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COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking--survey

Wed, 2024-10-02 10:24 — mike kraft

Survey: COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking At least one household member and six healthcare workers who encountered the index case-patient are being investigated after showing symptoms of viral infection. CIDRAP

Online nonprobability survey estimates suggest that 54 million US COVID-19 infections went uncounted in official records after home tests were widely deployed and institutional testing waned starting in February 2022. ...

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U.S. flu cases are rising as masks come off

Mon, 2022-03-28 09:57 — mike kraft

As Covid-19 cases fall and masks come off, flu cases are rising After circulating at nearly nonexistent levels last year, influenza is increasing in most of the United States. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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While flu activity has been increasing in most places across the country, the highest levels have been recorded in the central and south-central regions of the United States, according to the CDC. ...

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Pfizer, US sign $5.29B deal for possible COVID-19 pill treatment

Thu, 2021-11-18 11:25 — mike kraft

Pfizer, US ink $5.29B deal for possible COVID-19 treatment The U.S. government will pay drugmaker Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment if regulators authorize it, the nation's largest purchase agreement yet for a coronavirus therapy. AP NEWS

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Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to authorize emergency use of the experimental pill, which has been shown to significantly cut the rate of hospitalizations and deaths among people with coronavirus infections.

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The Michigan case: State was warned about the British COVID-19 variant, but many ignored it

Wed, 2021-04-21 18:22 — mike kraft

Michigan was warned about the British COVID-19 variant, but many ignored it While schools and restaurants reopened and mask and quarantine rules were relaxed, the British COVID-19 variant ran rampant in Michigan. YahooNews

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Five states account for nearly half of new US coronavirus infections

Tue, 2021-04-06 17:19 — mike kraft

Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just 5 states Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by... AP NEWS

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots.

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