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Covid 'long haulers' push for 9/11-style health registry to help improve treatment

Sun, 2021-05-16 14:57 — mike kraft

Desperate for treatment, Covid 'long haulers' push for 9/11-style health registry The aim is to help survivors who can’t shake symptoms months after infection, but some experts worry that marginalized groups could get left behind. POLITICO

State and federal lawmakers, with the support of unions, are looking to survivor registries created after 9/11 as a model for helping potentially millions of people with often-debilitating long-term symptoms of Covid-19.

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In Depth: Vaccinating the world against Covid--the complications and challenge

Sun, 2021-05-16 14:36 — mike kraft

In delivering vaccines, pharmaceutical companies aided by monumental government investments have given humanity a miraculous shot at liberation from the worst pandemic in a century.

But wealthy countries have captured an overwhelming share of the benefit. Only 0.3 percent of the vaccine doses administered globally have been given in the 29 poorest countries, home to about 9 percent of the world’s population.

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Indian government promises more vaccines; daily COVID-19 deaths stay above 4,000

Sun, 2021-05-16 13:17 — mike kraft

India promises more vaccines as daily COVID-19 deaths stay above 4,000 Some Indian states said on Sunday they would extend COVID-19 lockdowns to help contain the pandemic, which has killed more than 270,000 people in the country, as the federal government pledged to bolster vaccine supplies. Manas Mishra,Aishwarya Nair Reuters

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Analysis: The right decision wrongly handled’: Inside the Biden administration’s abrupt reversal on masks

Sun, 2021-05-16 13:08 — mike kraft

‘The right decision wrongly handled’: Inside the Biden administration’s abrupt reversal on masks The huge policy turnaround caught senior White House and administration officials, medical experts, elected officials and business leaders completely off guard. Lena H. Sun, Tyler Pager, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Annie Linskey Washington Post

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Masks: Largest U.S. nurses union criticizes CDC new policy on masks

Sun, 2021-05-16 12:48 — mike kraft

Largest Nurses’ Union Condemns New CDC Guidance on Masks: “Not Based on Science” National Nurses United said the new guidelines saying vaccinated people can go maskless in most settings will hurt nurses and other frontline workers. Daniel Politi Slate Magazine

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Masks: Some experts think policies are changing too fast, concerned about honor code .

Sun, 2021-05-16 12:30 — mike kraft

Mask policies across the US are rapidly changing. Here's what worries experts about that State leaders across the US announced they were dropping mask requirements for fully vaccinated residents. But the country may be moving too quickly and not focusing enough on the key part of CDC's guidelines, one expert told CNN. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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Masks still should be used in U.S. Schools--CDC

Sun, 2021-05-16 12:14 — mike kraft

Schools in the U.S. should continue to use masks, C.D.C. advises.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday clarified coronavirus advice for U.S. schools, recommending the continued, universal use of masks and physical distancing, after the agency’s sudden announcement that vaccinated Americans could forego masks indoors.

All schools teaching students from kindergarten through grade 12 should continue to implement proper mask-wearing through the end of the 2020-2021 school year, the C.D.C. said. The agency also kept in place its suggestions to observe physical distancing and to test for coronavirus infections.

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New mask guidance does not grant permission for widespread mask removal: CDC Director Walensky

Sun, 2021-05-16 12:03 — mike kraft

New mask guidance does not grant permission for widespread mask removal: Walensky Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, appeared on ABC's "This Week." ABC News ABC News

New mask guidance for vaccinated individuals does not grant permission for widespread removal of masks, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.

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Indian variant: UK may start vaccinating young people in hotspots, and how much faster does it spread?

Sat, 2021-05-15 13:12 — mike kraft

UK may start vaccinating young people in hotspots to combat spread of variant found in India Growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus variant first identified in India may force the United Kingdom to tweak its Covid-19 vaccination program to prioritize people in the most affected areas, a top health official said Friday. Ivana Kottasová and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN CNN

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Biden admin shifts billions in emergency stockpile and Covid-related funds to caring for refugees at souther border.

Sat, 2021-05-15 12:57 — mike kraft

Biden admin reroutes billions in emergency stockpile, Covid funds to border crunch The reshuffling illustrates the extraordinary financial toll that sheltering more than 20,000 unaccompanied children has taken on the department so far this year. Adam Cancryn POLITICO

The Department of Health and Human Services has diverted more than $2 billion meant for other health initiatives toward covering the cost of caring for unaccompanied immigrant children, as the Biden administration grapples with a record influx of migrants on the southern border.

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