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COIVID Resources Links: Natural Disasters and COVID-19 Resources for Professionals and Emergency Workers

Sun, 2021-05-30 13:58 — mike kraft

Natural Disasters and COVID-19: Resources for Professionals and Emergency Workers - Homeland Security Today This page offers links to resources and information that public health professionals, healthcare workers, and emergency responders can use to help people stay safe during and after a natural disaster amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Homeland Security Today

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Group of staffers at Houston Hospital sue to stop its vaccine mandate

Sun, 2021-05-30 13:15 — mike kraft

117 staffers sue over Houston hospital’s vaccine mandate, saying they don’t want to be ‘guinea pigs’ Houston Methodist Hospital says 99 percent of its 26,000 employees have received the shots. Derek Hawkins Washington Post

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What is known about rare cases of heart inflammation in teens, young adults who got two-shot COVID vaccine.

Mon, 2021-05-24 19:14 — mike kraft

CDC investigating cases of heart inflammation in teens, young adults who got two-shot COVID vaccine. Here's what we know. The news comes a few weeks after the FDA authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for minors 12 and older. Moderna's vaccine is authorized for people 18 and older. Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY

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Medical Jargon Can Make COVID Health Disparities Even Worse

Mon, 2021-05-24 19:02 — mike kraft

How Medical Jargon Can Make COVID Health Disparities Even Worse There's a lot of room for dangerous misunderstanding when doctors and public health officials talk to diverse groups about COVID-19. Health literacy projects aim to dispel confusion in all languages. NPR.org

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Essential personal caregivers were locked out of nursing homes during COVID-19. Advocates are trying to enact legislation to allow them access.

Sun, 2021-05-23 13:35 — mike kraft

Essential caregivers were locked out of nursing homes during COVID-19. Advocates from New York to California don't want it to happen again. Advocates from New York to California are pushing for laws that would require essential caregivers in nursing homes – even in a public health crisis. Anne Marshall-Chalmers USA TODAY

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OPINION: The need to address "needle fear" in effort to vaccinate more people

Sat, 2021-05-22 14:32 — mike kraft

No one likes needles. Of all the barriers to Covid-19 vaccination, fear of needles may seem trivial to overcome. But millions of American adults, not to mention children, still need to be injected to keep themselves and their communities safe. And it’s likely some of them aren’t doing so in part because they fear or just don’t like needles.

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Mobile bus clinics are being used to provide vaccines to those who cannot easily travel

Thu, 2021-05-20 17:32 — mike kraft

From the East Coast to the West, health officials are taking the Covid-19 vaccines on the road.

Across the country, nurses, technicians, emergency medical workers and community partners are rolling up to the doorsteps, streets and churches of people who are homeless, who live in areas without reliable transportation or who have no internet access.

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CDC 3 items: Eye on possible surges, under scrutinity and makes changes

Wed, 2021-05-19 12:22 — mike kraft

CDC to remain vigilant for case spikes after new mask guidance CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is facing criticism for moving too quickly on updating mask guidance for vaccinated Americans. Anjalee Khemlani Yahoo

Criticisms abound for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after it changed its mask guidance Thursday to allow vaccinated individuals to go maskless in most settings.

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Masks: Largest U.S. nurses union criticizes CDC new policy on masks

Sun, 2021-05-16 12:48 — mike kraft

Largest Nurses’ Union Condemns New CDC Guidance on Masks: “Not Based on Science” National Nurses United said the new guidelines saying vaccinated people can go maskless in most settings will hurt nurses and other frontline workers. Daniel Politi Slate Magazine

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Administration plans to provide $7.4 Billion to hire more public health workers, strengthen agencies

Thu, 2021-05-13 21:37 — mike kraft

Biden announces $7.4 billion to hire more public health workers amid pandemic After decades of chronic underfunding, U.S. public health departments last year showed how ill-equipped they are to carry out basic functions, let alone serve as the last line of defense against a pandemic. William Wan Washington Post

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