- Family caregivers of people with long COVID bear an extra burden – NPR: Louise Salant has had to manage long COVID both as a patient and as a caregiver for her 86-year-old aunt Eileen. They both caught an acute bout of COVID-19 in March 2020, and Eileen has been dealing with disabling symptoms for almost three years. Louise has had to take on new responsibilities and stress due to the condition, transforming her life.
- The US May Scrap Its Foreign Traveler COVID Vaccine Rules – Simple Flying: The US House of Representatives is set to vote on whether to remove the requirement for foreign travelers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If approved, the vaccine requirement could be lifted much sooner than the current April deadline. The CDC has not yet commented on the proposed vote.
- New York City ending COVID vaccine mandate for city workers, Mayor Adams says: Mayor Eric Adams has announced that the COVID vaccine mandate for city workers in New York City will be lifted this week. However, the 1,780 public employees who were fired for refusing to get the shot will not automatically get their jobs back and will have to reapply for positions with their former agencies. Unions are vowing to sue for back pay for those affected.
- ‘We still don’t know it’s over’: will Covid surge after US ends emergency? – The Guardian: Columbia University professor David Rosner spent 10 days in the hospital in November due to RSV and pneumonia. He worries that US residents could become less mindful of the Covid threat due to the Biden administration’s announcement that the public health emergency will expire in May, although some experts support the decision.
- Biden’s Top Covid Adviser Wishes He Had Tangled With Tucker Carlson – POLITICO: David Kessler served as FDA chief under two presidents of different parties and provided advice to Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign. He has remained at Biden’s side since then, serving as chief science officer and offering blunt warnings about the pandemic’s threat to the country and to Biden himself.
- New research suggests simple steps to reduce long COVID symptoms – CBS Philadelphia: New research suggests that having a healthy lifestyle, such as eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly, not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, getting adequate sleep, and drinking in moderation, may reduce the risk of long COVID-19 symptoms. Women who have five or six of these healthy building blocks are about half as likely to get long COVID compared to those who have one or two.
- Study Shows Deadly Toll on MDs of Pandemic’s Early Wave – Medscape: The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic saw healthcare workers scrambling for protective equipment, and a recent investigation found that over 3600 US healthcare workers had died from COVID-19 by April 2021. A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine confirms that more US physicians died from March 2020 to December 2021 than usual.
- Healthy lifestyle may mean lower risk of long Covid, study says | Health – KOAM: A new study suggests that people with healthy lifestyles prior to Covid-19 infection may have a lower risk of long Covid than those without. The study looked at six modifiable lifestyle factors, such as a healthy BMI, never smoking, moderate alcohol consumption, a high-quality diet, seven to nine hours of sleep per night and at least 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous physical activity.
- Political Leaning Shapes Physicians’ Beliefs About COVID-19 Treatments – UPMC: A new study led by University of Pittsburgh scientists has found that political ideology shapes attitudes about COVID-19 treatments among both the general population and critical care physicians. Conservative ideology was linked with favorable beliefs about hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin among laypeople, and hydroxychloroquine among physicians.
Daily News Pulse for March 13, 2023
Summary: Princeton students have seen an overall improvement in course satisfaction since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Japan, many people are still wearing masks despite the government’s easing of guidelines.
