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The Northeast could prevent a Covid-19 surge like the one in the South by following key measures-- Fauci

Tue, 2021-09-28 10:47 — mike kraft

People in the Northeast could prevent a Covid-19 surge like the one in the South by following these measures, Fauci says As weather grows colder and children spend more time in school, a surge of Covid-19 cases like the one in the South could be in store for the Northeast, but it is not too late to get ahead of it, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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A Lab Company Charges $380 for a Covid Test. Is That What Congress Had in Mind?

Mon, 2021-09-27 11:42 — mike kraft

At the drugstore, a rapid Covid test usually costs less than $20.

Across the country, over a dozen testing sites owned by the start-up company GS Labs regularly bill $380.

There’s a reason they can. When Congress tried to ensure that Americans wouldn’t have to pay for coronavirus testing, it required insurers to pay certain laboratories whatever “cash price” they listed online for the tests, with no limit on what that might be.

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Analysis of how much Covid-19 relief money health care went to providers in each state

Mon, 2021-09-27 10:43 — mike kraft

See how much Covid-19 relief money health care providers in your state got STAT’s new analysis of HHS's Provider Relief Fund money reveals where it’s flowing and who has received the most so far. J. Emory Parker STAT

Congress set up a massive, $178 billion fund in 2020 meant to help mitigate the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on health care providers, known as the Provider Relief Fund.

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Pfizer CEO predicts life will come back to normal within a year even with new coronavirus variants

Mon, 2021-09-27 10:32 — mike kraft

Pfizer CEO predicts 'we will able to come back to normal life' within a year even with new variants of the coronavirus The US Food and Drug Administration last week authorized Pfizer boosters for people 65 years and older and others at high risk of severe COVID-19, Connor Perrett YahooNews

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Medical ethic debate over doctors refusing to treat the unvaccinated

Fri, 2021-09-24 18:32 — mike kraft

Medical ethicists criticize doctors refusing to treat the unvaccinated As the Delta variant of COVID-19 rips across the country, a growing number of health care professionals have taken an extreme stance that they claim will slow the spread: They say they will no longer treat the unvaccinated.

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Florida's case example: We still don’t have all the answers for why Covid-19 cases rise and fall, but there are some explanations

Fri, 2021-09-24 12:30 — mike kraft

Florida’s mysterious Covid-19 surge We still don’t have all the answers for why Covid-19 cases rise and fall, but there are some explanations. German Lopez Vox

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Covid cases are slowly on the decline. Here's what the next few months could look like.

Fri, 2021-09-24 11:41 — mike kraft

Has the spread of Covid peaked in the U.S.? What the coming months could look like New cases have been gradually dropping nationwide, although experts caution that new infections are still at a high rate and further decline will be slow. NBC News

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How Masks protect the wearer even if others nearby are not wearing masks.

Thu, 2021-09-23 20:07 — mike kraft

If I’m the only person wearing a mask in a store or other indoor location, am I really protected from infection?

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Both Moderna and Pfizer are effective vaccines but Moderna seems to have a slight edge --studies

Thu, 2021-09-23 19:33 — mike kraft

Moderna vs. Pfizer: Both Knockouts, but One Seems to Have the Edge It was a constant refrain from federal health officials after the coronavirus vaccines were authorized: These shots are all equally effective. That has turned out not to be true. Roughly 221 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have been dispensed thus far in the United States, compared with about 150 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine.

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Johns Hopkins Study: Mental Health and Social Support for Healthcare and Hospital Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Thu, 2021-09-23 18:03 — mike kraft

Mental Health and Social Support for Healthcare and Hospital Workers Mental Health and Social Support for Healthcare and Hospital Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

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