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Screening for COVID at hospital entry of limited benefit --new study

Tue, 2022-11-29 18:08 — mike kraft

New data: Screening for COVID at hospital entry of limited benefit

Screening nearly 1 million patients, visitors, and healthcare workers at the entrance of a large hospital for COVID-19 symptoms, exposures, or travel was of limited benefit at considerable cost, finds a Yale study published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Disinformation issue: twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy; Ebola misinformation in Uganda

Tue, 2022-11-29 10:12 — mike kraft

Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy | CNN Business Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy, yet another sign of how Elon Musk plans to transform the social media company he bought a month ago. Donie O'Sullivan CNN

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In 2020, Twitter developed an extensive set of rules that sought to prohibit “harmful misinformation” about the virus and its vaccines.

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China: Vaccinespushed for older people, analysis of China's policy problems

Tue, 2022-11-29 09:36 — mike kraft

China targets older people in Covid-19 vaccination drive Plan to accelerate vaccine rates among people over 80 comes as police crack down on protests against country’s zero-Covid policy the Guardian

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U.S. Flu continues to spread across the country, infecting millions, CDC reports

Tue, 2022-11-29 09:25 — mike kraft

Flu came early to the U.S. and 'the floodgates are open' “People don’t have a good appreciation for how severe flu can be,” said the CDC’s influenza expert. Nearly 3,000 deaths from influenza have been reported since October. NBC News

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WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns

Mon, 2022-11-28 10:08 — mike kraft

WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. The U.N. AP NEWS

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The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, saying that both monkeypox and mpox would be used for the next year while the old name is phased out.

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China eases some COVID rules after wide protests of lockdowns

Mon, 2022-11-28 09:53 — mike kraft

China eases COVID rules after wide protests of lockdowns BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe “zero COVID” strategy Monday after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades. AP NEWS

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Overview: China copes with dissent over lockdowns, plus research and other developments

Fri, 2022-11-25 11:39 — mike kraft

As COVID cases rise, China locks down despite criticism The restrictions are at the heart of the unrest in China as the country grapples with a rising number of infections after years of quarantine policies Jaimy Lee MarketWatch

The COVID-19 restrictions are at the heart of the unrest in China as the country grapples with a rising number of infections after years of quarantine policies.

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Analysis: U.S. study describes economic and racial differences in accessing internet information during the pandemic

Fri, 2022-11-25 11:11 — mike kraft

Disparate impacts on online information access during the Covid-19 pandemic Nature Communications - The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated an important changes in online information access. Here, the authors analyse everyday web search interactions across 25,150 US ZIP codes... Nature

The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated important changes in online information access as digital engagement became necessary to meet the demand for health, economic, and educational resources.

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