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Everything You Need to Know About Paxlovid — Especially, Should You Take It?

Thu, 2022-07-28 17:42 — FNUOvviyaa
Everything You Need to Know About Paxlovid — Especially, Should You Take It? Paxlovid has eclipsed other available therapies for preventing life-threatening covid symptoms in high-risk patients. But even as doctors praise its effectiveness, many say they have unanswered que… khnerich Kaiser Health News

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Reinfection, severe outcome more common with BA.5 variant; virus spike protein toxic to heart cells

Thu, 2022-07-28 17:38 — FNUOvviyaa
Reinfection, severe outcome more common with BA.5 variant; virus spike protein toxic to heart cells Compared with the earlier Omicron BA.2 subvariant, currently dominant Omicron BA.5 is linked with higher odds of causing a second SARS-COV-2 infection regardless of vaccination status, a study from Portugal suggests. Further, they found, in infected heart muscle cells only the SARS-CoV-2 spike interacted with so-called TLR4 proteins (Toll-like receptor-4) that recognize invaders and trigger inflammatory responses. YahooNews

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Testing is crucial to getting monkeypox under control, but there's a 'shocking' lack of demand

Thu, 2022-07-28 17:15 — FNUOvviyaa
Testing is crucial to getting monkeypox under control, but there's a 'shocking' lack of demand Testing for monkeypox, a crucial part of containing the growing outbreak, has gotten off to a sluggish start at the five commercial laboratories that are doing nearly all of the nation's testing, CNN has learned. Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent CNN

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‘Absolutely ridiculous’: experts condemn Victoria’s scaling back of Covid PCR testing

Wed, 2022-07-27 15:30 — FNUOvviyaa
‘Absolutely ridiculous’: experts condemn Victoria’s scaling back of Covid PCR testing State government guidelines state ‘targeted’ testing approach is for ‘clinically vulnerable people’ and other at-risk groups the Guardian

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CDC to make monkeypox nationally notifiable condition - Politico

Wed, 2022-07-27 15:06 — FNUOvviyaa
CDC to make monkeypox nationally notifiable condition - Politico The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to make the rapidly spreading monkeypox disease a nationally notifiable condition, the Politico reported on Wednesday, a move that would streamline reporting of cases. Reuters Reuters

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Friday Q&A: Matthew Binnicker, Mayo Clinic’s director of clinical virology, talks COVID-19, monkeypox testing

Mon, 2022-07-25 16:30 — FNUOvviyaa
Friday Q&A: Matthew Binnicker, Mayo Clinic's director of clinical virology, talks COVID-19, monkeypox testing With cases of both viruses rising across the U.S., clinical laboratories are bringing in staff to ramp up monkeypox testing, even as demand falls for clinical diagnostics of COVID-19. Elise Reuter MedTech Dive

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Monkeypox is spreading faster than the data about it, hindering mitigation efforts

Mon, 2022-07-25 15:25 — FNUOvviyaa
Monkeypox is spreading faster than the data about it, hindering mitigation efforts Two months after the United States' first monkeypox case was confirmed, the total has risen to about 2,900. But details about those cases and other epidemiological data aren't spreading nearly as quickly as the virus itself, leaving holes in the response. Deidre McPhillips, CNN CNN

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WHO releases global COVID-19 vaccination strategy update to reach unprotected

Fri, 2022-07-22 21:28 — FNUOvviyaa
WHO releases global COVID-19 vaccination strategy update to reach unprotected The global COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history but many of those at greatest risk remain unprotected – only 28% of older people and 37% of health care workers in low-income countries have received their primary course of vaccines and most have not received booster doses.Health care workers, over 60s and other at-risk groups must be reached as priorities on the way to reaching the 70% coverage target. WHO’s strategy update elevates the targets of vaccinating 100%
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New study estimates how many children will get long Covid

Fri, 2022-07-22 21:13 — FNUOvviyaa
New study estimates how many children will get long Covid Research published Friday suggests that less than 10% of children with Covid will go on to have long-term symptoms. NBC News

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We’re Testing for Monkeypox the Wrong Way

Fri, 2022-07-22 21:04 — FNUOvviyaa
We’re Testing for Monkeypox the Wrong Way No one should have to wait until they’re covered with sores. Benjamin Mazer The Atlantic

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