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U.S. shortage of home care workers continues to grow

Thu, 2023-04-27 10:48 — mike kraft
Demand for in-home healthcare outpaces availability of workers - UPI.com The need for at-home care has vastly outpaced a much smaller growth in the pool of home care workers, a recent study shows. UPI

 

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China, Japan end COVID border checks.

Wed, 2023-04-26 09:45 — mike kraft
China drops COVID-19 PCR test requirement for travelers - UPI.com Those traveling to China will no longer have to provide PCR test results, the country said on Tuesday, removing a major hurdle for visitors since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. UPI
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Dr. Fauci reflects on missteps, successes of the US Covid-19 pandemic response

Tue, 2023-04-25 17:54 — mike kraft
Fauci reflects on missteps, successes of the US Covid-19 pandemic response | CNN Since Dr. Anthony Fauci retired late last year as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, effectively ending his role as America's Doctor during the Covid-19 public health emergency, he has been reflecting in a series of new interviews on the missteps -- and missed opportunities -- that characterized the pandemic response. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID; what do we know about reinfection?

Mon, 2023-04-24 20:17 — mike kraft
After Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID, what do we know about reinfection? Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Studies suggest that most Americans have been infected with COVID at least once but a growing number have been infected multiple times. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not provide reinfection data but state-level data paints a varied picture. Yahoo

 

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Potential Explanation for COVID Vaccine Blood Clot Connection--new research

Mon, 2023-04-10 10:24 — mike kraft
New Research Uncovers Potential Explanation for COVID Vaccine Blood Clot Connection Scientists identify key differences in immune responses to the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines. A recent study conducted by a team from SAHMRI and Flinders University in Australia has revealed significant variations in the way the AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines affect the immune system. T Colin Collins SciTechDaily

 

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New frequency comb breathalyzer detects COVID-19 with excellent accuracy

Fri, 2023-04-07 17:41 — mike kraft
New frequency comb breathalyzer detects COVID-19 with excellent accuracy JILA researchers have upgraded a breathalyzer based on Nobel Prize-winning frequency-comb technology and combined it with machine learning to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection with excellent accuracy in 170 ... Science X

 

...Their achievement represents the first real-world test of the technology's capability to diagnose disease in exhaled human breath. Their study on this topic was published in the Journal of Breath Research.

 

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India states asked to ramp up testing as COVID-19 cases climb

Fri, 2023-04-07 10:31 — mike kraft
India asks states to ramp up testing as COVID-19 cases climb India's federal government asked states to identify emergency hotspots and ramp up-testing for COVID-19, after the country recorded its highest daily case count since September, a Reuters tally showed on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Funding the search for answers about post COVID-19 condition: how Stichting Long COVID is stimulating research in the Netherlands

Fri, 2023-03-31 13:33 — FNUOvviyaa
Funding the search for answers about post COVID-19 condition: how Stichting Long COVID is stimulating research in the Netherlands “What I don’t understand is why there isn’t more of a sense of urgency about funding research into long COVID, when it is costing society so much,” says Ellen Bark, co-found
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'We have arrived in the post-antibiotic era': WHO warns of too few new drugs for deadly superbugs

Wed, 2023-03-29 13:35 — FNUOvviyaa
As superbug infections grow more common, the world is running out of drugs to treat them Health officials are sounding increasingly urgent alarms about the need for powerful new drugs to treat increasingly resistant infections. NBC News

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WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research

Sun, 2023-03-19 02:28 — FNUOvviyaa
WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research Advisors to the World Health Organization on Saturday urged China to release all information related to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic after new findings were briefly shared on an international database used to track pathogens. Reuters Reuters

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