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WHO approves first mpox test for quick diagnosis

Mon, 2024-10-07 23:07 — mike kraft

Mpox in Africa: WHO approves first mpox test for quick diagnosis Lack of testing and delays in getting the results have made curbing the virus's spread harder. BBC News

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first diagnostic test for mpox where the results can be immediately known, saying it could prove pivotal in helping to stop the rising global cases of the deadly virus.

The new PCR test enables the detection of the mpox DNA taken from skin lesion swabs.

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Placing COVID patients in skilled nursing facilities during the early pandemic led to increased cases, deaths, study finds

Wed, 2024-06-05 05:53 — mike kraft

Placing COVID patients in skilled nursing facilities led to increased cases, deaths, study finds Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some states allowed COVID-19 patients to be discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and even offered financial incentives to SNFs to take in patients to deal with hospital bed shortages. CIDRAP

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Children with COVID continued to shed virus for median of 3 days, supporting school-isolation policies --study

Tue, 2023-10-24 22:56 — mike kraft

Study: Kids with COVID shed virus for median of 3 days, supporting school-isolation policies iStock CIDRAP

Children who tested positive for COVID-19 in 2022 were contagious for a median of 3 days, regardless of vaccination status, suggesting that 5-day school isolation policies are sufficient amid Omicron variant predominance, University of Southern California (USC) and Stanford University researchers report today in JAMA Pediatrics.

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Guidance on vaccinations, etc as summer Covid-19 cases increase

Mon, 2023-08-07 23:13 — mike kraft

As a summer wave of Covid-19 hits the US, questions about vaccines, quarantine and testing are back | CNN Covid-19 is on the rise again as the world approaches the fourth virus season since the coronavirus arrived on the scene. Amanda Musa CNN

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Opinion: The Myth of Polarization during the early stages of the COVID pandemic in the U.S.

Thu, 2023-06-29 08:14 — mike kraft

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U.S. FDA panel unanimously votes in favor of RSV antibody treatment for infants

Fri, 2023-06-09 07:14 — mike kraft

FDA panel unanimously votes in favor of RSV antibody treatment for infants The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) antimicrobial drug advisory panel on Thursday voted unanimously in favor of approving a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) treatment for infants, bring… jchoi The Hill

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Most disaster giving goes to relief efforts, not rebuilding--study

Fri, 2023-02-10 01:29 — mike kraft

Most disaster giving goes to relief efforts, not rebuilding The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated a long-running pattern in giving by foundations and charities for health and natural disasters, a new Chronicle analysis of nine years of data show. Ninety percent of the $5.2 billion donated in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, went to dealing with immediate disaster needs. AP NEWS

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Updated: Guidance on how long people should quarantine with newest COVID variant XBB1.5

Wed, 2023-02-01 23:08 — mike kraft

...People with COVID-19 should isolate for five days, the CDC said. And, if they are asymptomatic or their symptoms are resolving (without fever for 24 hours), they should follow that by five days of wearing a mask when around others to minimize the risk of infecting people they encounter.

The change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of COVID transmission occurs early in the course of illness — generally in the one to two days prior to onset of symptoms, and then two to three days after, according to CDC guidance.

Additionally, the CDC also recently updated the recommended quarantine period for anyone who knows they were exposed to COVID-19.

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International study estimates COVID school closures cost children about one-third of a year’s learning

Tue, 2023-01-31 07:35 — mike kraft

COVID school closures cost children one-third of a year’s learning Nature - A sustained catch-up effort is needed to help students to recover lost skills and knowledge. Naddaf, Miryam nature

Children lost out on more than one-third of a school years’ worth of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis has found. Their mathematics skills were more affected than their reading abilities.

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