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Bivalent booster shots were ‘tremendous’ in lowering hospitalization rates, doctor says

Bivalent booster shots were ‘tremendous’ in lowering hospitalization rates, doctor says

As the holiday season approaches, COVID cases are on the rise once again around the world. Globally, there have been more than 654 million COVID cases, with more than 15 million recorded in the last 28 days, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. is nearing an overall total of 100 million cases, with more than 1.5 million cases seen over the last 28 days. Despite this uptick, one NYC-based physician is optimistic about how the U.S. will fare throughout the winter,… Source link

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Google sued by anti-vax doctor over YouTube ban

Google sued by anti-vax doctor over YouTube ban

Summary Companies Related documents Joseph Mercola says abrupt ban violated terms of service Doctor known for false claims linking childhood vaccines to widespread health problems (Reuters) – A Florida doctor known for spreading false claims about vaccines has sued Google LLC and its parent company Alphabet Inc for removing all of his content from their YouTube video-sharing platform with no advance notice, saying the move breached its terms of service. In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal… Source link

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‘It’s embarrassing’ if we repeat our pandemic mistakes, doctor says of new COVID roadmap

COVID-19 cases may be declining globally, but the world is far from out of the pandemic woods. The U.K., for example, is seeing a surge from the Omicron sub-variant, which has also been reported in New York, causing health experts to be wary of rollbacks in COVID-prevention strategies nationally. It’s why a group of top public experts, including former advisers on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 transition team, have created a new roadmap with recommendations for the government and private… Source link

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The ‘Rug Doctor’ who advises crypto investors against ‘horrifying’ DeFi scams

A self-described “doctor” has a lesson she’d like to teach investors about decentralized finance (DeFi), an increasingly popular lending sector that’s become a battleground against cryptocurrency-related fraud. Even the most experienced DeFi players can find themselves wrong-footed by hacks and fraud. Yet retail investors in the sector are hungry for basic fraud protection, giving rise to a new breed of “vigilantes” and startup businesses to address the demand. Over a year ago, one Silicon… Source link

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Any COVID-19 variant ‘is severe’ for unvaccinated populations, doctor explains

The Omicron variant has pushed the U.S. to exceed 65 million total cases of coronavirus. Though symptoms of the strain have been described as “mild” in comparison to previous variants, that mainly applies to those who are fully vaccinated and boosted. For those who are still unvaccinated or immunocompromised, it’s a different story at a population level. “We have to remember: We’re a country that has over 35% of individuals who are not vaccinated,” Dr. Stella Safo, an NYC-based HIV… Source link

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Rise in U.S. hospitalizations ‘quite frightening,’ doctor says

COVID-related hospitalizations in the U.S. reached new highs over the past two weeks as the Omicron variant continues sweeping through the nation. Hospitalizations generally lag confirmed case counts by a couple of weeks. Hospitalization data from the Omicron wave may be inflated by so-called “incidental patients” — those who were hospitalized for something other than COVID-19 and tested positive while admitted — but that is largely irrelevant if hospitals are overwhelmed. “Remember that… Source link

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New Google search features make it easier to find the right doctor

As part of efforts to expand the health information it provides, today Google announced a new feature in search that will allow doctors to list which languages they can speak at their offices. People who speak languages other than English often struggle to navigate the healthcare system in the United States and are at risk of bad medical outcomes because they have more trouble communicating with providers. They get better care when they have access to trained interpreters or are seen by… Source link

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Booster shots against COVID-19 ‘are a bit of a distraction,’ doctor says

While COVID-19 booster shot eligibility is continuing to expand in the U.S., not all doctors believe that’s where the focus should be in the fight against the coronavirus. “Honestly, I think that boosters right now are a bit of a distraction away from where we should be focused, which is getting first doses, especially since we know that even now, even with Delta surging, the primary doses of the vaccines are highly protective against serious infection, against hospitalization,” Dr…. Source link

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