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Misinformation issue: Doctors worry about continued COVID misinformation in political season

Fri, 2024-01-19 05:32 — mike kraft

As COVID cases rise, doctors worry about the consequences of misinformation Misinformation is still shaping how people perceive the virus and tools designed to protect individuals and communities against COVID’s worst outcomes, public health experts and doctors say. PBS NewsHour

Seeing COVID rates hit another high, and vaccine uptake remain low, doctors don’t have an antidote for something they see as an ongoing risk factor: the spread of misinformation, including on the presidential campaign trail.

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UK study says thousands of Covid deaths could have been avoided if people were fully vaccinated

Wed, 2024-01-17 05:54 — mike kraft

Older people urged to get Covid jab as UK study shows avoidable deaths More than 7,000 hospital admissions and deaths could have been avoided if people had been fully vaccinated The Guardian

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Bivalent vaccines help prevent COVID-related stroke, heart attack in older adults--study

Sat, 2024-01-13 00:50 — mike kraft

Bivalent vaccines help prevent COVID-related stroke, heart attack, US data show Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStock CIDRAP

Bivalent (two-strain) COVID-19 vaccines help protect against COVID-19–related thromboembolic events, including strokes, embolisms, and heart attacks, more so than monovalent (one-strain) vaccines, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Researchers investigate why vaccines are less effective in some older adults

Mon, 2024-01-08 22:33 — mike kraft

Researchers investigate why vaccines don't work as well in some older adults An important aspect to aging is how the immune system changes over time. Such changes have consequences, and they contribute to the greater risk for severe infections and other diseases such as cancer ... Mark Wanner Medical Xpress

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Vaccinated children less likely than unvaccinated to develop long Covid; Idaho has highest rate of unvaccinated school kids

Thu, 2023-12-21 07:26 — mike kraft

Vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID in children Nature - A study shows that US children who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have some protection against developing long-lasting symptoms of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Hall, Shannon nature

Vaccinated children are less likely than unvaccinated children to develop long COVID, the myriad of symptoms that can last for months to years following a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a forthcoming US study¹.

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EU countries destroy 4B Euros worth of COVID vaccines --investigation

Tue, 2023-12-19 01:49 — mike kraft

EU countries destroy €4B worth of COVID vaccines – POLITICO

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Vaccines: WHO advisers recommend sticking with monovalent COVID XBB.1.5 vaccines

Thu, 2023-12-14 04:50 — mike kraft

WHO advisers recommend sticking with monovalent COVID XBB.1.5 vaccines Current vaccines neutralize current variants, but there are limited data on the impact against JN.1, a steadily rising part of the BA.2.86 family. CIDRAP

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Now is the time to get vaccinated, as the holidays – and respiratory virus season – ramp up

Mon, 2023-12-11 22:10 — mike kraft

It’s not too late to get vaccinated, as the holidays – and respiratory virus season – ramp up | CNN Now is the time to get vaccinated to stay safe and healthy amid holiday gatherings and rising levels of respiratory viruses, including the flu, Covid-19 and RSV, experts say. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Indian researchers find no link between cases of sudden death and COVID shots

Thu, 2023-11-23 00:20 — mike kraft

Indian researchers find no link between sudden death and COVID shots Indian researchers found no evidence that COVID-19 vaccination was behind "unexplained sudden deaths", a medical organisation said on Tuesday, instead pointing to the disease itself, binge drinking and intense exercise as risk factors. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. Nursing home vaccination rates are low as COVID cases rise

Wed, 2023-11-22 21:45 — mike kraft

Nursing home vaccination rates are low as COVID cases rise CDC data shows only about 17% of nursing home residents are up to date on their COVID-19 shots. Tina Reed Axios

Only about 17% of nursing home residents and 2% of staff are up to date on their COVID-19 shots as cases rise across the country and health officials prepare for another seasonal tripledemic of respiratory diseases.

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