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Men under 50 recovering from asymptomatic COVID have double the likelihood of acute ischemic strokes (AIS) compared with men of the same age without COVID infection, according to a study last week in JAMA Network Open.

Eighteen South Asian men were treated in Singapore for AIS a median of 54.5 days after their initial COVID-19 diagnosis. Twelve (67.7%) had no known pre-existing risk factors. While AIS is a known neurologic complication from symptomatic COVID-19, none of these men experienced respiratory symptoms during their infection.

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How India’s second wave became the worst COVID-19 surge in the world

Sat, 2021-04-24 11:46 — mike kraft

How India’s second wave became the worst COVID-19 surge in the world

New Delhi (National Geographic)--- During the past few weeks, Indian social media has been inundated with SOS messages: hospitals tweeting about dwindling oxygen supplies and physicians watching helplessly as patients perish from preventable deaths. A journalist pleading for but denied a hospital bed took to Twitter to log his deteriorating condition till he died.

Overwhelmed crematoria are working round-the-clock to keep up with the pace of bodies; furnaces have melted down from overuse and additional funeral platforms are being built outside. Such are the heartbreaking messages and haunting images that highlight the formidable second wave of the coronavirus pandemic raging through the country.

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New MIT research: Risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors the same at 6ft and 60ft

Sat, 2021-04-24 11:36 — mike kraft

MIT researchers: Risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors the same at 6ft The risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors is the same when socially distanced 6 feet apart and 60 feet apart, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say. Jordan Williams TheHill

The risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors is the same when socially distanced 6 feet apart and 60 feet apart, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say.

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COVID cases drop sharply in 4 northeastern states. An indicatiuon of herd immunity?

Sat, 2021-04-24 11:08 — mike kraft

COVID cases are suddenly falling in 4 hard-hit Northeastern states. Does that mean herd immunity is on the way? Eager to know when America is finally approaching herd immunity against COVID-19? Then pay close attention to what’s happening in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Andrew Romano YahooNews

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Comparisons of how California and Texas took different approaches to vaccinations

Fri, 2021-04-23 11:14 — mike kraft

California and Texas Took Different Routes to Vaccination. Who’s Ahead? California stresses equity for minority groups. Texas is all about personal choice and liberty. Both are struggling to vaccinate Latinos and contending with vaccine hesitancy among conservative com… Lydia Zuraw Kaiser Health News

California and Texas, the country’s two most populous states, have taken radically different approaches to the pandemic and the vaccination campaign to end it.

California has trumpeted its reliance on science and policies it says are aimed at improving social equity.

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