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Coronavirus FAQ: Is Paxlovid the best treatment? Is it underused in the U.S.?

The drug is the most effective way to cut the risk of severe disease. It's heading to China now. Yet the drug is underused in some places. Why? And are there options if you're not a good candidate?

WEKU

America's historically bad flu season may be peaking

Amid ongoing reports of the U.S. getting pummeled by respiratory illness, including a harsher flu season than we've seen in years, new data indicates flu may be peaking this season.

Axios

Editorial: DeSantis launches a strike against lifesaving science

Throughout the history of public health in the United States, there have been a handful of moments where a broad cross-section of scientists and other leaders spotted something happening and thought “This is new. This is bad. This could change everything.”

Orlando Sentinel

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Post-pandemic, CDC faces ‘uphill battle’ for backing in new Congress

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?

Ever since the pandemic began the U.S. has been using a public health rule intended to limit the spread of disease to expel migrants seeking asylum

The Independent UK

How to avoid binge drinking and support sober loved ones during the holidays

Experts say there are ways to help loved ones who don’t drink, like having non-alcoholic drink options at gatherings.

Chicago Sun-Times

These simple hacks could boost your flu and Covid-19 vaccines’ effectiveness

It's all about doing the things that promote a healthy immune system.

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Post-pandemic, CDC faces ‘uphill battle’ for backing in new Congress

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky wants to overhaul the agency but needs Congress' help. And she is losing key allies.

Roll Call

US deaths fell this year, but not to pre-COVID levels

The number of U.S. deaths has dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit

The Independent UK

The CDC finally put a number on how many lives long COVID has claimed: 'It's probably an undercount'

The WHO made a code for long COVID deaths in September 2020, but the U.S. hasn’t implemented it yet.

Fortune

US death toll tied to long COVID exceeds 3,500, CDC report says

The health challenges that a bout of COVID-19 sometimes leaves in its wake can be troublesome, scary and quite mysterious. New research confirms they can be deadly as well.

Los Angeles Times

DeSantis demands COVID vax grand jury

Doctors "outraged" after DeSantis pushes investigation and truther panel to refute CDC public health guidance

Salon

Tips to keep you and your family safe from the tripledemic during the holidays

NPR asked a handful of public health experts how to approach a holiday season with not one but three respiratory pathogens helping fill hospitals: COVID, the flu and RSV.

WEKU

Long COVID can be deadly, CDC report warns

CDC analysis shows long COVID played a role in the deaths of at least 3,500 people in the U.S., and the real figure is likely higher.

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Los Angeles Times

Health officials are urging masks again amid high COVID, flu levels

LOS ANGELES — With COVID-19, the flu and other respiratory diseases circulating widely in Los Angeles County and elsewhere, many officials are urging residents to use a familiar tool to help thwart transmission: masks.

Reuters

Sickle cell cure will be cost-effective if health disparities considered -study finds

(This Dec.13 story has been corrected to remove reference to Sanofi in the fifth paragraph)

Evening Standard

What is RSV? Symptoms explained as cases and hospital admissions rise in Europe

Countries such as Ireland, Spain, France, Sweden and the US have reported hospital admissions for RSV

The Independent UK

Azeem Rafiq to provide fresh testimony on racism in cricket to DCMS committee

The 31-year-old first appeared before MPs in November last year

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly's new effort to contain mpox may include vaccine doses, chased with a free cocktail

PHILADELPHIA — As a thumping bass beat shook the floor, Gregory Pierce praised the good people and good vibes at Level Up, a Center City club.

WEKU

Authorities are urging indoor masking in major cities as the 'tripledemic' rages

The CDC is advising people to practice indoor masking in nearly a tenth of U.S. counties, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses sweep the country.

Chicago Tribune

In Illinois, holiday season bringing another rise in COVID-19

CHICAGO — In what’s become an unwelcome tradition over the past two years, coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have been on the rise again in Illinois amid the holiday season.

The Independent UK

Fifteen children have died from Strep A in the UK in recent weeks. Could an outbreak in the US follow?

Amid a recent spike in deaths from Strep A infections in the UK, the CDC is now closely monitoring a possible increase of the bacterial infections in the US. A paediatric infectious disease expert tells Andrea Blanco that previous outbreaks in Britain have not had an impact in America, but…

Salon

DeSantis' pitch: Accept mass death

Ron DeSantis hopes to beat Trump by running as the manly man who rejects vaccines and welcomes mass death

Fortune

COVID, flu, RSV: The benefits of advocating for boosters in the workplace–and how to go about it

The return to the office has turned into a superspreader event.

Reason

College Vaccine Booster Mandates Don't Make Any Medical or Ethical Sense, New Study Concludes

College students should be able to use their own judgment on COVID boosters, not be forced into them by learning institutions.

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