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Appeals Court rules Mayo Clinic must face religious bias claims over COVID vaccine policy

Tue, 2024-05-28 11:21 — mike kraft

 

Mayo Clinic must face religious bias claims over COVID vaccine policy, court rules A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit accusing the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota of illegally firing five employees who refused on religious grounds to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or be regularly tested for the virus. Daniel Wiessner Reuters

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Long-covid patients of color are tired of being sick and neglected

Tue, 2024-05-28 10:34 — mike kraft
In communities of color, long-covid patients are tired of being sick and neglected It has been four years since coronavirus infections began burdening people with lingering symptoms often dismissed by medical providers. Akilah Johnson The Washington Post

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COVID-19 forecasting tool allowed Canadian hospital to manage patient capacity, resources amid pandemic's third wave

Tue, 2024-05-28 10:07 — mike kraft
Study: COVID-19 forecasting tool allowed hospital to manage patient capacity, resources amid pandemic's third wave During the peak of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the health-care system's capacity was stretched and hospitals across Canada relied on each other to share resources and provide care. Marzena McDonald Medical Xpress

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COVID-19 pandemic reversed decade of gains in life expectancy--WHO

Tue, 2024-05-28 09:39 — mike kraft

 

WHO: COVID-19 pandemic reversed decade of life expectancy gains The World Health Organization (WHO) published a new report suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic undid a decade of life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy gains (HALE), with global expectancy levels now matching those last seen in 2012. CIDRAP

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"Not only has the pandemic set back healthy longevity worldwide by years, it also reversed the previous trends of shifting disease burden to noncommunicable diseases," the report said.

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World Health Assembly meets with hopes to reinforce pandemic preparedness after bold treaty project stalls

Tue, 2024-05-28 09:25 — mike kraft
World Health Assembly hopes to reinforce pandemic preparedness after bold treaty project stalls The World Health Organization is beginning its annual meeting with government ministers and other top envoys hoping to reinforce global preparedness for the next pandemic in the devastating wake of COVID-19. AP News

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WHO member states'negotiations fail to reach agreeemt on Pandemic Accord.

Fri, 2024-05-24 17:14 — mike kraft
Breaking - WHO Member States Fail To Reach Agreement On Pandemic Accord; Way Forward In Hands Of World Health Assembly - Health Policy Watch A last ditch effort of WHO member states to finish negotiations on a pandemic accord has failed to yield agreement ahead of next week's World Health Assembly Health Policy Watch
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Fighting future pandemics: update on negotations for a new agreement

Fri, 2024-05-24 10:49 — mike kraft

 

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Explainer-What are the FLiRT COVID variants and are they more contagious? --Reuters

Fri, 2024-05-24 09:59 — mike kraft

 

Explainer-What are the FLiRT COVID variants and are they more contagious? The moniker FLiRT is an acronym for the locations of the mutations the variants share on the virus' spike protein. HOW ARE THE FLIRT VARIANTS DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS VARIANTS? The FLiRT variants, which also include KP.2's "parental" lineage JN.1, have three key mutations on their spike protein that could help them evade antibodies, according to Johns Hopkins University. Yahoo News

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American Heart Association warns that myths incorrectly connecting COVID vaccine to heart defects may be spreading

Fri, 2024-05-24 09:52 — mike kraft

Myths incorrectly connecting COVID vaccine to heart defects may be spreading

The American Heart Association warns that false information about COVID vaccination and heart defects attributed to the Association may be spreading. The misinformation is inaccurately and incorrectly connected to a recent scientific paper on cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome.

 

 

 

 

 

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U.S. government funding for Covid vaccines ends in August for persons with little or no health insurance

Thu, 2024-05-23 18:01 — mike kraft
This COVID vaccine program offered a ‘bridge’ to uninsured adults, and then the funding crumbled The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the Bridge Access Program to connect U.S. adults with little to no health insurance to COVID vaccines. But funding cuts mean it will end this August. PBS NewsHour

 

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