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The final US military medical Covid-19 deployments to help local communities have ended

Thu, 2022-03-31 17:49 — mike kraft

After two years, the final US military medical Covid-19 deployments are ending First, it was a smaller hospital with fewer than 200 beds in Farmington, New Mexico, where the high desert borders the Navajo Nation. Then, it was a massive university hospital in bustling Salt Lake City, Utah, with about 800 staffed beds. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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Key Senators reach tentative deal on $10 billion in additional Covid funding--Senator Romney

Thu, 2022-03-31 17:38 — mike kraft

Senators reach tentative deal on $10 billion in additional Covid funding, Romney says Mitt Romney said he and Chuck Schumer reached a deal on $10 billion in Covid aid, less than half of what the Biden administration wanted. Spencer Kimball CNBC

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Major turbulence for US health care seen as Covid pandemic and funding ends

Thu, 2022-03-31 10:27 — mike kraft

End of COVID may bring major turbulence for US health care WASHINGTON (AP) — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures. AP NEWS

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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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The final US military medical Covid-19 deployments to help local communities have ended

Key Senators reach tentative deal on $10 billion in additional Covid funding--Senator Romney

Major turbulence for US health care seen as Covid pandemic and funding ends

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

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

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

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

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