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COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant grows, CDC warns

Published December 15, 2023

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Published by: CBS News
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By Alexander TIn

Hospitals and emergency rooms could be forced to ration care by the end of this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday, saying recent trends in COVID-19 and influenza are now on track to again strain America’s health care system. The new COVID variant JN.1 is making up an increasing share of cases, the CDC’s tracking shows.

“COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising quickly,” the agency said in its weekly update. “Since the summer, public health officials have been tracking a rise in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which is caused by COVID-19. Influenza activity is growing in most parts of the country. RSV activity remains high in many areas.”

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‘A vicious cycle’: Low Covid-19 vaccination rates lead to fewer doses at pediatric offices. Now, some parents can’t find it

Published December 7, 2023

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Published by: CNN
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By Amanda Musa

As of November 25, less than 3% of children 6 months to 4 years and 10% of children 12 to 17 have received the new shot, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Study: School air sampling worked as well as other methods in tracking COVID, flu

Published December 5, 2023

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Published by: CIDRAP
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By Mary Van Beusekom

Air sampling was as effective in monitoring COVID-19 and influenza A (IAV) activity as three other methods in a Wisconsin school district from September 2022 to January 2023, according to a study published today in JAMA Network Open.

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Topic: vaccinesView all posts for the topic: vaccines

Study estimates 2 COVID vaccine doses 40% effective against emergency, hospital care in young kids

Published November 30, 2023

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By Mary Van Beusekom

Two doses of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were 40% effective against emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalization in preschool-aged children during a period of Omicron variant predominance, estimates a test-negative, case-control study using data from the New Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN).

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Topic: ChinaView all posts for the topic: China

Pneumonia outbreak in Chinese kids linked to known pathogens

Published November 27, 2023

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Published by: CIDRAP
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By Chris Dall

The surge in respiratory infections in young children in northern China is being driven primarily by known viral and bacterial infections and not by a novel pathogen, the World Health Organization (WHO) said late last week in an update.

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Topic: indoor air qualityView all posts for the topic: indoor air quality

Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids’ sick days by a third

Published November 27, 2023

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Use of air purifiers at two daycare centres in Helsinki led to a reduction in illnesses and absences among children and staff, according to preliminary findings of a new study led by E3 Pandemic Response.

Air purifiers of various sizes and types were placed in two of the city’s daycare centres during cold and flu seasons.

The initial results from the first year of research are promising, according to researcher Enni Sanmark, from HUS Helsinki University Hospital.

“Children were clearly less sick in daycare centres where air purification devices were used — down by around 30 percent,” Sanmark explained.

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Substantial decrease noted in severe respiratory illness during first 2 years of pandemic

Published November 15, 2023

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By Stephanie Soucheray

Compared to the 3 years prior to the pandemic, children with medically complex conditions and otherwise healthy children saw decreases in severe non-COVID respiratory illnesses in 2020 and 2021, the authors of a study yesterday note in JAMA Network Open.

The cross-sectional study, based on 139,078 respiratory hospitalizations in Canada, shows that the mitigation efforts used during the first several months of COVID-19 likely prevented serious outcomes from respiratory illness complications, including hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and death.

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Study finds prenatal vaccination protects infants from COVID

Published November 10, 2023

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By Stephanie Soucheray

Infants as old as 6 months were protected from COVID‑19 infections only when mothers were vaccinated prenatally, and not before pregnancy, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open.

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Childhood abuse linked to higher risk of adult COVID‑19 death

Published November 6, 2023

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By Stephanie Soucheray

A new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh shows adults who suffered childhood abuse or neglect were more likely to be hospitalized for COVID‑19 or die from the virus in adulthood.

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Not ‘little adults’: Experts say long COVID undercounted, misdiagnosed in kids

Published October 10, 2023

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By Mary Van Beusekom

Kids don’t come home and say, ‘Mom, I have postexertional malaise, I have brain fog.’ What happens is that they start doing poorly in school, and parents find out weeks and weeks later.

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Topic: indoor air qualityView all posts for the topic: indoor air quality

Nearly 83% of tested N.B. schools exceeded peak CO2 limits, air quality results show

Published September 22, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon

More than two weeks into the school year, New Brunswick has released the school air quality test results from 2022-23.

Twenty-nine of the 35 public schools tested last winter had peak carbon dioxide levels above the Department of Education’s threshold of 1,500 parts per million (ppm), shown in results posted online and included at the end of this story.

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As Covid-19 hospitalizations climb, rates among seniors and children raise concern

Published September 22, 2023

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Published by: CNN
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, Deidre McPhillips, Betsy Klein

Covid-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise in the United States for months, with weekly admissions now more than triple what they were two months ago. Seniors have the highest rates of Covid hospitalizations by far, but hospitalizations among children — especially among those younger than 5 — are rising fast.

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Topic: OntarioView all posts for the topic: Ontario

Parent group says province should do more to better air quality in schools

Published September 18, 2023

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Published by: CityNews Kitchener
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By Casey Taylor

A group of parents with kids in Ontario classrooms is calling on the province to take further action to improve air ventilation, filtration, and purification in its schools.

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Absence rates due to illness double in first week and a half at Calgary public schools

Published September 12, 2023

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Published by: Calgary Herald
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By Eva Ferguson

Absence rates at Calgary public schools have more than doubled after the first week of school, as concerns loom over respiratory illnesses this fall and hospitals deal with an E. coli outbreak.

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Parents call for better air quality in schools to protect against viruses, wildfire smoke

Published September 12, 2023

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Published by: The Globe and Mail / The Canadian Press
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By Nicole Ireland

Several grassroots groups of parents, health-care workers and teachers have sprung up across Canada to lobby for safer schools, including improved air quality.

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Topic: outdoor teachingView all posts for the topic: outdoor teaching

The government is absent from keeping students safe from COVID-19

Published September 12, 2023

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By Cathy Crowe

COVID-19 is still here, and classrooms still represent a place where infection can spread, but there are other ways to learn and engage with students.

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Topic: studentsView all posts for the topic: students

COVID-19 will harm students

Published August 31, 2023

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Published by: Kingston Whig Standard
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By Geoffrey P. Johnston

As the school year begins, it is past time to talk about the threat that SARS-CoV-2, the highly transmissible airborne virus that causes COVID-19, poses to the health of students.

Not only can the disease cause acute illness in youth, it can also lead to debilitating lingering symptoms, known as long COVID.

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