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Covid-19 is 'still a pandemic' --WHO and its policy briefs link

Wed, 2024-01-03 11:15 — mike kraft

Covid-19 is 'still a pandemic' says World Health Organization We are not out of the woods just yet, with regards to Covid Rudi Kinsella Irish Star

The World Health Organization (WHO) has shared its reasoning as to why they are still classing Covid-19 as an ongoing pandmeic.

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Clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges

Tue, 2024-01-02 19:09 — mike kraft

The year in clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn away from fossil fuels and prevent severe warming and its effects. AP News

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Opinion: COVID-19 has tested us. Will we be ready for the next pandemic?

Tue, 2024-01-02 19:02 — mike kraft

COVID-19 has tested us. Will we be ready for the next pandemic? An infectious disease expert with insider access gives his take on what we did well, what we need to fix, and how to prepare for future outbreaks. Science

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COVID, flu severity similar, but Omicron BA.5 patients more likely to die--study

Tue, 2024-01-02 18:51 — mike kraft

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Long covid still confounds us. Here’s what is now known.

Tue, 2024-01-02 11:40 — mike kraft

Four years on, long covid still confounds us. Here’s what we now know. As many as 7 percent of Americans report having suffered from a slew of lingering symptoms after enduring covid. Frances Stead Sellers The Washington Post

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Other critical illnesses as well as COVID can affect brain health --Danish study

Fri, 2023-12-29 13:36 — mike kraft

Study finds similar brain effects after severe COVID, other critical illnesses Pornchai Soda / iStock CIDRAP

A study involving hospitalized adults today in JAMA Network Open finds that severe COVID-19 negatively affects brain health, but no more so than pneumonia, heart attack, or other critical illnesses.

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Analysis: The pace of global warming may be accelerating. But not everyone agrees.

Thu, 2023-12-28 12:14 — mike kraft

Is climate change speeding up? Here’s what the science says. Some scientists have warned the rate of global warming might soon accelerate. And now, after the hottest year in recorded history, some believe it is already happening. The Washington Post

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Gaza, Ukraine, and other conflicts could be accelerating antibiotic resistance

Thu, 2023-12-28 11:29 — mike kraft

Gaza, Ukraine, and other conflicts could be accelerating antibiotic resistance Military conflict can drastically accelerate the emergence and spread of drug-resistant bugs. Torie Bosch STAT

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Risk of long COVID increases with each COVID infection--study

Wed, 2023-12-27 18:44 — mike kraft

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2023 was the year of record heat temperatures

Wed, 2023-12-27 10:32 — mike kraft

2023 was the year of record heat temperatures Humans have just experienced what will go down as the hottest year in recorded history -- so far -- as the planet experienced heating at an unprecedented pace. ABC News ABC News

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Throughout 2023, records for the warmest temperatures around the world were broken one by one. But record-eclipsing temperatures will no longer be an anomaly if greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming continue at the current pace, according to climate scientists.

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