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What people with ‘super immunity’ can teach us about COVID and other viruses
Do a lucky few have a kind of biological armor against infection? Scientists are just beginning to unlock the mystery of the true Covid dodgers.
Source: NBC News
11 Mar 2023
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How Africa can close the gap in COVID-19 vaccine equity: One student’s perspective
A new commentary authored by Yale School of Public Health PhD student Natasha Turyasingura, in collaboration with senior researchers from Yale and Columbia University, suggests ways Africa can improve COVID-19 vaccination rates and prepare for future pandemics.
14 Feb 2023
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Responding to pandemic: Yale professors reflect on COVID-19 public service
As the third anniversary of the pandemic approaches, Abbe R. Gluck and Marcella Nunez-Smith reflect on the roles of a lifetime — creating a national response.
Source: Yale News
10 Feb 2023
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Norovirus, aka stomach flu, is spreading across the US: What to know about symptoms, and treatment
It's officially stomach flu season in the United States. Right now, outbreaks of norovirus are on the rise in the 14 states that report data to the CDC’s NoroSTAT program.
Source: NBC Today
7 Feb 2023
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Experts: Pfizer tests on COVID vaccines, treatment in line with industry standards
An Associated Press review of a claim that Pfizer acknowledged in a statement that it conducted “gain of function” research as part of its development of a vaccine and a separate medical treatment for COVID-19 found the claim is false.
Source: Associated Press
2 Feb 2023
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China’s Covid Tsunami Recedes, Bringing Relief, Grief and Anxiety
Chinese officials say an onslaught of infections has slowed, and many people seem eager to move on. But fresh flare-ups could bring more illness and deaths.
Source: The New York Times
31 Jan 2023
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How the global Pandemic Fund can live up to its great potential
World leaders in November launched a new global Pandemic Fund housed at the World Bank to break the historic pattern of “panic and neglect” regarding global disease outbreaks. The fund was crafted with good intentions and has enormous potential. But that’s far from sufficient to guarantee success.
Source: The Washington Post
30 Jan 2023
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3 Essential Questions: New vaccine recommendations for COVID-19
Dr. Jeffrey Townsend discusses an FDA advisory panel’s recommendation to ‘harmonize’ future COVID-19 vaccines and possibly distribute a single annual dose of vaccine, similar to the flu shot.
26 Jan 2023
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Do bivalent boosters work against XBB.1.5? Vaccine questions, answered.
New CDC data shows updated boosters are cutting risk of getting sick from covid-19 by about half
Source: The Washington Post
25 Jan 2023
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FDA rethinks its strategy on future COVID vaccines
An FDA advisory panel meeting tomorrow could start a reset of how the U.S. approaches its COVID-19 vaccine strategy.
Source: Axios
25 Jan 2023
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The next worrisome coronavirus variant could come from China — will it get detected?
Genomic surveillance is crucial for tracking the next ‘variant of concern’, but many countries are winding back their monitoring.
Source: Nature
24 Jan 2023
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How often do you need a COVID booster shot? Yearly, new data suggests.
Healthy people should get annual COVID-19 boosters to prevent widespread outbreaks, suggests a new study from Yale University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Source: USA Today
20 Jan 2023
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Why China dumped its ‘zero covid’ policy so suddenly — and disastrously
China's sudden policy reversal on Zero COVID in early December and lack of preparation in a country that for years marshaled huge amounts of resources and personnel to enforce covid rules on 1.4 billion people has baffled residents and public health experts.
Source: The Washington Post
19 Jan 2023
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If You’ve Had Covid, Watch Out for Stroke Symptoms
The reality is past Covid infection is a cardiovascular risk factor, a little like elevated cholesterol. It’s not a reason to despair, but it’s a very good reason to be vigilant.
Source: Washington Post
3 Nov 2022
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Will Long COVID Research Provide Answers for Poorly Understood Diseases Like ME/CFS?
ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) is a highly disabling, severe condition that has been largely overlooked and even questioned as an illness by physicians and biomedical researchers for decades. But now, scientists including Yale's Akiko Iwasaki and Harlan Krumholz are finding parallels between post-infection long COVID and ME/CFS.
1 Nov 2022
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Yale researchers have unearthed a new clue that may explain who has long COVID—and how to treat the chronic condition
A new study released Wednesday shows one way doctors might diagnose who has the chronic condition and indicates a possible way to treat it.
Source: Fortune
12 Aug 2022
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What a long COVID diagnosis means when your doctor knows little more than Google
Will long COVID cause a "tsunami of devastation?" Some doctors don't believe the hype, but they do believe patients.
Source: Salon
16 Jun 2022
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Data suggests Connecticut’s COVID death toll has been larger than official numbers say
Connecticut has recorded 10,972 COVID-19 deaths over the past two years. The pandemic’s true death toll might be even higher.
Source: Shelton Herald
4 Jun 2022
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'It's not going to be over': Experts say COVID could stick around in CT this summer and beyond
When the Northeast emerged from the COVID-19 wave that killed thousands of residents this winter, experts voiced guarded optimism about the months to come.
Source: CT Insider
20 May 2022
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What’s Going on With the Testing Requirement for Travel?
The requirement to test for Covid before flying to the United States is hated by many travelers and the U.S. travel industry. But the government shows no sign of getting rid of it.
Source: The New York Times
19 May 2022