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Misinformation issue: Medcal expert outlines plan to counter antivaccine movement's next phase

Fri, 2025-01-10 12:49 — mike kraft

Expert outlines plan to combat antivaccine movement's next phase In a recent essay, pediatrician-scientist Peter Hotez proposes a focus on local data, improved benefit-risk communications, actively countering health disinformation, and state-level action to address ... Public Library of Science Medical Xpress

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Infections increases are prompting more use of masks and mandates

Mon, 2025-01-06 12:42 — mike kraft

Are mask mandates making a comeback? Hospitalizations have spiked in major cities, including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. sthomas The Hill

In Southern California, most hospitals never ended their mask mandates after the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, more mandates are returning. ...

Hospitalizations are up sharply in major cities, including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.

Health officials are advising the immunocompromised to mask in public to prevent illness, and in Wisconsin, a major health care group is reinstating a mask mandate beginning next week.

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New Virus Outbreak Hits China Five Years After Covid Crisis Began

Fri, 2025-01-03 10:56 — mike kraft

China Faces New Virus Outbreak Five Years After Covid Crisis China is facing a new virus outbreak, with the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) spreading rapidly, causing flu-like and COVID-19-like symptoms. Hospitals, especially children's hospitals, are overwhelmed. NDTV

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The viruses going around: flu, COVID, norovirus – and don't forget RSV

Thu, 2025-01-02 11:29 — mike kraft

What virus is going around? The flu, COVID, norovirus – and don't forget RSV The risk of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is on the rise, along with that of other illnesses including the flu, stomach flu and COVID-19. Mike Snider USA TODAY

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Immunocompromised may not produce enough protective antibodies against RSV after vaccination--study

Tue, 2024-12-31 13:05 — mike kraft

Immunocompromised may not produce enough protective antibodies against RSV after vaccination, says new study Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that people 60 years or older with weakened immunity—primarily organ transplant recipients who take immunosuppressive medications to reduce the risk of ... Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Medical Xpress

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U.S. Norovirus cases surge, causing widespread stomach illness

Tue, 2024-12-31 12:16 — mike kraft

Norovirus cases surge in US, causing widespread stomach illness Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data. Anita Snow Medical Xpress

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Explainer: Norovius cases are surging. Here's what to look for.

Tue, 2024-12-31 12:09 — mike kraft

Norovirus cases are surging. A doctor explains what to look for | CNN The number of norovirus cases is increasing across the US, but there are ways to reduce your chances of infection and stave off dehydration and other symptoms. Katia Hetter CNN

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Explainer: The status of infectious diseases during this holiday season

Thu, 2024-12-26 10:20 — mike kraft

What to know about infectious diseases during this holiday season As friends and family visit, so too do their viruses. What's trending and where? And how can you protect yourself? The Times speaks with Peter Chin-Hong, a UCSF infectious disease doctor. Los Angeles Times

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Public acceptance of RSV vaccine grows in the U.S. as hesitancy plateaus--poll

Tue, 2024-12-24 17:27 — mike kraft

Public acceptance of RSV vaccine grows as hesitancy plateaus A year after becoming available, vaccines to protect against RSV in newborns and older adults are being more widely accepted by the American public, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) ... Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Xpress

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Overview of public health developoments in 2024--Science News

Thu, 2024-12-19 12:45 — mike kraft

Here’s how public health fared in 2024

The world faced many public health challenges this year, including dangerous heat waves and outbreaks of the infectious diseases dengue and mpox. In the United States, after years of increases, there are early but promising signs of a downward trend in drug overdose deaths.