What’s to blame for the surge in excess deaths?
Authors: Ross Clark 19 August 2022, The Spectator From the beginning, the debate over lockdowns was skewed by the fact that Covid deaths were imminent – and any other effects…[...]
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New study suggests covid increases risks of brain disorders
Authors: Frances Stead Sellers Fri, August 19, 2022 Washington Post A study published this week in the Lancet Psychiatry showed increased risks of some brain disorders two years after infection…[...]
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Estimates of long Covid are startlingly high. Here’s how to understand them
Authors: Elizabeth Cooney July 2022 STAT Think about the adults you know who have had Covid: Does 1 out of every 5 have long Covid, as the CDC estimates? Asking that question…[...]
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Americans Reflect on Nation’s COVID-19 Response
Priorities Are Misguided Authors: BY CARY FUNK, ALEC TYSON, GIANCARLO PASQUINI AND ALISON SPENCER July 7, 2022 Pew Research As levels of public concern over the coronavirus outbreak recede, Americans offer a lackluster evaluation of…[...]
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Understanding COVID-19 through genome-wide association studies
Authors: Tom H. Karlsen Nature Genetics volume 54, pages368–369 (2022)Cite this article 8742 Accesses 1 Citations 87 Altmetric Defining the most appropriate phenotypes in genome-wide association studies of COVID-19 is challenging, and two new publications demonstrate…[...]
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How COVID Could Screw You Worse With Each Reinfection
Authors: David Axe Tue, July 5, 2022 The more times you catch COVID, the sicker you’re likely to get with each reinfection. That’s the worrying conclusion of a new study drawing on…[...]
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About 30 percent of COVID patients develop ‘Long COVID,’ research finds
Authors: April 19, 2022Source:University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences New UCLA research finds that 30% of people treated for COVID-19 developed Post Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), most…[...]
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CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccines for babies, kids under 5. Here are 6 things parents need to know
The CDC says that parents may vaccinate very young children against coronavirus but what should they know first? Authors: Dr. Marty Makary | Fox News June 24, 2022 On Saturday,…[...]
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Severe COVID ‘Rare’ in People Who Didn’t Get Vaccine, Survey Reveals
A survey of 300,000 people who didn’t get the COVID-19 vaccine revealed the unvaccinated didn’t place a disproportionate burden on health systems — in fact, they experienced very low rates…[...]
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Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 account for up to 13% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
Authors: Mrinalika Roy Reuters The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up nearly 5% and 8% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of…[...]
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