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Bird flu: US investigating potential human-to-human bird flu transmission in Missouri

Wed, 2024-10-02 10:30 — mike kraft

US investigating potential human-to-human bird flu transmission Health authorities in the U.S. are studying seven people who developed influenza symptoms after being exposed to a Missouri bird flu patient, raising the possibility of the first human-to-human transmission ... Medical Xpress

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Six were health care workers who encountered the first American known to be infected with bird flu without previous exposure to a sick animal, and the other was a close household contact of the patient. All developed mild respiratory symptoms after their exposure.

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U.S. COVID activity cases remain elevated but some indicators decline

Mon, 2024-09-16 10:03 — mike kraft

US COVID activity remains elevated, though some markers decline Wastewater levels are still high, but some indicators such as hospitalizations trended downward. CIDRAP

...Other indicators, however, showed small declines, including test positivity, which was at 14.9% last week, down 1.6% from the previous week. Levels are highest in the central states, which include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Emergency department visits declined last week but are still at the moderate level in a few southeastern states.

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Four Midwest states show highest COVID rates again

Wed, 2023-12-27 17:36 — mike kraft

COVID map shows where cases are highest across US Four states showed the highest rate of positive tests in the country in the week ended December 16. Newsweek

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In only four states in the entire country the rate was above 15 percent. Region Seven, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, had the highest rate in the country as of the week ending on December 16, 18.5 percent. For weeks the four states have been identified as the worst-hit by the virus in the country, with more people testing positive than anywhere else.

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Four U.S. states show highest nmber of Covid positive cases

Tue, 2023-12-12 10:41 — mike kraft

COVID map shows 4 states with higher positive cases Test results for a region covering Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, saw a jump in COVID-19 cases. Newsweek

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Region Seven—an administrative area consisting of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska—is once again at the top of this chart as it has the highest proportion of COVID-19 diagnoses following testing. That region saw the most cases out of the entire U.S. in last week's figures, too.

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U.S. Covid hospitalizations rising as the new JN.1 variant and flu spread

Mon, 2023-12-11 10:01 — mike kraft

COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing in US, rates are highest among oldest and youngest Americans COVID hospitalizations have been on the rise for nearly a month with rates highest among the oldest and youngest Americans, CDC data shows. ABC News ABC News

US COVID activity jumps as JN.1 expands, brisk flu and RSV levels continue | CIDRAP (umn.edu)

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Central U.S. deadly heat wave strains infrastructure, transportation and the Texas power grid

Thu, 2023-08-24 09:42 — mike kraft

Deadly heat wave in the central US strains infrastructure, transportation and the Texas power grid Temperatures are soaring in the central U.S., leading to deaths and damage. A National Weather Service official says more dangerous heat is expected this week. AP News

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Rain has failed to quell Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way

Wed, 2023-06-28 18:38 — mike kraft

Rain has failed to quell Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way, officials say Canadian officials say a large amount of rain in Quebec in recent days didn’t fall in the areas where there wildfires are most active and they expect air quality to remain a concern through the summer, as long as the fires continue. AP News

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Drifting smoke from the wildfires has lowered curtains of haze on broad swaths of Canada and the United States, pushing into southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and moving into parts of West Virginia.

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ALSO SEE: More than a third of the US population, from the Midwest to the East Coast, under air quality alerts from Canadian wildfire smoke

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