventeen percent of children ages 5 to 11 with sickle-cell disease had been vaccinated, compared with 25% of their counterparts. CIDRAP

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Why 1,500 Americans are still dying from COVID every week

Wed, 2024-01-10 18:46 — mike kraft

Why are 1,500 Americans still dying from COVID every week? Despite availability of COVID vaccines and treatments, an average of 1,500 Americans are dying from the virus every week. Experts explain why this might be happening. ABC News ABC News

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Experts said there are several reasons why people might still be dying from the virus, including not enough people accessing treatments or getting vaccinated as well as waning immunity.

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COVID cases have jumped up globally becauwe of new variant and the holidays, the UN health agency says

Wed, 2024-01-10 17:39 — mike kraft

Holiday gatherings and a new variant have driven up COVID cases globally, the UN health agency says The head of the U.N. health agency says holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. AP News

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Long Covid effects on muscles may explain reactions to exercise --study

Wed, 2024-01-10 10:21 — mike kraft

A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles Long COVID patients can experience severe energy crashes after physical exertion. New research provides clear evidence that there's a biological basis for the symptoms. NPR

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By taking biopsies from long COVID patients before and after exercising, scientists in the Netherlands constructed a startling picture of widespread abnormalities in muscle tissue that may explain this severe reaction to physical activity.

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Colds and flu, like COVID, can have long term effects--studies

Wed, 2024-01-10 10:08 — mike kraft

Long-term respiratory illness is here to stay Covid is not the only disease with a long version Yahoo News

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2024 is starting with second-largest COVID surge in the U.S. --experts say

Wed, 2024-01-10 09:46 — mike kraft

The US is starting 2024 in its second-largest COVID surge ever, experts say A COVID wave is hitting the US in 2024, and it could be the the 2nd largest ever. COVID-19 mask mandates are returning. Know the symptoms, and take precautions. Yahoo News

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UK Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in country during last decade’--study

Tue, 2024-01-09 18:04 — mike kraft

Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’ Exclusive: Review by Michael Marmot decries ‘shocking political failure’ behind differing life expectancies across country The Guardian

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China's population fell again, partly because of COVID-related deaths and weak economy --study

Tue, 2024-01-09 10:28 — mike kraft

Weak economy, COVID rampage likely shrank China's population again in 2023 China's population likely dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023 due to a surge in COVID-related deaths after the country abruptly ended strict lockdowns, while weak confidence in the economy's prospects keeps birth rates depressed. Farah Master Reuters

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During the COVID pandemic, care-seeking for heart-related illness fell, with long-term fallout likely --study

Tue, 2024-01-09 10:16 — mike kraft

Care-seeking for heart-related illness fell amid pandemic—with long-term fallout likely Wavebreakmedia / iStock CIDRAP

Rates of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (CVEs) fell after the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020 and remained lower over the next year among commercially insured New England patients seeking care, and the incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) and angina (chest pain) remained lower than expected.

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