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Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:15 — mike kraft

Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19 The Compendium stores over 140 documents and has recorded over 300 visits to the most popular ones. The Compendium is maintained and expanded to reflect the most relevant experiences and learnings from COVID-19 vaccination.

The Global Compendium of Country Knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination is now available on TechNet21. ...

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COVID vaccinations: Targeted texts help encourage recipients to get their shot--study

Thu, 2024-11-21 11:17 — mike kraft

Targeted texts boost COVID vaccine uptake, 2 trials show The authors establish that text messages sent with an ownership frame, "your [vaccine] is ready for you," were associated with higher vaccine uptake. CIDRAP

Two randomized control trials conducted in the Netherlands show text messages can increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake, especially if they are formulated with a message using ownership words, such as "your vaccine is ready."

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Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. group’s attempt to protect anti-Covid-vaccine doctors from misinformation investigations

Thu, 2024-11-21 10:49 — mike kraft

RFK Jr. Group Denied by Justice Kagan in Covid Vaccine Dispute US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan refused to stop Washington state officials from disciplining doctors who spread misinformation about Covid-19. BLaw

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U.S. COVID and RSV levels expected to increase in coming weeks --CDC

Thu, 2024-11-21 10:07 — mike kraft

US CDC expects COVID and RSV levels to increase in coming weeks

Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it expects to see an increase in levels of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the country in the coming weeks, as they usually do during the holiday season.

Large gatherings, travel and more time indoors, which typically happen during the holiday season, tend to cause more viruses to spread easily, the health agency said.

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COVID-19 hitches a ride on mucus to spread deep into lungs --study

Wed, 2024-11-20 10:01 — mike kraft

COVID-19 hitches a ride on mucus to spread deep into lungs, live imaging shows The COVID-19 virus spreads via mucus once inside an infected airway, allowing it to reach into the lower lungs, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications. Olivia Dimmer Medical Xpress

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Economic burden of long COVID greater on women --studies

Tue, 2024-11-19 17:25 — mike kraft

Two studies describe economic burden, sex differences of long COVID Long COVID can cause substantial economic loss and missed days of work, and it can strike women more often than men—possibly because women have increased expression of an RNA gene implicated in autoimmunity—according to two new studies. CIDRAP

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Six in 10 Americanssay they probably won't get updated COVID vaccine shot --poll

Tue, 2024-11-19 17:18 — mike kraft

60% of Americans say they probably won’t get an updated COVID-19 vaccine Democrats and those who lean to the Democratic Party are more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to say they will get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. Alec Tyson Pew Research Center

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Analysis: Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic -- study and 17 charts

Tue, 2024-11-19 11:47 — mike kraft

17 key charts to understand the COVID-19 pandemic The pandemic has resulted in over twenty million deaths. In this article, we review the key insights from global data on COVID-19. Our World in Data

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Many long COVID patients face slim recovery odds as attention fades

Fri, 2024-11-15 10:41 — mike kraft

Many long COVID patients adjust to slim recovery odds as world moves on

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The best window for recovery is in the first six months after getting COVID-19, with better odds for people whose initial illness was less severe, as well as those who are vaccinated, researchers in the United Kingdom and the United States found

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Third dose of COVID vaccines protect frontline workers from long COVID --study

Fri, 2024-11-15 10:24 — mike kraft

COVID vaccines protect frontline workers from long COVID, data suggest The study was based on outcomes seen among essential workers with COVID-19 infection from June 2021 to September 2022. CIDRAP

A third dose of COVID-19 vaccine offered essential workers some protection from developing long COVID during Omicron variant predominance, according to a new study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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