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A side-by-side comparison of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines

Sat, 2020-12-26 11:46 — mike kraft

A side-by-side comparison of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines A look at how the two authorized vaccines stack up against one another on a host of factors, including efficacy and safety. Helen Branswell STAT

In an ideal world, a pandemic vaccine could be delivered in a single shot, so supplies could be stretched to cover a lot of people. It would trigger no side effect more significant than a sore arm. And it would be easy to ship and store.

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Why you still need to wear a mask after getting COVID-19 vaccine

Sat, 2020-12-26 10:08 — mike kraft

Why you still need to wear a mask after getting COVID-19 vaccine Getting the vaccine does not mean you can ignore precautions. ABC News ABC News

As the promise of a COVID-19 vaccine is fulfilled amid the rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, the need to continue wearing masks, washing your hands and maintaining social distancing remains mission critical to protecting lives.

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What we know about the UK coronavirus variant

Sat, 2020-12-26 09:35 — mike kraft

What we know about the UK coronavirus variant Dozens of countries have banned travel from the UK in an effort to contain a new Covid-19 variant first reported in England. By <a href="/profiles/nectar-gan">Nectar Gan</a>, <a href="/profiles/brett-mckeehan">Brett McKeehan</a>, Zamira Rahim, Ed Upright and Melissa Macaya, CNN CNN

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New studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

Thu, 2020-12-24 16:50 — mike kraft

Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found that people who made antibodies to the coronavirus were much less likely to test positive again for up to six months and maybe longer.

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Interactive map shows state by state coronavirus situation --NPR

Wed, 2020-12-23 19:28 — mike kraft

Coronavirus Is Surging: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak? View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off. NPR.org

This page is updated regularly.

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Interactive Map of where U.S Intensive care units are filling up --NT Times

Wed, 2020-12-23 17:56 — mike kraft

See Where U.S. Intensive Care Units Are Filling Up A Times analysis found that the number of hospitals with full or nearly full I.C.U.s has doubled nationwide since the beginning of October, and more than two in five hospitals have reached a critical occupancy level. nytimes

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What the data say about border closures and COVID spread

Wed, 2020-12-23 17:46 — mike kraft

What the data say about border closures and COVID spread Models estimate that travel restrictions worked early in the pandemic, but became less effective throughout the year. Smriti Mallapaty nature

As countries in Europe rush to close their borders to the United Kingdom to prevent transmission of a new — and potentially more transmissible — variant of SARS-CoV-2, research has estimated the effect of international travel restrictions on COVID-19 spread earlier in the pandemic.

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Can Travel Bans Really Stop the Spread of Coronavirus Variants? Experts Are Skeptical

Wed, 2020-12-23 12:28 — mike kraft

LONDON — As nation after nation rushed this week to close their borders with Britain, the moves brought back memories of the way the world reacted after the coronavirus first emerged broadly in the spring. Most of those initial travel prohibitions came too late, put in place after the virus had already seeded itself in communities far and wide.

This time, with countries trying to stop the spread of a new, possibly more contagious coronavirus variant identified by Britain, it may also be too late. It is not known how widely the variant is already circulating, experts say, and the bans threaten to cause more economic and emotional hardship as the toll wrought by the virus continues to grow.

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Readmission and Death After Initial Hospital Discharge Among Patients With COVID-19 in a Large Multihospital System

Wed, 2020-12-23 12:17 — mike kraft

Readmission and Death After Initial Hospital Discharge Among Patients With COVID-19 This study describes reasons for readmission, use of ICU interventions during readmission, and proportions of death after initial hospital discharge of COVID-19 patients from US Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals March-June 2020. JAMA_current

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Pulse Oximeter Devices Have Higher Error Rate in Black Patients--New study

Wed, 2020-12-23 10:20 — mike kraft

Pulse oximeters are one of the most commonly used tools in medicine. The small devices, which resemble a clothespin, measure blood oxygen when clipped onto a fingertip, and they can quickly indicate whether a patient needs urgent medical care.

Health providers use them when they take vital signs and when they evaluate patients for treatment. Ever since the pandemic started, doctors have encouraged patients with Covid to use them at home.

But in Black patients, the devices can provide misleading results in more than one in 10 people, according to a new study.

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