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CDC recommends new COVID booster for all Americans over 6 months amid rising cases, hospitalizations – ABC News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director signed off on the recommendation that all Americans aged 6 months and older receive the updated COVID booster on Tuesday amid rising cases and hospitalizations across the country. Source: CDC recommends new COVID booster for all Americans over 6 months amid rising cases, hospitalizations – ABC News
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Swedish Snuff (Snus), Cigarette Smoking, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes – American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Introduction Cigarette smoking is a known risk factor for Type 2 diabetes, but evidence regarding former smoking and moist snuff (snus) use and Type 2 diabetes risk is inconclusive. This study investigated the relationships of cigarette smoking and Swedish snus use with the risk of Type 2 diabetes in a cohort of middle-aged and elderly participants. Source: Swedish Snuff (Snus), Cigarette Smoking, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes – American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Potential of Exercise as a COVID-19 Prevention Strategy – American Journal of Preventive Medicine

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents one of the greatest threats to population health in more than a century. As of January 2023, >6.7 million deaths globally were attributed to COVID-19. As new mutations evolve, it is apparent that the virus will not be eliminated soon and that strategies for managing life with COVID-19 are needed.1A recent American Journal of Preventive Medicine study shows that exercise and exercise intensity have a strong impact onContinue…
Forget culture wars: the Covid inquiry is a stark reminder of what government is really about | Zoe Williams | The Guardian
Neither Covid nor life after it, including the hundreds of thousands missing from the workforce, are comprehensible without looking squarely at what austerity has done to society. Even if the Conservatives hadn’t kept the NHS on a shoestring, even if we hadn’t had half the ICU capacity of Italy and France, the decisive factor would still have been this simple thing that we knew all along: the belt-tightening that Cameron sold as blitz spirit, andContinue…
A New Accounting of COVID-19’s True Death Toll | Time

More than 6 million people have died from COVID-19 worldwide, according to official counts. But the more comprehensive toll, tallying deaths directly or indirectly attributable to COVID-19, may be three times higher, according to a new study published in the Lancet.“We can confidently say that the pandemic has killed an extra 18.2 million people,” says Dr. Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics at the University of Washington and a co-author of theContinue…
FDA Approves First Oral Antiviral for Treatment of COVID-19 in Adults

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the oral antiviral Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged for oral use) for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death. Paxlovid is the fourth drug—and first oral antiviral pill—approved by the FDA to treat COVID-19 in adults. Source: FDA Approves First Oral Antiviral for Treatment of COVID-19 in Adults