Herd immunity was sold as the path out of the pandemic. Heres why were not talking about it any more

Early in the pandemic, the term “herd immunity” hit the headlines, along with a polarized discussion on how to achieve it. Some groups were attached to the now-discredited notion of letting a dangerous virus rip through the population to reach the critical level of population immunity needed to reduce transmission. But a more serious conversation focused on the prospect of […]

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Vaccines Only Modestly Reduce Long COVID Risk

(Reuters) – The risk of developing long COVID after infection with the coronavirus is lower for vaccinated people than for the unvaccinated, but not by much, according to a large study from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Researchers compared outcomes among nearly 34,000 people who had breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections after receipt of vaccines from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer/BioNTech or […]

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Researchers establish a profile of the COVID-19 deceased based on the analysis of 140 cases of complete autopsies

Men aged between 60 and 77 with Diffuse Alveolar Damage (DAD)—acute lung injury—in proliferative phase. This is the most frequent profile of the deceased from COVID-19, as identified by researchers of the Department of Legal and Forensic Medicine of the University of Malaga after analyzing 140 cases of complete autopsies. Moreover, the scientists of the UMA establish that these patients […]

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Bedbugs’ biggest impact after an infestation may be on mental health

Bedbugs are back with a vengeance. After an absence of around 70 years, thanks to effective pesticides such as DDT, they’ve been popping up in fancy hotels, spas, department stores, subway trains, movie theaters—and, of course, people’s homes. I’m a public health entomologist. In the course of my work, I’ve studied these little bloodsuckers, even letting bedbugs feast on my […]

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New research being presented at this year’s Euroanaesthesia Congress in Milan, Italy (4-6 June), suggests that preoperative body mass index (BMI) and weight play an important role in outcomes following bariatric (obesity) surgery. The study by Dr. Michael Margarson and colleagues from St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester, generic yasmin from india no prescription UK, confirms the long-suspected view that peri-operative deaths […]

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At-Home Colorectal Cancer Testing and Follow-Up Vary by Ethnicity

Doctors were significantly less likely to order colorectal cancer screening with the at-home test Cologuard (Exact Sciences Corp) for Black patients and were more likely to order the test for Asian patients, new evidence reveals. Investigators retrospectively studied 557,156 patients in the Mayo Clinic health system from 2012 to 2022. They found that Cologuard was ordered for 8.7% of Black […]

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