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France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working because of staff shortages

Wed, 2022-01-05 19:08 — mike kraft

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working | AP News LE PECQ, France (AP) — France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate, an extraordinary stopgap measure aimed at easing staff shortages at hospitals and other facilities caused by an unprecedented explosion in cases. AP NEWS

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U.S.: More military medical personnel are assisting hospitals with Covid-19 treatment as staff shortages mount

Wed, 2022-01-05 19:01 — mike kraft

(CNN) As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations now surpass those during the Delta variant surge over the summer and fall, more states are enacting emergency protocols to deal with growing staff shortages at hospitals.

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England to suspend PCR confirmation of positive rapid COVID tests

Wed, 2022-01-05 18:49 — mike kraft

England to suspend PCR confirmation of positive rapid COVID tests People who test positive for COVID-19 on rapid lateral flow tests will not need to confirm their results with a follow-up PCR test if they are not showing symptoms, the UK Health Security Agency said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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Pfizer official expects updated COVID-19 vaccine data for kids under 5 by April

Wed, 2022-01-05 18:40 — mike kraft

Pfizer expects updated COVID-19 vaccine data for kids under 5 by April Pfizer Inc expects the latest results from a clinical trial for kids under the age of 5 of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Germany's BioNTech SE by April, a top company scientist said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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CDC panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 booster for adolescents

Wed, 2022-01-05 17:36 — mike kraft

CDC panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 booster for adolescents A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Wednesday recommended adolescents aged 12 to 15 should receive a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at least 5 Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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DeSantis urges healthy, asymptomatic Floridians to forgo COVID-19 testing even as omicron case count skyrockets

Wed, 2022-01-05 13:45 — mike kraft

DeSantis urges healthy, asymptomatic Floridians to forgo COVID-19 testing even as omicron case count skyrockets DeSantis and Surgeon General Ladapo issued the new guidelines during a Naples news conference. They also called on the federal government to give Florida more monoclonal antibody treatments. YahooNews

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Covid-positive health care workers struggle with return to work amid staff shortages

Wed, 2022-01-05 13:01 — mike kraft

Covid-positive health care workers struggle with return to work amid staff shortages Health care workers across the country find themselves once again at the forefront of another Covid-19 surge, but this time many are being sidelined after testing positive, leading to a nationwide hospital staffing shortage YahooNews

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Chicago, Detroit Chicago cancels school as record-setting Omicron wave spurs more disruptions

Wed, 2022-01-05 12:57 — mike kraft

Chicago cancels school as record-setting Omicron wave spurs more disruptions Chicago officials canceled classes in the nation's third-largest school district on Wednesday amid a dispute with the teachers' union, the latest disruption to U.S. education and life as the Omicron variant spurs a record-setting COVID-19 surge. Lisa Shumaker,Joseph Ax Reuters

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Stores raise prices of COVID test kits as they remain hard to find

Wed, 2022-01-05 10:12 — mike kraft

COVID test prices increase at Walmart, Kroger as at-home rapid tests remain hard to find COVID-19 at-home tests are hard to find and now Abbott's BinaxNOW kits cost more at Walmart and Kroger. Kelly Tyko USA TODAY

Home COVID-19 at-home test kits will cost more – if you can find them.

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U.S. sees 7 straight days of record-setting Covid case numbers

Wed, 2022-01-05 10:04 — mike kraft

7 straight days of record Covid case numbers. See which states set new highs. Two-thirds of the states have set records for Covid cases or hospitalizations since Dec. 28. NBC News

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