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Covid pandemic provided an opportunity to watch the human immune system respond in real time

Fri, 2024-03-29 22:46 — mike kraft

Covid’s scientific silver lining: A chance to watch the human immune system respond in real time Covid wreaked havoc on the world. It also provided an unprecedented look at the human immune system. Helen Branswell STAT

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The Covid pandemic marked the first time people armed with powerful scientific tools could study how the immune system awakens to and develops defenses against a new threat, in real time, in the global population.

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Scientists study evolution of COVID in an effort to head off a resurgence

Thu, 2024-03-28 02:16 — mike kraft

Rat droppings from New York City. Poop from dog parks in Wisconsin. Human waste from a Missouri hospital. These are some of the materials that are readying us for the next chapter of the coronavirus saga.

More than four years into the pandemic, the virus has loosened its hold on most people’s bodies and minds. But a new variant better able to dodge our immune defenses may yet appear, derailing a hard-won return to normalcy.

Scientists around the country are watching for the first signs.

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Analysis: The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

Wed, 2024-03-27 22:59 — mike kraft

The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients - KFF Health News It’s estimated that an older patient can spend three weeks of the year getting care — and that doesn’t count the time it takes to arrange appointments or deal with insurance companies. khnkit KFF Health News

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Opinion: U.S. needs nonpartisan commission to examaine what wrong in dealing with early stages of COVID pandemic

Sat, 2024-03-23 07:30 — mike kraft

What Did the US Get Wrong During Covid? We Need to Know In the first year of the pandemic, leaders badly fumbled. We need a nonpartisan investigation into how things went so wrong. F.D. Flam Bloomberg

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Opinion: sabbaticals for nurses could help counter shortages and burnout

Thu, 2024-03-21 23:16 — mike kraft

Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout. Torie Bosch STAT

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Analysis: After years of ransomware attacks, health-care defenses still fail

Wed, 2024-03-20 22:58 — mike kraft

After years of ransomware attacks, health-care defenses still fail The danger was obvious in 2021, when ransomware gangs struck hospitals already overwhelmed by the covid-19 pandemic. Joseph Menn The Washington Post

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Marking the fading of the COVID pandemic, the U.S. NIH is shelving its COVID treatment guidelines

Wed, 2024-03-20 22:16 — mike kraft

In a pandemic milestone, the NIH ends guidance on COVID treatment The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic. NPR

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The last version of the NIH's COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines was issued in February. The archives of the guidance — available online until August — document how scientific understanding and technological progress evolved during the pandemic.

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Differences between health workers, laypeople on how to allocate limited medical resources amid a crisis--survey

Fri, 2024-03-15 22:41 — mike kraft

Health workers, laypeople differ on how to allocate limited medical resources amid a crisis On average, healthcare providers more strongly agreed that scarce resources shouldn't be allocated to patients less likely to survive. CIDRAP

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Blood Test Could Predict Long-Term COVID-19 Lung Problems --University of Virginia research

Fri, 2024-03-15 05:42 — mike kraft

Blood Test Could Predict Long-Term COVID-19 Lung Problems New research alleviates concerns that severe COVID-19 could trigger relentless, ongoing lung scarring that could lead to death. Joshua Barney UVA Health Newsroom

UVA Health researchers have discovered a potential way to predict which patients with severe COVID-19 are likely to recover well and which are likely to suffer “long-haul” lung problems. That finding could help doctors better personalize treatments for individual patients.

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