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

Thu, 2023-06-22 08:25 — 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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Assessment of pandemic's effect on mental health in Europe

Tue, 2023-06-20 06:59 — 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 07:07 — 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 07:04 — 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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Britain's COVID-19 inquiry opens, hears government was under-prepared

Tue, 2023-06-13 06:30 — mike kraft

Britain's COVID-19 inquiry hears government was under-prepared Britain's government was under-prepared and failed to anticipate measures needed to protect the vulnerable, an official inquiry heard on Tuesday, as its chair pledged to put the bereaved at the heart of her work. Alistair Smout Reuters

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EU approves its first vaccine for common respiratory virus RSV

Wed, 2023-06-07 09:06 — 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 debate over who dangerous are repeat COVID infections

Thu, 2023-04-27 07:56 — 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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U.S. FDA authorizes spring covid booster shots for older adults and the immunocompromised

Tue, 2023-04-18 09:03 — mike kraft

FDA says older adults and the immunocompromised may get a spring booster dose of Covid vaccine People ages 65 and older and those who are immunocompromised will be allowed to receive an additional dose of Covid-19 vaccine — a spring booster — if they wish, the FDA announced Tuesday. Helen Branswell STAT

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COVID disturbed sleep patterns found leading to breathlessness post-infection

Mon, 2023-04-17 16:30 — mike kraft

Study: COVID disturbed sleep patterns, leading to breathlessness post-infection CIDRAP

New research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine and presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) suggests the altered sleep patterns in British residents hospitalized with COVID-19 likely contributed to developing breathlessness, or dyspnea following recovery from the initial illness.

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