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NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — driven by FLirt variant

Fri, 2024-07-05 10:13 — mike kraft
NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant's harder to duck The increases is driven by the new FLiRT variant. Gothamist

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New York City data shows an average of 687 cases of COVID reported per day during the week ending on June 22, 250% higher than the amount reported two months prior. That same week, there was an average of 53 COVID-related hospitalizations each day — primarily involving older adults — and one death, according to city data. ...

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U.S. is seeing a summer wave of COVID

Fri, 2024-06-28 08:51 — mike kraft
A summer wave of Covid-19 has arrived in the US | CNN Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States for weeks as new variants drive what’s become an annual summer surge. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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The American West is drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can’t keep up

Tue, 2024-06-25 12:34 — mike kraft
The West is warming and drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can’t keep up, study says Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure drought can&#821… Elise Schmelzer The Denver Post

Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure drought can’t keep up.

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US. has uptick in COVID-19 cases, low flu activity--CDC data

Mon, 2024-06-24 09:42 — mike kraft
CDC data show uptick in COVID-19 cases, low flu activity COVID test positivity, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths are are on the rise, but remain at low levels. CIDRAP
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US health uninsured to rise to 8.9% in the next decade, Congressional Budget Office estimates

Fri, 2024-06-21 14:56 — mike kraft

 

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Change Healthcare to begin notifying patients that cyberattack compromised their private info

Thu, 2024-06-20 19:49 — mike kraft
Change Healthcare to begin notifying patients that cyberattack compromised their private info Change Healthcare will begin notifying people that private information, such as Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses, was compromised in its cyberattack. Brittany Trang STAT
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Half of U.S. military bases in the U.S are in 'health care deserts'

Mon, 2024-06-17 18:10 — mike kraft
Half of U.S. military bases in the country are in 'health care deserts' For hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and their families, when the Pentagon orders them to find health care off base there is none. NPR

For hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and their families, when the Pentagon orders them to find health care off base there is none.

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U.S. FDA modifies strain recommendation for fall COVID vaccine amid variant shifts, increased cases

Mon, 2024-06-17 09:42 — mike kraft
FDA modifies strain recommendation for fall COVID vaccine amid variant shifts, uptick in cases Though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week recommended that vaccine companies switch to the JN.1 variant for updated shots for the fall, yesterday it urged companies to focus on the KP.2 lineage if possible, based on recent shifts and a national rise in cases. CIDRAP

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Black, Hispanic adults at double the risk of losing Medicaid after COVID emergency ended--study

Thu, 2024-06-13 10:05 — mike kraft
Black, Hispanic adults at double the risk of losing Medicaid after COVID emergency ended, study finds Black and Hispanic adults were twice as likely than their White peers to be unable to renew their Medicaid enrollment after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) in spring 2023, a Northwestern University–led study estimates. CIDRAP

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7% of US adults reported having long COVID by early 2023--survey

Tue, 2024-06-11 09:43 — mike kraft
AHRQ survey: 7% of US adults reported having long COVID by early 2023 New findings from a US survey from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) scientists concludes that 6.9% of US adults—or almost 18 million adults—have ever had long COVID as of early 2023, confirming the results of previous surveys.  CIDRAP

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