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How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While COVID Killed 1 Million Americans

Mon, 2022-05-16 10:26 — mike kraft

How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While COVID Killed 1 Million Americans MELBOURNE, Australia — If the United States had the same COVID death rate as Australia, about 900,000 lives would have been saved. For many Americans, imagining what might have been will be painful. But especially now, at the milestone of 1 million deaths in the United States, the nations that did a better job of keeping people alive show what Americans could have done differently and what might still need to change.

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Overview: Shanghai plans to end lockdown; North Korea; Automakers reinstate mask mandates in southeastern Michigan plants

Mon, 2022-05-16 10:20 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Shanghai set out plans for the end of a painful COVID-19 lockdown that has lasted more than six weeks, heavily bruising China's economy, and for the return of more normal life from June 1. Reuters Reuters

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Federal judge rules against Hanford workers opposed to vaccine mandates

Fri, 2022-05-13 20:23 — mike kraft

Judge tosses COVID-19 vaccine objections of Hanford workers RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several hundred Hanford nuclear reservation and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory workers in Richland, Washington, over COVID-19 vaccine requirements. AP NEWS

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Biden urges cities to spend earlier Covid relief money on police, crime prevention

Fri, 2022-05-13 20:14 — mike kraft

Biden urges cities to spend Covid relief money on police, crime prevention President Joe Biden urged states and cities to use unspent money from the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package to fund crime prevention programs and hire police. YahooNews

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How North Korea's COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis

Fri, 2022-05-13 20:04 — mike kraft

Explainer: How North Korea's COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis North Korea's admission that it is battling an "explosive" COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns that the virus could devastate a country with an under-resourced health system, limited testing capabilities, and no vaccine programme. Soo-Hyang Choi,Josh Smith Reuters

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Analysis: despite surge in Covid cases, a lower rate of severe illness in some states may reflect high vaccination rates, testing and the use of antiviral drugs, experts say.

Fri, 2022-05-13 11:31 — mike kraft

Covid cases are surging again. Why hospitalizations may not. A lower rate of severe illness in some states may reflect high vaccination rates, the prevalence of testing and the use of antiviral drugs, experts say. NBC News

Covid-19 cases are surging yet again in the United States, but unlike previous waves, a substantial rise in hospitalizations and deaths isn't following yet.

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Afica's only Covid vaccine plant is struggling because of lack of customers

Fri, 2022-05-13 10:47 — mike kraft

Covid in Africa: Why the continent's only vaccine plant is struggling Aspen Pharmacare says it may have to stop producing the jabs in South Africa unless demand rises. BBC News

The global organisations that buy Covid vaccines for poorer countries "need to step up" and order doses from Africa's only Covid vaccine maker in order to save the production line, the company's senior executive told the BBC.

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White House prepares to ration vaccines as Covid funding impasse looms

Fri, 2022-05-13 10:36 — mike kraft

White House prepares to ration vaccines as Covid funding impasse looms The government’s funds are running out. Tough decisions may soon present themselves. POLITICO

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Biden administration may need to 'claw back' from previous contracts funding for COVID, Jha says

Fri, 2022-05-13 10:08 — mike kraft

Biden may need to 'claw back' funding for COVID, Jha says The White House is preparing for a scenario in which Congress fails to approve President Joe Biden's request for additional COVID funds by reviewing old contracts to see if there is any money it can "claw back," the president's top COVID adviser said on Thursday. Jeff Mason Reuters

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55% of Hospitalized COVID Patients Still Had Symptoms at 2 Years

Thu, 2022-05-12 19:34 — mike kraft

55% of Hospitalized COVID Patients Still Had Symptoms at 2 Years 'Ongoing follow-up of COVID-19 survivors is essential,' researcher says Molly Walker medpagetoday

More than half of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, during the initial outbreak reported at least one symptom a couple of years later, researchers found.

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