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First on CNN: Most people feel socially connected as Covid-19 precautions ease, but many still need support, survey finds | CNN

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Lots of research has been done on links between loneliness, social connection, health and well-being, but a new international survey by the analytics firm Gallup and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, aims to shed some light on exactly how connected people feel and how they connect with others.

They found that most people around the world feel a sense of social connection as Covid-19 precautions ease, but many still need support or help from others – and the factors that drive feelings of connection vary by country.

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Ivermectin: Still on a Losing Streak as COVID-19 Treatment | MedPage Today

WASHINGTON -- There were no differences in relief from mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms for patients on ivermectin versus placebo, according to the ongoing ACTIV-6 trial.

Among >1,000 vaccinated and unvaccinated patients, the median time to recovery was 12 days for those in the ivermectin group and 13 days in the placebo group, reported Matthew McCarthy, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, at IDWeek.

As a result, the hazard ratio for improvement in time to recovery was 1.07 (95% credible interval 0.96-1.17, posterior P=0.91), McCarthy and colleagues stated in JAMA, where the results were simultaneously published.

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Analysis: Falling demand for COVID boosters puts price hikes on the table With most Americans delaying or skipping new COVID-19 booster shots, analysts and investors are now predicting far fewer will be given each year, pushing the number of shots well below annual flu vaccinations. Michael Erman Reuters

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FDA’s vaccines chief sees possibility of more Covid boosters — sooner than he’d like The FDA’s vaccines chief sees the possibility of more Covid boosters for some people before next fall. Helen Branswell STAT

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