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French medics protest hospital crisis, deepened by COVID

Wed, 2022-06-08 02:35 — FNUOvviyaa

French medics protest hospital crisis, deepened by COVID PARIS (AP) — Health workers protested Tuesday around France to demand more hiring and better salaries in public hospitals, after years of cost cuts that left medics submerged when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and are now forcing emergency rooms to cut services. AP NEWS

Nine unions and collectives organized a day of protest, including a demonstration outside the Health Ministry in Paris and in dozens of other towns and cities, to call the government’s attention to growing concerns about staff shortages.

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WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns

Mon, 2022-05-30 20:04 — mike kraft

WHO: Monkeypox won't turn into pandemic, but many unknowns LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission. AP NEWS

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Patient group calls for more regular scheduling of recurring COVID-19 boosters to encourage vaccinations

Sat, 2022-05-28 04:28 — mike kraft

Patient group calls for recurring COVID-19 boosters to cut through vaccine apathy The nonprofit ECRI said adopting a booster shot schedule targeting emerging variants would create certainty and convince more Americans to get shots. YahooNews

Fewer than one in three Americans have received an extra shot of the COVID-19 vaccine and one patient safety group thinks that's a public health challenge.

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Monkeypox: Africa CDC warns on vaccine hoarding amid monkeypox outbreak

Thu, 2022-05-26 19:37 — mike kraft

Africa CDC warns on vaccine hoarding amid monkeypox outbreak The acting director of Africa's top public health agency said on Thursday that he hoped vaccine hoarding, as seen by wealthier nations during the COVID-19 pandemic, would not be repeated with the current monkeypox outbreak. Bhargav Acharya,Alexander Winning Reuters

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Pfizer CEO predicts 'constant waves' of COVID-19 because of complacency and politicization

Thu, 2022-05-26 04:50 — mike kraft

Pfizer CEO predicts 'constant waves' of COVID-19 because of complacency around the coronavirus and the politicization of the pandemic The consequences of people's hesitancy to wear masks and get vaccinated will likely be seen over the next few months, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said. YahooNews

The world is likely to suffer from "constant waves" of COVID-19, the CEO of Pfizer said Wednesday.

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People have checked out a little bit,” said Chris Jackson, senior vice president at the polling firm Ipsos. “People aren’t as tuned in

Mon, 2022-05-23 21:39 — mike kraft

As cases rise, Americans are ‘checked out’ on COVID-19 COVID-19 cases are on the rise, but many Americans are over thinking of the virus as a crisis. Even in blue cities, restaurants are packed with people, and many Americans don’t we… lvella The Hill

COVID-19 cases are on the rise, but many Americans are over thinking of the virus as a crisis.

Even in blue cities, restaurants are packed with people, and many Americans don’t wear masks even on the subway or on airplanes.

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U.S. CDC advisers recommend COVID booster for children 5-11

Fri, 2022-05-20 03:07 — mike kraft

Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the agency’s director, is expected to sign off quickly on the committee’s recommendation. Children in this age group who received their last dose at least five months earlier will then be eligible to receive booster doses immediately.

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