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US flu cases are peaking but now home tests are available

Wed, 2025-02-05 10:15 — mike kraft

US flu cases are peaking for a second time this season. Now you can test for the virus at home | CNN The United States is seeing a second peak in flu cases this season. After doctor’s office visits for flu dipped early this year, they jumped past the previous season peak at the end of last month, with a 30% test positivity rate — and there are still months to go. Neha Mukherjee CNN

...there are some new tools to help this respiratory virus season: over-the-counter tests that can identify whether an illness is Covid-19 or influenza.

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COVID: The U.S. Is Having Its Mildest Covid Winter Yet

Wed, 2025-02-05 10:07 — mike kraft

This winter’s Covid wave in the United States has been the gentlest to date, in a welcome reprieve.

According to wastewater data aggregated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, not only was there less Covid circulating over the holidays than in previous years, but there was also less virus in the wastewater than in all the summer waves the program has tracked.

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Status of flu, RSV, COVID and norovirus infecions in the U.S.

Wed, 2025-02-05 09:59 — mike kraft

Is a 'quademic' swirling? What you should know about flu, RSV, COVID and norovirus All are not peaking at precisely the same time, but spikes in the 4 viruses are "clustering," experts say. Yahoo News

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A nationwide surge in flu, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus infections is fueling concerns of a possible virus "quademic." Or is it just winter?

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Long COVID has affected more than 1 million children -- CDC study suggests

Tue, 2025-02-04 11:29 — mike kraft

Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests A new CDC study published Monday found that more than 1 million children were affected by long COVID in 2023. Higher levels were found in lower-income households. ABC News ABC News

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Long COVID, a condition that occurs when patients still have symptoms at least three months after clearing infection, has been well-documented in adults, but its impact on children has been less clear.

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U.S. CDC restores some but not all health related information on its website

Tue, 2025-02-04 10:43 — mike kraft

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention purged from its website thousands of pages that included terms such as “transgender,” “L.G.B.T.” and “pregnant person,” to comply with an executive order barring any material that promoted “gender ideology.”

By Monday, some of the pages had reappeared, in part in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health, according to a senior official with knowledge of the matter.

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Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills one and infects two other people

Mon, 2025-02-03 18:46 — mike kraft

Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week ABC News ABC News

...This is the first trial to assess the efficacy of a vaccine against the Sudan strain, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

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Trump's State Department takes over USAID as it suspends its humanitarian programs

Mon, 2025-02-03 18:39 — mike kraft

Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department | CNN Politics Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the State Department. Jennifer Hansler, Lauren Kent, Alex Marquardt, Kevin Liptak CNN

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Second judge blocks Trump's federal aid funding freeze

Mon, 2025-02-03 17:44 — mike kraft

Judge says Trump administration appears to be blocking funding despite court orders A small nonprofit, which helps West Virginians with disabilities, found its federal government reimbursements funds were unavailable as of Sunday. Maureen Groppe USA TODAY

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US health websites, datasets taken down as agencies comply with Trump's executive orders

Mon, 2025-02-03 17:34 — mike kraft

US health websites, datasets taken down as agencies comply with Trump executive orders | CNN Several US government health websites and resources have been taken down or modified as agencies comply with executive orders from President Donald Trump. Jen Christensen, Nick Valencia, Jacqueline Howard, Deidre McPhillips, Brenda Goodman CNN

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Bird flu: Trump administration’s communication freeze restricted access to critical information--veterinarians

Mon, 2025-02-03 11:01 — mike kraft

Trump administration’s communication freeze restricted access to critical bird flu information Veterinarians treating cows are waiting for test results to determine their risk. But they’re facing delays Yahoo News

... the Trump administration has blocked the release of some of the information used to protect against H5N1 and understand this risk, including studies that show how frequently veterinarians who treat cows had been unknowingly infected.

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