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In March 2020, New York City’s hospitals filled up with patients desperately ill with Covid-19. In many cases, when their fluid-filled lungs could no longer give them oxygen, doctors sedated them and put them on ventilators.

The patients who recovered were taken off the machines and anesthesia. Within a day or so, their doctors expected them to wake up.

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What’s behind the early surge in RSV and flu — and what’s to come

Fri, 2022-10-28 15:29 — mike kraft

Why everybody you know is sick right now What’s behind the early surge in RSV and flu — and what’s to come. Dylan Scott Vox

Cold and flu season is off to a particularly nasty start across the United States.

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Italy to end ban on unvaccinated health workers

Fri, 2022-10-28 14:00 — mike kraft

Italy to end ban on health workers not vaccinated against Covid Italian doctors and nurses suspended from work because they are not vaccinated against Covid-19 will soon be reinstated, new Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Mild Covid victims had increased risk of blood clots-- British study

Wed, 2022-10-26 16:01 — mike kraft

People who caught mild Covid had increased risk of blood clots, British study finds

People who caught mild cases of Covid-19 during the first year of the pandemic had a higher risk of developing blood clots than those who were not infected, according to a large study published by British scientists this week.

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The scientists said their findings highlight the importance of monitoring even people who had mild Covid for cardiovascular disease over the long term.

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COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa ; now cases are surging

Mon, 2022-10-24 21:56 — mike kraft

COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa and now cases are surging | Reuters

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted measles vaccine campaigns globally in 2020 and 2021, leaving millions of children unprotected against one of the world's most contagious diseases, whose complications include blindness, pneumonia and death.

After what health experts call the biggest backslide in a generation, 26 large or disruptive measles outbreaks have sprung up worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. A devastating outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed more than 700 children this year, chiefly among religious sects that do not believe in vaccinations.

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