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Home COVID-19 tests make it impossible to track all cases because vast majority are not reported.

Wed, 2021-11-24 09:45 — mike kraft

'Vast majority are not reported': Home COVID-19 tests make it impossible to track all cases Cheap, accessible home tests can uncover more COVID-19 cases. But public health agencies can't track cases when consumers don't report them. YahooNews

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School Nurses Battle Covid-19, and Angry Parents, feel overwhelmed, iverworked and under attack

Tue, 2021-11-16 19:51 — mike kraft

When a junior high school student in western Oregon tested positive for the coronavirus last month, Sherry McIntyre, a school nurse, quarantined two dozen of the student’s football teammates. The players had spent time together in the locker room unmasked, and, according to local guidelines, they could not return to school for at least 10 days.

Some parents took the news poorly. They told Ms. McIntyre that she should lose her nursing license or accused her of violating their children’s educational rights. Another nurse in the district faced similar ire when she quarantined the volleyball team. This fall, after facing repeated hostility from parents, they started locking their office doors.

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In Depth: Why U.S. Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves

Tue, 2021-11-16 19:30 — mike kraft

Why Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves About one in five health-care workers has left medicine since the pandemic started. This is their story—and the story of those left behind. Ed Yong The Atlantic

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WHO warns of shortage of 1-2 billion COVID vaccine syringes

Tue, 2021-11-09 09:41 — mike kraft

WHO warns of shortage of 1-2 bln COVID vaccine syringes There could be a shortage of one to two billion syringes needed to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in 2022 which could also impact routine immunisations and undermine needle safety, the World Health Organisation warned on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

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World faces shortage of syringes as COVID vaccine doses rise

Thu, 2021-10-28 10:13 — mike kraft

World faces shortage of syringes as COVID vaccine doses rise NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African health officials and the United Nations are warning of a looming shortage of more than 2 billion syringes for mainly low- and middle-income countries around the world as the supply of COVID-19 doses rises, and routine vaccinations could be affected, too. AP NEWS

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The U.S. needs more nurses, but nursing schools don't have enough slots or instructors

Mon, 2021-10-25 11:27 — mike kraft

The U.S. needs more nurses, but nursing schools don't have enough slots Across the country, hospitals are desperate for RNs and specialty nurses. Yet, paradoxically, the nursing pipeline has slowed, with educators retiring or returning to clinical work themselves. NPR.org

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CNN Investigation: Tens of millions of filthy, used medical gloves imported into the US

Sun, 2021-10-24 21:27 — mike kraft

Tens of millions of filthy, used medical gloves imported into the US Trash bags stuffed full of used medical gloves, some visibly soiled, some even blood-stained, litter the floor of a warehouse on the outskirts of Bangkok. Scott McLean, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kocha Olarn and Tim Lister, CNN CNN

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At least 30 strikes of health care workers have hit U.S. facilities this year

Wed, 2021-10-20 10:30 — mike kraft

Walkouts and strikes hit hospitals in pandemic hot spots There have been at least 30 strikes of health care workers so far this year, according to a tracker from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. POLITICO

Hospitals taxed by the pandemic over the last 20 months have a new problem: Labor strife and a wave of resignations have people waiting longer for care.

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Analysis:The U.S. may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one because of threats, resignations and politics--NY Times survey .

Mon, 2021-10-18 12:06 — mike kraft

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State and local public health departments across the country have endured not only the public’s fury, but widespread staff defections, burnout, firings, unpredictable funding and a significant erosion in their authority to impose the health orders that were critical to America’s early response to the pandemic.

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