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Analysis: How climate change is increasing immune health problems and how to counter it

Fri, 2024-04-05 10:36 — mike kraft
How climate change is driving a global epidemic of immune health problems, and how to stop it Every $1 spent on mitigating climate change would save at least $3 in health care costs, largely through a reduction of diseases such as asthma and allergies. Patrick Skerrett STAT
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Paxlovid does not shorten COVID symptoms among fully vaccinated--study

Fri, 2024-04-05 10:21 — mike kraft
Among fully vaccinated, study shows Paxlovid does not shorten symptoms A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that, for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but having at least one risk factor for severe COVID, the antiviral drug Paxlovid did little to reduce symptom duration, but experts caution the findings might not apply to older patients. CIDRAP

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Bird flu: Contrasting views on potential danger to humans

Fri, 2024-04-05 10:10 — mike kraft

 

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WHO Launches ‘CoViNet’ to Track Evolution and Spread of High-Threat Coronaviruses

Thu, 2024-04-04 17:22 — mike kraft
WHO Launches 'CoViNet' To Track Evolution And Spread Of High-Threat Coronaviruses - Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new network, CoViNet, aimed at identifying, monitoring, and evaluating SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, and emerging Health Policy Watch
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Overall global life expectancy increased as world addressed major killers, though Covid pandemic had impact

Thu, 2024-04-04 12:19 — mike kraft

 

Covid cut life expectancy by 1.6 years globally, but the leading causes of death haven’t changed since 1990 The top causes of death globally — heart disease, stroke, COPD, and lower respiratory infections — were unchanged since 1990 except for two years of Covid pandemic. Annalisa Merelli STAT

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COVID-19 infection can increase risk of allergic diseases --study

Thu, 2024-04-04 10:47 — mike kraft

New study reveals increased risk of allergic diseases after COVID-19 infection (news-medical.net)

New study reveals increased risk of allergic diseases after COVID-19 infection The association of COVID-19 with long term allergic conditions. Dr. Liji Thomas, MD News-Medical

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Spread of bird flu raises concern for humans, international animal health body says

Thu, 2024-04-04 10:34 — mike kraft
Wider bird flu spread raises concern for humans, animal health body says The spread of bird flu to an increasing number of species and its widening geographic reach have raised the risks of humans being infected by the virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday. Sybille De La Hamaide Reuters

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Analysis: Covid boosters are a gamechanger – if they are free for everyone

Wed, 2024-04-03 18:31 — mike kraft
Covid boosters are a gamechanger – if they are free for everyone Only private jabs are available to most, but annual shots could reduce healthcare costs and prevent deaths The Guardian

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Lack of immunity raises risk of bird flu pandemic --European food safety agency

Wed, 2024-04-03 09:44 — mike kraft
Lack of immunity raises risk of bird flu pandemic, EFSA says The EU's Food Safety Agency (EFSA) warned on Wednesday of a large-scale bird flu pandemic if the virus becomes transmissible between people as humans lack immunity against the virus. Sybille De La Hamaide Reuters
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Climate change: Humans have crossed 6 of 9 "planetary boundries"

Tue, 2024-04-02 17:54 — mike kraft
Humans Have Crossed 6 of 9 'Planetary Boundaries' Scientists analyzed nine so-called planetary boundaries and found humans are currently transgressing six Meghan Bartels Scientific American

 

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