This Week in Covid & Health News (Posted November 14, 2024)
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General
- San Fransisco Chronicle: Sonoma County reinstates mask mandate for health care workers amid rising illnesses (Nov. 12, 2024)
- NPR: What happens when a vaccine skeptic leads health policy? Ask Florida (Nov. 13, 2024)
Covid-19
- The Beacon: Weathered COVID before? Scientists say every new infection puts you at risk of getting long COVID (Nov. 11, 2024)
- CIDRAP: Cardiac inflammation markers show role of long-COVID symptoms (Nov. 12, 2024)
- Cleveland: Having COVID-19 doubles long-term risk of heart attack, stroke, new Clinic study suggests (Nov. 13, 2024)
Avian Flu
- Hawaii News Now: Avian flu detected on Oahu for the first time ever (Nov. 12, 2024)
- CNN: Canadian teen in critical condition with bird flu; source of exposure is unknown (Nov. 13, 2024)
- Global News: As bird flu emerges in Canada, experts urge preparedness (Nov. 13, 2024)
- Stat: Canadian teen's bird flu infection is not the version found in cows (Nov. 13, 2024)
- Fortune: Canadian teenager in critical condition with presumptive bird flu as U.S. official warns the virus 'seems to be gearing up for wider impact' (Nov. 13, 2024)
- TIME: Is It Time to Worry About Bird Flu? (Nov. 13, 2024)
Whooping Cough
- WPRI: 4 Portsmouth High School students have 'very contagious' whooping cough (Nov. 12, 2024)
- ABC News: Washington state sees 'sharp increase' in whooping cough cases, mirroring rise across US (Nov. 12, 2024)
- KHOU: Whooping cough cases surge in Texas, across country in 2024, DSHS says (Nov. 12, 2024)
- KOIN: Whooping cough, chickenpox outbreaks hit Clark County schools (Nov. 12, 2024)
- The Spokesman-Review: Six Spokane County residents hospitalized with whooping cough during outbreak (Nov. 12, 2024)
- Fox KTVU: Bay Area surge in whooping cough; some counties see highest numbers in decade (Nov. 13, 2024)
- CNY Central: Health officials warn of increased whooping cough spread in local schools (Nov. 14, 2024)
Walking Pneumonia
- CDC: Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infections Have Been Increasing (Oct. 18, 2024)
- WTOP: Urgent care centers report 'unprecedented' spike in walking pneumonia cases around DC area (Nov. 14, 2024)