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The meaning of WHO saying the COVID emergency ahs ended

Fri, 2023-05-05 18:18 — mike kraft

WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean? The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency but the coronavirus is here to stay. The action Friday by the United Nations agency doesn’t mean much for the average person. The classification is meant to warn countries that there’s an “extraordinary” event that could pose a health threat and requires a coordinated response. Health officials say the virus isn’t going anywhere and advise people to get vaccinated, including getting booster doses if they qualify. WHO has previously declared global emergencies for outbreaks of swine flu, Zika, Ebola, polio and mpox, formerly called monkeypox.

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CDC Director Walensky resigns; Biden still searching for new pandemic czar

Fri, 2023-05-05 13:01 — mike kraft

CDC's Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is resigning. Dr. Rochelle Walensky says the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic is a good time to make a transition. She sent a resignation letter to President Joe Biden and announced the decision at a CDC staff meeting Friday. Her last day will be June 30. Walensky was previously an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Thousands of COVID tests recalled over bacteria risk and should be discarded, FDA warns

Fri, 2023-05-05 12:02 — mike kraft

Thousands of COVID tests recalled over bacteria risk, FDA warns 500,000 "Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Tests" distributed to CVS and 16,000 distributed to Amazon should be thrown out. Yahoo Finance

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About one quarter of New Yorkers lost at least one person to Covid--survey

Fri, 2023-05-05 11:54 — mike kraft

Survey: Nearly 900K New Yorkers lost at least three people to COVID The latest New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey illustrates the massive toll that COVID-19 took on the city since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. According to the data, about one in four… nprieb The Hill

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U.S. CDC to scale back COVID data collection as US nears end of the health emergency

Fri, 2023-05-05 11:28 — mike kraft

CDC to scale back data collection as US ends COVID health emergency The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday it would stop reporting or monitoring COVID-19 case data and transmission rates after the government ends the pandemic's public health emergency designation next week. Ahmed Aboulenein Reuters

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WHO says Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency

Fri, 2023-05-05 11:23 — mike kraft

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. WHO said that he pandemic hasn’t come to an end despite the emergency phase being over. The U.N. health agency noted recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

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Ivermectin suporters lose in Wisconsin Supreme Court

Thu, 2023-05-04 19:24 — mike kraft

Wisconsin Supreme Court won't order ivermectin use for COVID Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled a hospital couldn't be forced to give a deworming drug to a patient with COVID-19, saying a county judge did not cite a legal basis for ordering the facility to administer ivermectin. Ivermectin became popular among conservatives after commentators and even some far-right doctors held up the antiparasitic drug as a miracle cure for the coronavirus and other illnesses. But the Food and Drug Administration hasn't approved it for use in treating COVID-19 and warns that misusing ivermectin can be harmful, even fatal.

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Mask requirements are ending in some medical facilities.

Thu, 2023-05-04 19:03 — mike kraft

Masks come off in the last refuge for mandates: The doctor’s office Some infectious-disease specialists have concluded that universal masking is no longer essential in medical settings, a stark return to pre-covid life. Fenit Nirappil Washington Post

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Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in 2022 -- CDC

Thu, 2023-05-04 18:37 — mike kraft

Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in 2022, CDC data shows | CNN Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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How El Nino is expected to cause more weather extremes in the U.S.

Thu, 2023-05-04 11:31 — mike kraft

El Niño is coming. Here's what that means for weather in the U.S. Warmer sea waters have many far-ranging effects. In the new pattern, some parts of the U.S. could get relief from drought, while others might see fewer hurricanes. NPR

As hot as the Earth's weather has been in recent years, it's about to get hotter: El Niño is on the way, with warmer sea temperatures promising new weather extremes, U.S. and international forecasters say.

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