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ANALYSIS: Study calls for a new fund to strengthen global health security and pandemic preparedness

Thu, 2022-05-12 04:45 — mike kraft

A New Fund for Global Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness (Pandemic Action Network) Advocates call for a dedicated new Fund for Global Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness, which can help fill existing critical funding gaps. In this new issue brief, they explain what a new fund should do, why the world needs it, and how it can augment and bolster the existing global health ecosystem.

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althcare FDA sets tentative June dates for meeting on proposed vaccine for under 5's

Fri, 2022-04-29 21:49 — mike kraft

FDA sets tentative June dates for meeting on young kids’ vaccine The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday released tentative June dates for its advisory committee to meet to discuss authorizing COVID-19 vaccines for young children, offering a rough timel… psullivan The Hill

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The agency said it is setting aside June 8, 21 and 22 for meetings of its advisory committee for vaccines for children under 5 and will provide more details once applications from Pfizer and Moderna are complete.

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AMA primer on what doctors wish patients knew about the BA.2 Omicron subvariant

Sat, 2022-04-23 00:03 — mike kraft

What doctors wish patients knew about the BA.2 Omicron subvariant

With the rolling back of mask requirements and physical distancing, many people have been on a search for a new normal. But there is still reason to be cautious. The highly transmissible and contagious BA.2 Omicron subvariant—dubbed “stealth” Omicron—is now the dominant strain in the United States, causing more than 85% of all COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This has led to more questions.

Based on the CDC’s genomic surveillance, the BA.2 or stealth Omicron subvariant is responsible for most new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the U.S. BA.2 is a subvariant of the original SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529), along with BA.1.1 and BA.3.

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Some Canadian hospitals are again facing COVID cancellations

Fri, 2022-04-22 21:09 — mike kraft

Some Canadian hospitals face COVID cancellations - again Some hospitals in Canada's most populous provinces are cancelling or postponing medical procedures in the face of another wave of the coronavirus pandemic, increasing backlogs of procedures that health practitioners say will take years to work through and could cost more lives. Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters

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Effective treatments for COVID are now available. Why are they not being used?

Thu, 2022-04-21 19:42 — mike kraft

Effective treatments for COVID are now available. Why are they not being used? Awareness varies about the availability and effectiveness of 'miracle' COVID treatments, experts say. Once in short supply, they are now underused. YahooNews

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Trauma among health care workers comparable to that of combat vets--study

Fri, 2022-04-08 21:20 — mike kraft

Betrayal, guilt, shame: Trauma among health care workers comparable to that of combat vets Forced to ration care amid a deluge of Covid patients while others flouted safety measures during the pandemic, health care workers are left with "moral injury." NBC News

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White House announces National Plan to Fight Long term COVID, promote research

Wed, 2022-04-06 23:00 — mike kraft

White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Shannon Firth medpagetoday

The Biden administration unveiled a new plan on Tuesday to improve the nation's understanding of long COVID and to better prevent, detect, and treat the condition, particularly in hard-hit communities.

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Overview, China, vaccines, U.S developments

Mon, 2022-04-04 19:36 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus China sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise on Monday, in one of the country's biggest-ever public health responses. Reuters Reuters

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Biden top COVID coordinators leaving in April, Brown University Dean Dr. Jha to take over

Thu, 2022-03-17 21:50 — mike kraft

Biden COVID coordinators leaving in April, Jha to take over WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian are leaving the administration next month, the White House announced Thursday. They will be replaced by Dr. AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian are leaving the administration next month, the White House announced Thursday. They will be replaced by Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health.

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