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Reasons why female health care workers suffer high rate of burnout--study

Fri, 2024-03-08 10:48 — mike kraft
Burnout is rampant among female health care workers. Here’s why Health care workers — and particularly female health care workers — are burning out at alarming rates.   A recent survey from nursing marketplace platform ShiftKey shared with The Hill fo… aoconnelld The Hill

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Latest COVID vaccine, antivirals lower risk of severe COVID-19--new study

Fri, 2024-03-08 10:18 — mike kraft
Latest COVID vaccine, antivirals lower risk of severe COVID-19, new data show According to new research from the Cleveland Clinic published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, updated COVID-19 vaccines—the monovalent (single-strain) XBB.1.5 shots—reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 by 31%, and the use of antiviral drugs reduced the risk of severe disease by 42%. CIDRAP

 

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Americans' concern about COVID reaches record low across political spectrum -- Survey

Thu, 2024-03-07 19:05 — mike kraft
Concern about COVID reaches record low across political spectrum: Survey Concern about the health threat posed by COVID-19 has reached a record low across the political spectrum, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. Twenty percent of all Americans in… tsuter The Hill
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Study outlines how COVID-19 Pandemic affected mortality rates among U.S. Latinos

Thu, 2024-03-07 10:09 — mike kraft

 

COVID-19 pandemic changed all-cause mortality among US Latinos Prior to the pandemic, cumulative mortality risks were higher in the Puerto Rican and Cuban groups. CIDRAP

A new analysis of all-cause mortality of Hispanic and Latino adults published in Annals of Internal Medicine shows Mexicans and Central Americans were most affected by the pandemic.

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ALSO: FDA advisers recommend trivalent flu vaccines for upcoming season

 

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U.S. COVID death toll may have been 16% higher than official tally--study

Wed, 2024-03-06 10:53 — mike kraft

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Covid death toll in US likely 16% higher than official tally, study says Researchers think undercounting goes beyond overloaded health systems to a lack of awareness of Covid and low levels of testing The Guardian

The second year of the pandemic also had nearly as many uncounted excess deaths as the first, the study found.

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Mpox outbreak slowed because of behavior changes, not vaccine--study

Wed, 2024-03-06 10:06 — mike kraft
Mpox outbreak slowed because of behavior changes, not vaccine - UPI.com New research finds the 2022 mpox outbreak among gay and bisexual men began to slow down after just a few months -- even though just 8% of high-risk people had received the mpox vaccine. UPI

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That suggests that it was changes in gay and bisexual men's sexual behaviors, not the vaccine, that caused the outbreak to subside, researchers concluded.

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Some cognitive decline 'objectively measurable' after COVID-19--British study

Wed, 2024-03-06 09:56 — mike kraft
Cognitive decline 'measurable' in those with lasting COVID symptoms Researchers have found that there is 'measurable' cognitive decline in people who had COVID-19, particularly in those whose symptoms persisted after 12 months, though these may not be severe or long-lived. Finn Cohen

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Those who received at least two vaccinations and had fewer repeat infections, and those who were infected with later variants of SARS-CoV-2 had lower measures of cognitive decline.

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U.S. CDC's statements on COVID guidance and vaccine effectiveness.

Tue, 2024-03-05 11:13 — mike kraft

 

CDC'S releases on COVDID updates and Vaccine Effectiveness

...A new CDC report finds that the updated (2023-2024) COVID-19 vaccines cut the risk in half for visiting the emergency department, urgent care, or being hospitalized with COVID-19 for most people.

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Nearly 500 deaths per day in the U.S. from excessive drinking during COVID-19 pandemic -- CDC report

Tue, 2024-03-05 11:01 — mike kraft

 

Nearly 500 deaths per day from excessive drinking during COVID-19 pandemic: CDC report Excessive drinking is associated with chronic dangers such as liver cancer, high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease. Fox TV Stations FOX 7 Austin

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Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines

Tue, 2024-03-05 10:53 — mike kraft

 

The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines | CNN For 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B strains. Brenda Goodman CNN

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In 2020, all the precautions that helped people avoid Covid had an unexpected benefit: An entire branch of the flu’s family tree, a B strain that geneticists call the Yamagata clade, disappeared, and it hasn’t been detected since.

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