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Antidepressant users may be less likely to test positive for COVID-19--study

Thu, 2023-06-22 11:25 — mike kraft

Antidepressant users may be less likely to test positive for COVID-19 CIDRAP

New research published in BMC Medicine suggests that using antidepressants (ADs), especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), could help prevent COVID-19 infection.

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Experts say policymakers must learn from the impact of COVID-19 on older people

Tue, 2023-06-20 19:08 — mike kraft

Experts say policymakers must learn from the impact of COVID-19 on older people Policymakers must learn from the impact of COVID-19 on older people in order to tackle the deep-seated inequalities exposed by the pandemic, according to a new publication written by a group of experts ... Science X

In the period between March and December 2020, twice as many years of life were lost in the poorest areas of the country compared with the wealthiest. Ethnic inequalities were a feature across all waves of the pandemic, with rates of death highest among the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.

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Assessment of pandemic's effect on mental health in Europe

Tue, 2023-06-20 09:59 — mike kraft

European study shows mental health impact of pandemic CIDRAP

The first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental health of millions of Europeans, but not as strongly as many feared, with only a modest rise in mental health problems seen in a new systematic review published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Still, access to mental health services has yet to rebound fully.

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Former British PM Cameron says country was prepared for flu-like pandemic rather than COVID

Mon, 2023-06-19 10:07 — mike kraft

Former PM Cameron says Britain was prepared for flu-like pandemic rather than COVID Former prime minister David Cameron told an inquiry on Monday that Britain was prepared for a flu-type pandemic but not enough work was done in advance to confront an asymptomatic disease similar to COVID-19. Reuters Reuters

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A quarter of Britis believe COVID may have been a hoax--poll

Tue, 2023-06-13 10:04 — mike kraft

Quarter in UK believe Covid was a hoax, poll on conspiracy theories finds Survey also finds one in seven say violence is fair response to alleged conspiracies such as ‘15-minute cities’ the Guardian

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Fatigue can lower long-COVID patients' quality of life more than some cancers --study

Fri, 2023-06-09 08:58 — mike kraft

Fatigue can lower long-COVID patients' quality of life more than some cancers CIDRAP

Long-COVID fatigue can diminish quality of life more than some cancers, suggests an observational study published yesterday in BMJ Open.

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EU approves its first vaccine for common respiratory virus RSV

Wed, 2023-06-07 12:06 — mike kraft

EU approves its first vaccine for common respiratory virus RSV European regulators have approved the region's first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes thousands of hospitalisations and deaths annually. Natalie Grover,Eva Mathews Reuters

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The nursing shortage: Recruiting from the Global Health will not solve the problem

Wed, 2023-05-03 12:19 — mike kraft

The Global North can’t solve its health care worker shortage by recruiting from the Global South Some countries with a tradition of training nurses "for export," like the Philippines, are actually facing a huge shortage themselves. Torie Bosch STAT

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The debate over who dangerous are repeat COVID infections

Thu, 2023-04-27 10:56 — mike kraft

Are repeat COVID infections dangerous? What the science says Nature - Researchers disagree over how bad it is to be reinfected, and whether COVID-19 can cause lasting changes to the immune system. Willyard, Cassandra nature

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Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk -- UK study

Tue, 2023-04-25 09:54 — mike kraft

Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk, study finds Shielded people had a slightly higher known infection rate—5.9% versus 5.7%—compared with controls. CIDRAP

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