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U.S. data dashboard helps gauge effectiveness of state and local policies to mitigate COVID-19 impact.

Wed, 2024-05-01 17:12 — mike kraft

Study gauges effectiveness of COVID-19 burden mitigation policies

In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers have created a dataset and data visualization dashboard to evaluate the effectiveness of state and territory-level policies enacted to reduce the severity of COVID-19's impact on older people served by home health care agencies and nursing homes.

The authors found many policies within states and territories did not correspond with reductions in community or nursing home-level COVID-19 burden (i.e. number of cases and mortality counts). This suggests that policy effectiveness may depend on implementation and compliance. The study also found that policies focused less on home health care agencies compared with nursing homes, despite both settings serving vulnerable older populations.

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Walmart to shut all health clinics in US over lack of profitability, others lose money

Tue, 2024-04-30 19:32 — mike kraft

Walmart to shut all health clinics in US over lack of profitability Walmart said on Tuesday it will close all 51 of its health clinics and shut its virtual health care operations, saying it could not see it as a sustainable business model to continue. Siddharth Cavale,Granth Vanaik Reuters

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U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record low - CDC

Tue, 2024-04-30 19:06 — mike kraft

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Studies indicate COVID may have eroded doctors' belief that they are obligated to treat infectious patients

Fri, 2024-04-26 10:35 — mike kraft

COVID may have eroded doctors' belief that they are obligated to treat infectious patients A systematic review posted in Clinical Infectious Diseases reveals that, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many physicians felt less ethically obligated to provide care to infectious-disease patients if they fear contracting the disease. CIDRAP

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Optimal initiation of Paxlovid in hospitalized COVID patients is 3 to 5 days --study

Fri, 2024-04-26 09:49 — mike kraft

Data: Optimal initiation of Paxlovid in hospitalized COVID patients is 3 to 5 days Taking the SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drug nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) 3 to 5 days after COVID-19 symptom onset—not earlier or later—may result in the greatest reduction in viral loads, viral transmission, and viral rebound in hospitalized patients, a University of Hong Kong–led study finds. CIDRAP

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WHO study estimates Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

Wed, 2024-04-24 19:06 — mike kraft

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years A major landmark study reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved – 101 million – were those of infants.

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COVID-19 guidelines: Most countries recommend at least one treatment that doesn't work--study

Tue, 2024-04-23 10:04 — mike kraft

Significant global variation in COVID-19 guidelines: Most countries recommend at least one treatment that doesn't work National clinical guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 vary significantly around the world, with under-resourced countries the most likely to diverge from gold standard (World Health Organization; ... Science X Medical Xpress

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Remdesivir cut death risk by up to 25% in adults with COVID and no added oxygen

Wed, 2024-04-17 17:54 — mike kraft

Remdesivir tied to 25% lower risk of in-hospital death in adults with COVID and no added oxygen The antiviral drug remdesivir cut death rates 17% to 25% in adults hospitalized for COVID-19 who didn't require supplemental oxygen at admission, suggests a large US study published yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. CIDRAP

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U.S. faces record-high shortages of medical drugs --data base

Tue, 2024-04-16 09:47 — mike kraft

U.S. pharmacy database shows record-high shortages of medical drugs - UPI.com Americans are facing more shortages of the drugs they need for medical care than ever before, a national pharmacy database shows. UPI

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the University of Utah Drug Information Service started tracking drug shortages as far back as 2001.

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