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Seventeen million persons in EU may have suffered long COVID-19--WHO

Tue, 2022-09-13 23:42 — mike kraft

WHO report: 17 million in EU may have suffered long COVID-19 JERUSALEM (AP) — New research suggests at least 17 million people in the European Union may have experienced long COVID-19 symptoms during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, with women more likely than men to suffer from the condition, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. AP NEWS

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WHO sees October COVID surge in Ukraine, cites polio concerns

Mon, 2022-09-12 21:30 — mike kraft

WHO sees October COVID surge in Ukraine, cites polio concerns The World Health Organisation expects a rise in COVID-19 in Ukraine to peak in October, possibly bringing hospitals close to their capacity threshold, WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. Reuters Reuters

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New York to step up polio vaccinations after virus found in wastewater

Mon, 2022-09-12 21:21 — mike kraft

New York to ramp up polio vaccinations after virus found in wastewater New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a disaster emergency on Friday in a bid to accelerate efforts to vaccinate residents against polio after the virus was detected in wastewater samples taken in four counties. Tyler Clifford Reuters

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COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over--WHO

Thu, 2022-09-08 03:59 — mike kraft

WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday. AP NEWS

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10.5 million children were orphaned or lost a primary caregiver due to COVID--study

Wed, 2022-09-07 08:18 — mike kraft

10.5 million children were orphaned or lost a primary caregiver due to COVID, study finds A study published Tuesday estimates that 10.5 million children worldwide lost a primary caregiver or were orphaned due to COVID-19. YahooNews

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Analysis: Study suggests new Omicron-specific vaccines offer only similar protection to existing boosters

Tue, 2022-09-06 21:07 — mike kraft

New Omicron-specific vaccines offer similar protection to existing boosters Nature - Updated COVID jabs have been approved in the United States and United Kingdom, but they offer roughly the same protection as existing vaccines, a study suggests. Callaway, Ewen nature

In the coming days, people in the United States and the United Kingdom will be among the first to receive a new breed of COVID-19 vaccine. The hope was that these updated vaccines — based on Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus — would offer substantially greater protection than older vaccines based on the strain of the virus that emerged in 2019.

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Reference: Time line of Covid-19 Pandemic developments

Fri, 2022-09-02 05:45 — mike kraft

Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts Read CNN's Fast Facts about the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. CNN Editorial Research CNN

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(CNN) Here's a look at the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The coronavirus, called Covid-19 by WHO, originated in China and is the cousin of the SARS virus.

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The summer of spreading virus threats viruses reflects travel, warming trends and animal contacts

Fri, 2022-09-02 05:31 — mike kraft

Covid, monkeypox, polio: Summer of viruses reflects travel, warming trends "We are the invaders of the viral world, not vice versa," a virologist says. Mark Johnson Washington Post

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New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere --WHO

Thu, 2022-09-01 20:25 — mike kraft

WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization described as a “welcome decline” at a media briefing on Wednesday. AP NEWS

... WHO said COVID-19 infections dropped everywhere in the world while deaths decreased everywhere except for Southeast Asia, where they climbed by 15% and in the Western Pacific, where they rose by 3%.

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Monkeypox infections slowing in US, WHO says outbreak can be eliminated in Europe

Tue, 2022-08-30 21:03 — mike kraft

Monkeypox infections are slowing in the US. Will it last? The pace of new monkeypox cases reported in some major cities -- and in the US overall -- has started to slow recently, but experts say it's too early to know if the trend will last. Deidre McPhillips, CNN CNN

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