Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change

Wed, 2023-07-12 09:47 — mike kraft

This week’s flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction even miles from any river, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat: Catastrophic flooding can increasingly happen anywhere, with almost no warning.

And the United States, experts warn, is nowhere close to ready for that threat.

The idea that anywhere it can rain, it can flood, is not new. But rising temperatures make the problem worse: They allow the air to hold more moisture, leading to more intense and sudden rainfall, seemingly out of nowhere. And the implications of that shift are enormous.

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Covid pandemic's lasting influence on children described in new studies.

Wed, 2023-07-12 09:36 — mike kraft
Studies describe pandemic's lasting influence on children CIDRAP

From school closures to delays in routine immunizations, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children are far-reaching.

Two new studies describe how Japanese children exposed to the first 2 years of the pandemic show developmental delays and note that 28% of US kids had delayed or missed preventive care visits due to COVID-19, with variations by race and ethnicity.

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Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates--study

Wed, 2023-07-12 09:20 — mike kraft
Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates The number of Californians dying from alcoholic liver disease rose dramatically in the last decade, sped by the pandemic. khnkit KFF Health News
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COVID spread from deer to humans multiple times --study

Wed, 2023-07-12 09:12 — mike kraft
Study: COVID spread from deer to humans multiple times The coronavirus spread from deer to humans at least a few times based on an analysis of samples taken from the animal, according to a new study.  The analysis published Monday in the scientifi… jgans The Hill

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Long COVID: Gene linked to long COVID found in analysis of thousands of patients

Wed, 2023-07-12 09:06 — mike kraft
Gene linked to long COVID found in analysis of thousands of patients Nature - The first genome-wide search for long-COVID risk factors could pave the way for larger studies. Ledford, Heidi nature

The first genome-wide hunt to find genetic risk factors for long COVID has yielded a hit: a DNA sequence near a gene called FOXP4, which is active in the lungs and in some immune cells.

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Germany to trash 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

Tue, 2023-07-11 18:04 — mike kraft
Germany on track to bin 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses The total waste is likely to run into the billions of euros. POLITICO

Germany has thrown out 83 million doses of coronavirus vaccines at a rough cost of €1.6 billion and has 120 million more doses sitting unused in stock, even as it is set to receive more jabs at a time when vaccination has flatlined.

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August 3 is the final day that health providers can order vaccine from the federal government through the traditional system.

Tue, 2023-07-11 17:59 — mike kraft
Quick takes: COVID vaccine ordering cutoff, destroying chemical weapons, new CDC head takes reins COVID vaccine ordering changes on August 3, the US destroys its last chemical weapons, and Mandy Cohen takes the CDC reins. CIDRAP
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Distress in England’s young adults has risen sharply since Covid --study

Tue, 2023-07-11 10:49 — mike kraft
Distress in England’s young adults has risen sharply since Covid, study shows Research suggests those aged 18 to 24 have been deeply affected by pandemic and then cost of living and healthcare crises the Guardian
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U.S. students still struggle with math and reading despite the end of the pandemic era, study shows

Tue, 2023-07-11 10:41 — mike kraft
Students still struggle with math and reading despite the end of the pandemic era, study shows | CNN Students who struggled through the height of the Covid-19 pandemic – between March 2020 and early 2023 – are still having trouble keeping up with course work, according to a study from the nonprofit NWEA, which focuses on education research. Michelle Watson CNN

 

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A panel dataset of COVID-19 vaccination policies in 185 countries--study

Tue, 2023-07-11 10:25 — mike kraft
A panel dataset of COVID-19 vaccination policies in 185 countries Nature Human Behaviour - This panel dataset of COVID-19 vaccine policies for 185 countries reports on variation in vaccination prioritization plans, eligibility and availability, cost to the... Nature
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How a Marytland based public health program is reaching out to Latino communities

Tue, 2023-07-11 10:11 — mike kraft
How a Md. based public health program is reaching out to Latino communities - WTOP News Knowing what you need to do to improve your health is one thing. Hearing more about tools you can use to do that from trusted sources is another. Kate Ryan WTOP News

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The deadly flooding hitting several countries at once will only be more common--scientists

Tue, 2023-07-11 09:46 — mike kraft
Deadly flooding is hitting several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common Lethal flooding has simultaneously hit India, Japan, China, Turkey and the U.S. Northeast. Scientists have long warned that more extreme rainfall is expected in a warming world. AP News

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New all-species COVID-19 test can track disease in wild, domesticated animals

Mon, 2023-07-10 17:10 — mike kraft
All-species COVID-19 test can track disease in wild, domesticated animals - UPI.com Researchers can now detect the COVID-19 virus in any animal using a new all-species test. UPI

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It's an advance that they say will help track COVID-19 variants in wild and domesticated animals.

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Omicron subvariants EG.5 and XBB.2.3 are making inroads in the U.S.

Mon, 2023-07-10 17:01 — mike kraft
New COVID-19 Variants Giving ‘Arcturus’ a Run for its Money Omicron subvariants EG.5 and XBB.2.3 are making inroads in the U.S. Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder US News & World Report
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U.S. government COVID anti-foreclosure payments reach $3.7 billion --Treasury Department

Mon, 2023-07-10 09:57 — mike kraft
Treasury department says COVID anti-foreclosure payments reach $3.7 billion The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday that state programs using its COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund distributed $1.2 billion in aid to homeowners in the first quarter of this year, bringing the program's total payments to $3.7 billion so far. Payments from the $10 billion program, launched as part of President Joe Biden's pandemic-related 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, have reached more than 318,000 households at risk of foreclosure, the department said.
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