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HHS secretary says $82 billion needed to stay ahead of future pandemic threats

Tue, 2022-03-29 20:27 — mike kraft

HHS Budget Proposal Boasts Hefty Price Tag for Pandemic Preparedness HHS secretary says $82 billion needed to stay ahead of future threats Shannon Firth medpagetoday

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U.S. Clinics, hospitals brace for end of federal covid coverage for the uninsured

Tue, 2022-03-29 18:31 — mike kraft

Clinics, hospitals brace for end of cushion for uninsured covid care Christina Paz was typing up notes about a patient she'd just seen at Centro San Vicente, El Paso's largest community health center, when an email from Washington showed up. "Lord," she thought as she read it at the clinic's nursing station. "Oh, my God." The brief email told Paz, a nurse practitioner who is the clinic's chief executive officer, that at 11:59 p.m. on March 22 the federal COVID-19 Uninsured Program would stop accepting claims for testing and treating for the deadly virus on patien YahooNews

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Overview: International developments, UK, Canada, Europe, Mideast, Asia

Mon, 2022-03-28 13:31 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus * Pfizer Inc's oral COVID-19 therapy will be evaluated as a potential treatment for patients hospitalised with the illness in a major British trial, scientists said on Monday, as cases rise in some parts of the world Reuters Reuters

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Two perspectives: Concerns and cautious optomism about possible new Covid surge in the U.S.

Fri, 2022-03-25 11:08 — mike kraft

Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming NEW YORK (AP) — As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long it will take to detect. Despite disease monitoring improvements over the last two years, they say, some recent developments don't bode well: AP NEWS

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COVID and other : The disasters show that the US needs more emergency health care workers

Fri, 2022-03-25 10:55 — mike kraft

From Katrina to COVID: The disasters that proved the US needed more emergency health care workers From Hurricane Katrina to Ebola, these disasters showed the U.S. knew it needed more emergency health workers. The government failed to hire them. YahooNews

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A third of U.S. COVID now caused by Omicron BA.2 as overall cases fall

Tue, 2022-03-22 17:22 — mike kraft

A third of U.S. COVID now caused by Omicron BA.2 as overall cases fall About one-in-three COVID-19 cases in the United States are now caused by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus, according to government data on Tuesday that also showed overall infections still declining from January's record highs. Michael Erman,Bhanvi Satija Reuters

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Masks: Some hospitals ask patients, visitors to remove N95s, citing CDC

Thu, 2022-03-17 11:03 — mike kraft

Some hospitals ask patients, visitors to remove N95s, citing CDC N95s, which seal tighter to the face, offer better protection against Covid-19, studies show. POLITICO

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Medics and volunteers try to prop up Ukraine's health system

Tue, 2022-03-15 11:00 — mike kraft

Medics and volunteers try to prop up Ukraine's health system When Russian bombs started falling on Kyiv, oncologist Nataliia Verovkina fled with her 10-year-old son. But once he was safe in Munich with his grandparents, she turned around and went back. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Nearly half of European countries have recorded Covid case increases over the last week. The U.S. could follow suit, but cases are still declining for now.

Tue, 2022-03-15 09:24 — mike kraft

Covid cases rise in Europe as omicron subvariant spreads. Will the U.S. be next? Nearly half of European countries have recorded increases in new Covid cases over the last week. The U.S. could follow suit, but cases are still declining for now. NBC News

Nearly half of all European countries have recorded increases in new Covid-19 cases in the past week, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

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Biden administration proposes to expand Trump-era COVID data collection under CDC

Mon, 2022-03-14 10:20 — mike kraft

EXCLUSIVE U.S. seeks to expand Trump-era COVID data collection under CDC The Biden administration wants to expand a federal COVID-19 tracking system created during the pandemic to provide a more detailed view of how respiratory and other infectious diseases are affecting patients and hospital resources, according to a draft of proposed rules reviewed by Reuters. Julie Steenhuysen,Marisa Taylor Reuters

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