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Infectious particles of the SARS-CoV-2 virus isolated from hospital air
Coronavirus Daily: Covid Is More Lethal to Kids Than The Flu
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Doctors Should Not Infect Patients - WHN
The Case for Keeping Masks Mandatory in Health Care - WHN
2023-09-06 Covid surges in schools are leading to widespread absences
What will happen to the orphans of covid-19?
Globally, at least 10.5 million children have been orphaned by COVID-19.
1,200 is More Than 6 | Science-Based Medicine
The American Academy of Pediatrics added 72 deaths to its COVID-19 death tally in the past month. This is over ten times the number of children who died of flu since the pandemic started. It should be humiliating to argue that SARS-CoV-2 in kids is roughly, roughly the same as influenza, maybe even less severe than influenza, seasonal influenza in kids. Yet, many doctors still do. When it comes to dead children, 1,200 is much larger than 6.
2023-08-10 COVID-19 took a toll on heart health and doctors are still grappling with how to help
How profound a toll COVID-19 has taken on the nation's heart health is only starting to emerge, years into the pandemic.
"We are seeing effects on the heart and the vascular system that really outnumber, unfortunately, effects on other organ systems," said Dr. Susan Cheng, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
COVID vs. Flu: Which Is Deadlier?
Feb. 17, 2023 – COVID-19 remains deadlier than influenza in severe cases requiring hospitalization, a new study shows.
2023-08-17 Surge of new COVID-19 cases in Canada due to EG.5 sub-variant | Watch News Videos Online
2023-01-20 Sask. on starting line of incoming COVID-19 wave: experts
"We should be seeing another resurgence of COVID, due to this (XBB.1.5) variant appearing."
2023-03-23 Stabilized and persistent: Experts look at the future of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan | Globalnews.ca
“We can’t maintain this level of usual pressure plus COVID-19 pressures without having negative impacts on staff and patients.”
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2020-04-02 In the 1950s, Canada faced a terrifying epidemic. Here's how it was conquered | CBC News
Polio epidemics hit parts of the country in waves from the 1920s to the 1950s, peaking with a particularly bad year in 1953 with 9,000 cases and 500 deaths nationally.
Do masks work? Randomized controlled trials are the worst way to answer the question
It took two years for the WHO to admit covid is airborne. The reason is rooted in science history
Covid, it’s now an established fact, is airborne. Though aerosols and droplets may sound similar, their public health implications are very different. The assumption that covid was spread by droplets informed public health advice such as stressing the importance of social distancing, wearing any kind of mask including cloth ones, and disinfecting surfaces—as opposed to focusing on high-quality masks that can stop aerosol transmission (such as N95s) and ventilation.
2022-05-11 Most COVID transmission is still asymptomatic
Some 60% of virus spread starts with those who have no symptoms.
2023-03-16 Researchers Are Getting Closer to Learning How to Treat and Prevent Long COVID
“Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, with millions of people around the world suffering from long-term complications of the virus, there is still no proven way to treat or prevent Long COVID—besides not getting infected in the first place.”
2023-08-21 Long COVID. Shorter Life? New research reveals an arduous road to recovery
Practically since the term “long COVID” was coined, anecdotal evidence and shorter-term studies indicated that the often-debilitating condition would not only affect significant numbers of people (roughly 15% of all U.S. adults have experienced long COVID symptoms) but also that it might do so in the most serious ways.
2023-01-05 Largest global study of 'long Covid' finds many patients unable to return to work six months later
The largest global study of “long Covid” to date has found that many of those suffering from ongoing illness after infection with Covid-19 are unable to return to work at full capacity six months later.
2023-01-24 Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds
An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing medical treatment or were unable to work for six months or more.
A Systematic Review of Persistent Clinical Features After SARS-CoV-2 in the Pediatric Population
2023-07-21 One in 5 Kids Had Long COVID Symptoms Months After Infection
"Close to one-fifth of kids with COVID-19 may still have lingering symptoms months after their initial infection, new research finds."
The haunting brain science of long Covid
"On a personal level, every American can take steps to reduce the likelihood of getting Covid, or long Covid. A study of 440,000 people with a single Covid infection, 40,000 with multiple infections, and 5 million controls who never had Covid found more death and long Covid after multiple Covid infections. If advised by your physician, get the new bivalent vaccine and wear masks in indoor public spaces such as theaters and airplanes."
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations
Long COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems.
COVID-19: Long-term effects
(Updated 2023) Some people continue to experience health problems long after having COVID-19. Understand the possible symptoms and risk factors for post-COVID-19 syndrome.