Disease Prevention

Trump Administration Embraced Herd Immunity via Mass Infection, likely contributing to many preventable deaths--Congressional report

Wed, 2022-06-22 17:42 — mike kraft

Report Shows Trump Administration Embraced Herd Immunity via Mass Infection The strategy likely contributed to many preventable deaths, report notes Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday

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A 4th vaccine shot provided benefits to patients hospitalized with severe covid--Israel study

Wed, 2022-06-22 17:32 — mike kraft

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac501/6611845

Hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 during the Omicron wave benefited from a 4th vaccine shot--Israeli study

Waning vaccine-immunity and an increased incidence of COVID-19 during the Omicron outbreak led the Israeli Ministry of Health to recommend a fourth dose of BNT162b2 for high-risk individuals. This study assessed the effect of that dose for hospitalized patients with severe/critical, breakthrough COVID-19. ...

Among hospitalized patients with severe/critical breakthrough COVID-19, a recent fourth dose was associated with significant protection against mechanical ventilation or death, compared to three doses.

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Long COVID:Women are more likely than men to develop long COVID, study finds

Wed, 2022-06-22 17:18 — mike kraft

Women are more likely than men to develop long COVID, study finds A new study found women are 22% more likely than men to develop long COVID and experience different lingering symptoms. ABC News ABC News

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Researchers from Johnson & Johnson's Office of the Chief Medical Officer for Women's Health analyzed data from studies involving 1.3 million patients.

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Denmark to offers fourth COVID-19 shot to over 50's and others

Wed, 2022-06-22 10:20 — mike kraft

Denmark to offers fourth COVID-19 shot to some COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose will be offered to nursing home residents and people age 50 and over in Denmark later this year, the prime minister said Wednesday. The reason for the move is a rise in cases of the BA.5 coronavirus variant in Europe, and Denmark's government says it wants to move swiftly to avoid potential restrictions or a lockdown. AP NEWS

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Monkeypox: UK to offer vaccines to some gay, bisexual men

Wed, 2022-06-22 10:09 — mike kraft

UK to offer vaccines to some gay, bisexual men for monkeypox LONDON (AP) — British health officials will start offering vaccines to some men who have sex with men and are at the highest risk of catching monkeypox , in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the disease beyond Africa. AP NEWS

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Study indicates rapid tests seem to be most accurate when viral loads are high, so experts think a negative could mean less chance of spreading the virus.

Wed, 2022-06-22 09:40 — mike kraft

Rapid Covid tests give false negatives, but it may mean you're not contagious The tests seem to be most accurate when viral loads are high, so experts think a negative could mean you’re less likely to spread the virus. NBC News

In early January, more than 700 Stanford University athletes took rapid Covid tests upon returning to the campus. Those who tested negative — and some who tested positive — were also given PCR tests.

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WHO group seeks slowdown in vaccine deliveries to avoid wastage

Wed, 2022-06-22 09:29 — mike kraft

COVID-19 vaccine scheme for world's poorest pushes for delivery slowdown Leaders of the global scheme aiming to get COVID-19 vaccines to the world's poorest are pushing manufacturers including Pfizer and Moderna to cut or slow deliveries of about half a billion shots so doses are not wasted. Jennifer Rigby,Francesco Guarascio Reuters

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Moderna says its booster candidate shows strong response against Omicron subvariants

Wed, 2022-06-22 09:20 — mike kraft

Moderna booster candidate shows strong response against Omicron subvariants Moderna Inc said on Wednesday that an updated version of its COVID-19 vaccine designed to target the Omicron variant also generated a strong immune response against the fast-spreading Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, which have gained a foothold in the U.S.

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People in disadvantaged areas are receiving fewer COVID pills - U.S. study

Tue, 2022-06-21 17:43 — mike kraft

More vulnerable people receiving fewer COVID pills - U.S. study People in socially and economically disadvantaged regions are about half as likely to receive an oral antiviral COVID-19 pill than residents of wealthier zip codes, according to a U.S. government study published on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

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COVID-19 is now considered to be a respiratory not vascular disease--new studies

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:26 — mike kraft

Why COVID-19 is considered to be a respiratory disease

Medical professionals and researchers have been studying the link between COVID-19 and vascular symptoms since the beginning of the pandemic. They have learned that people with severe COVID-19 are at a risk of strokes, blood clots, and other vascular complications.

These observations led to several hypotheses that COVID-19 was a vascular disease with respiratory symptoms and not a respiratory disease.

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