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British warn of difficult COVID winter, it may indicate the same for the US

Wed, 2022-09-28 05:38 — mike kraft

Rising Covid-19 cases in the UK may be a warning for the US | CNN There are signs that the United Kingdom could be heading into a fall Covid-19 wave, and experts say the United States may not be far behind. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Risk of Blood Clots Is Higher than usual for the First Year After COVID-19, New Research Suggests

Fri, 2022-09-23 07:50 — mike kraft

Your Risk of Blood Clots Is High for the First Year After You Have COVID-19, Study Suggests The risk is still rare, but it happens. Prevention

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England's Covid hospitalisations rise by nearly 20% in a week i

Thu, 2022-09-22 14:45 — mike kraft

Covid hospitalisations rise by nearly 20% in a week in England People urged to get a Covid booster jab if eligible and to stay at home if ill as number of positive tests and patients admitted to hospital on the rise the Guardian

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WHO 'strongly advises against' use of two older COVID treatments

Thu, 2022-09-15 16:34 — mike kraft

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UK long-term sickness rate rises to highest since 2005

Tue, 2022-09-13 14:47 — mike kraft

UK long-term sickness rate rises to highest since 2005 The proportion of Britain's workforce too sick to work has jumped to its highest since 2005, which economists say is likely due to a mix of long COVID and greater difficulty in accessing health care since the start of the pandemic. David Milliken Reuters

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Analysis: Putin's efforts to hold Europe hostage over energy supplies. is

Thu, 2022-09-08 07:57 — mike kraft

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted the biggest shake-up of European energy markets this century. This film explains how Europe became so dependent on cheap Russian gas, and explores the hard choices facing the EU as it tries to balance energy security and climate ambitions.

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New anti-malaria vaccine shows promising results

Thu, 2022-09-08 07:24 — mike kraft

Oxford malaria vaccine data bodes well for effort to combat deadly disease Encouraging new data on a malaria vaccine from Oxford University bodes well for global effort to combat the mosquito-borne disease that kills a child every minute, its makers said on Wednesday. Natalie Grover Reuters

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Analysis: Study suggests new Omicron-specific vaccines offer only similar protection to existing boosters

Tue, 2022-09-06 06:07 — mike kraft

New Omicron-specific vaccines offer similar protection to existing boosters Nature - Updated COVID jabs have been approved in the United States and United Kingdom, but they offer roughly the same protection as existing vaccines, a study suggests. Callaway, Ewen nature

In the coming days, people in the United States and the United Kingdom will be among the first to receive a new breed of COVID-19 vaccine. The hope was that these updated vaccines — based on Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus — would offer substantially greater protection than older vaccines based on the strain of the virus that emerged in 2019.

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Britain approves Pfizer/BioNTech's updated COVID-19 booster vaccine

Tue, 2022-09-06 05:52 — mike kraft

Britain approves Pfizer/BioNTech's updated COVID-19 booster vaccine Britain's medicines regulator on Saturday approved Pfizer /BioNTech's updated bivalent COVID-19 booster shot for people aged 12 years and older. Reuters Reuters

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UK downgrades Covid-19 alert level as number of cases fall

Wed, 2022-08-31 16:19 — mike kraft

UK downgrades Covid-19 alert level amid falling cases Chief medical officers said the wave of Omicron variants was ‘subsiding’, although ‘further surges are likely’ PA Media the Guardian

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