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U.S. CDC no longer recommends universal masking in health facilities

Thu, 2022-09-29 07:00 — mike kraft

CDC no longer recommends universal masking in health facilities The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal masking in health care settings, unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission. The agency quietly i… nweixel The Hill

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal masking in health care settings, unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission.

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WHO says its global infodemic manager community of practice is growing and tackling COVID-19, monkeypox and other outbreaks

Wed, 2022-09-28 23:33 — mike kraft

The WHO global infodemic manager community of practice is growing and tackling COVID-19, monkeypox and other outbreaks The WHO-trained infodemic managers, over 1300 of them from 142 countries, are already making great strides in Member States and together around the globe as a global community of practice.

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Some pre-existing conditions matter a lot more when assessing COVID-19 outcomes

Wed, 2022-09-28 20:44 — mike kraft

Some pre-existing conditions matter a lot more when assessing COVID-19 outcomes A new paper in Biology Methods & Protocols, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that some pre-existing conditions-;including degenerative neurological diseases, dementia, and severe disabilities-;matter a lot more than once thought when assessing who is at risk for death due to COVID-19. News-Medical.net

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Problems in communicating and sharing data blunts U.S. response to outbreaks

Wed, 2022-09-21 20:44 — mike kraft

'Very Harmful' Lack of Data Blunts U.S. Response to Outbreaks ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After a middle-aged woman tested positive for COVID-19 in January at her workplace in Fairbanks, public health workers sought answers to questions vital to understanding how the virus was spreading in Alaska’s rugged interior. The woman, they learned, had existing conditions and had not been vaccinated. She had been hospitalized but had recovered. Alaska and many other states have routinely collected that kind of information about people who test positive for the virus.

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Masks: As masks are shed, a visit to a medical office can pose Covid risks for some patients

Wed, 2022-09-07 20:18 — mike kraft

As masks are shed, a routine visit to a medical office can pose Covid risks for some patients “Even in clinics where the job is to provide care for people who are really high risk, you can’t even feel safe somewhere like that,” said one transplant patient. Megan Molteni STAT

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New Covid boosters look a lot like the old ones. Doctors worry that could lead to errors.

Wed, 2022-09-07 19:58 — mike kraft

New Covid boosters look a lot like the old ones. Doctors worry that could lead to errors. Experts are concerned that the updated Covid boosters look too similar to previous versions of the vaccine, and people could receive the wrong dose in error. YahooNews

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Reference: Time line of Covid-19 Pandemic developments

Fri, 2022-09-02 04:45 — mike kraft

Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts Read CNN's Fast Facts about the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. CNN Editorial Research CNN

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(CNN) Here's a look at the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The coronavirus, called Covid-19 by WHO, originated in China and is the cousin of the SARS virus.

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As Americans drop anti-Covid measures, pandemic threat worsens for the vulnerable

Thu, 2022-09-01 23:46 — mike kraft

As Americans ditch Covid measures, pandemic worsens for the vulnerable Older adults, immunocompromised and the very young are paying the price for the mask-less freedom of many the Guardian

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Misinformation issue: California Legislature passes Bill to Punish Doctors Who Spread False Information

Wed, 2022-08-31 04:51 — mike kraft

Trying to strike a balance between free speech and public health, California’s Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would allow regulators to punish doctors for spreading false information about Covid-19 vaccinations and treatments.

The legislation, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would make the state the first to try to legislate a remedy to a problem that the American Medical Association, among other medical groups and experts, says has worsened the impact of the pandemic, resulting in thousands of unnecessary hospitalizations and deaths.

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Most clinicians treating low-income COVID patients feel morally distressed--survey

Tue, 2022-08-30 20:38 — mike kraft

Constrained by a lack of sufficient resources and faced with difficult decisions amid COVID-19 surges in the first year of the pandemic, nearly 72% of US primary care, dental, and behavioral health clinicians working in safety-net clinics report experiencing mild to intense moral distress, finds a study published late last week in BMJ Open.

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