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Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. more vaccine doses.

Mon, 2020-12-07 18:08 — mike kraft

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Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. government additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, according to people familiar with the matter. Now Pfizer may not be able provide more of its vaccine to the United States until next June because of its commitments to other countries, they said.

As the administration scrambles to try to purchase more doses of the vaccine, President Trump plans on Tuesday to sign an executive order “to ensure that United States government prioritizes getting the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other nations,” according to a draft statement and a White House official, though it was not immediately clear what force the president’s executive order would carry.

That included whether it would expand the U.S. supply of doses beyond what is spelled out in existing federal contracts.

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Trump Officials Push Ambitious Vaccine Timeline as California Locks Down

Mon, 2020-12-07 09:18 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s top health officials outlined an ambitious timetable on Sunday for distributing the first coronavirus vaccinations to as many as 24 million people by mid-January, even as the accelerating toll of the pandemic filled more hospital beds across the United States and prompted new shutdown orders in much of California.

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With hospitals slammed by covid-19, doctors and nurses plead for action by governors

Fri, 2020-12-04 10:36 — mike kraft

With hospitals slammed by covid-19, doctors and nurses plead for action by governors But the efforts have had negligible impact as more than 100,000 coronavirus patients jam U.S. hospitals. Lenny Bernstein Washington Post

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The U.S. has spent billions stockpiling ventilators, but many won’t save critically ill COVID-19 patients

Thu, 2020-12-03 19:09 — mike kraft

The U.S. has spent billions stockpiling ventilators, but many won’t save critically ill COVID-19 patients With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across its shores earlier this year, the U.S. government in April announced orders for almost $3 billion of ventilators for a national stockpile, meant to save Americans suffering from severe respiratory problems brought on by the disease. Tom Bergin U.S.

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More Than 100,000 Virus Patients Are Hospitalized in the U.S., a First.

Wed, 2020-12-02 20:52 — mike kraft

Covid-19 Live Updates: More Than 100,000 Virus Patients Are Hospitalized in the U.S., a First. The Centers for Disease Control head warned that this winter may be the “most difficult time” in U.S. public health history. The U.K. became the first country to approve Pfizer’s vaccine, paving the way for mass inoculations. nytimes

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Share on mailto Across the United States, COVID-19 wards like this one at University of Wisconsin Health in Madison are filling up fast, but federal data on their patient numbers and available beds are suspect, which could hinder getting person

Mon, 2020-11-30 19:59 — mike kraft

Federal system for tracking hospital beds and COVID-19 patients provides questionable data HHS Protect data, which influence how pandemic supplies and support are allocated, conflict with state or other federal data, Science has found Science | AAAS

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Hospitals Race to Set Vaccine Priorities for Health-Care Workers

Mon, 2020-11-30 10:42 — mike kraft

Hospitals Race to Set Vaccine Priorities for Health-Care Workers Large hospital systems are grappling with how best to decide which health-care workers will be vaccinated first for Covid-19, a daunting task when it’s unclear which shots they’ll get, how many and when they’ll arrive. Angelica LaVito Bloomberg.com

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Covid Overload: U.S. Hospitals Are Running Out of Beds for Patients

Sat, 2020-11-28 10:15 — mike kraft

From New Mexico to Minnesota to Florida, hospitals are teeming with record numbers of Covid patients. Staff members at smaller hospitals have had to beg larger medical centers repeatedly to take one more, just one more patient, but many of the bigger hospitals have sharply limited the transfers they will accept, their own halls and wards overflowing.

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