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Hospital workers celebrate zero Covid patients as a result of vaccinations

Wed, 2021-06-23 10:26 — mike kraft

Hospital workers celebrate zero Covid patients after more than a year fighting on front lines Seeing fewer Covid-19 patients has been a weight off the shoulders of health care workers, who credit the success of vaccines. NBC News

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More than 150 Houston hospital workers fired, resign over COVID-19 vaccine

Tue, 2021-06-22 21:39 — mike kraft

Houston hospital workers fired, resign over COVID-19 vaccine DALLAS (AP) — More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement. AP NEWS

DALLAS (AP) — More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement.

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Unvaccinated Americans are at risk of an aggressive and more dangerous Covid-19 variant. These are the most vulnerable states

Mon, 2021-06-21 10:16 — mike kraft

Unvaccinated Americans are at risk of an aggressive and more dangerous Covid-19 variant. These are the most vulnerable states Some states are making great strides in vaccinating their residents against Covid-19, but the ones that are not may soon be contending with a more transmissible variant, experts say. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Vast majority of people hospitalized with COVID-19 had not been vaccinated

Wed, 2021-06-16 18:14 — mike kraft

People hospitalized with COVID-19 now have one overwhelming thing in common. They're not vaccinated. Falling rates of COVID-19 across the U.S. mask the harsh reality that the overwhelming majority of those sick and hospitalized today are unvaccinated. Elizabeth Weise and Aleszu Bajak, USA TODAY YahooNews

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CDC issues guidance for health care providers who treat COVID Long-Haulers

Tue, 2021-06-15 19:25 — mike kraft

The CDC Has New Guidance on Treating Long COVID It urges health care providers to use sensitivity and empathy when treating patients. Chelsea Cirruzzo US News & World Report

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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by Houston hospital employees opposed to mandates Covid-19 vaccinations

Sun, 2021-06-13 19:17 — mike kraft

Judge dismisses lawsuit by Houston hospital employees over Covid-19 vaccinations The lead plaintiff, Jennifer Bridges, likened her employer's vaccination requirement to forced medical experimentation during the Holocaust. NBC News

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Houston Methodist hospital system suspends 178 health workers for refusing COVID-19 vaccination

Wed, 2021-06-09 17:45 — mike kraft

178 health care workers suspended from Houston Methodist hospital system for refusing COVID-19 vaccination Scores of workers at a Houston Methodist hospital system have been suspended and face being fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination. John Bacon USA TODAY

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Covid hospitalization rates increase among teens, CDC director urges vaccinations

Fri, 2021-06-04 12:49 — mike kraft

CDC director urges parents to vaccinate teens, noting increased hospitalization rates Hospitalizations for adolescents went up in March and April, even as they stabilized for those 65 and older, new study finds. Lena H. Sun Washington Post

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ANALYSIS: The COVID Burden on Black Physicians, and Hospitals in Black Rural areas

Wed, 2021-06-02 13:18 — mike kraft

Institutional Problems, Individual Solutions — The Burden on Black Physicians | NEJM Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Institutional Problems, Individual Solutions — The Burden on Black Physicians Alyssa M. Newman New England Journal of Medicine

The racially disparate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has attracted increasing attention and concern. Black Americans have been disproportionately affected throughout the pandemic, and gaps replicating the same well-worn patterns of racial inequity are visible in the early rollout of vaccines.

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