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Series of law suits filed by people trying to force hospitals to provide unproven ivermectin for COVID patients.

Mon, 2021-10-18 20:11 — mike kraft

Lawsuits demand unproven ivermectin for COVID patients NEW YORK (AP) — Mask rules, vaccination mandates and business shutdowns have all landed in the courts during the COVID-19 outbreak, confronting judges with questions of science and government authority. AP NEWS

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Overview" Europe, South Pacfic, India

Mon, 2021-10-18 12:50 — mike kraft

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Reuters Reuters

-- More than a billion COVID-19 vaccines produced in the European Union have been exported since December, making the bloc the biggest exporter of the shots, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.

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A Florida private school says students who get vaxxed must stay home for 30 days because of unfounded claim that they'll infect others

Mon, 2021-10-18 10:49 — mike kraft

A Florida school says students who get vaxxed must stay home for 30 days because of unfounded claim that they'll infect others School officials told WSVN that the quarantine mandate exists because they believe vaccinated students can infect unvaccinated students. Yelena Dzhanova YahooNews

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Hospitals say vaccine mandates are working despite fears of prompting labor shortages.

Mon, 2021-10-18 10:23 — mike kraft

Vaccine mandates stoked fears of labor shortages. But hospitals say they’re working. The controversy surrounding fired hospital employees, lawsuits and protests obscured a simple fact: The vaccine mandates worked, administrators say. Washington Post

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Backroad churches may be key to saving Kentucky hospitals overwhelmed by COVID

Mon, 2021-10-18 10:11 — mike kraft

Kentucky's backroad churches may be key to saving hospitals overwhelmed by COVID Public health workers are going church to church and house to house in the state's secluded valleys to dispel COVID myths, ease isolation, bring aid, and convince wary residents to get vaccinated. NPR.org

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Three lessons for the pilot program to to scale up home use of Covid-19 rapid tests

Fri, 2021-10-15 10:50 — mike kraft

3 lessons for the effort to scale up Covid-19 rapid tests The slow and sometimes troubled rollout of a Covid-19 rapid test pilot program offers three key lessons for scaling up the use of the tests. Erin Mershon STAT

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African women are behind in vaccination efforts

Thu, 2021-10-14 16:44 — mike kraft

Women left behind: Gender gap emerges in Africa's vaccines SARE GIBEL, Gambia (AP) — The health outreach workers who drove past Lama Mballow's village with a megaphone handed out T-shirts emblazoned with the words: “I GOT MY COVID-19 VACCINE!” By then, the women in Sare Gibel already had heard the rumors on social media: The vaccines could make your blood stop or cause you to miscarry. AP NEWS

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Covid vaccines for US children are coming but challenge will be persuading parents

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:57 — mike kraft

Covid vaccines for US children are coming but challenge will be persuading parents Authorization for kids aged 5-11 is inching closer but only a third of parents plan to take up the shots as soon as vaccines are ready Socially distanced kindergarten students wait for their parents to pick them up on the first day of in-person learning at Maurice Sendak elementary school in Los Angeles in April.

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Why Many Black Americans Decided to get Covid Vaccine Shots

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:30 — mike kraft

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In the first months after the vaccine rollout, Black Americans were far less likely than white Americans to be vaccinated. In addition to the difficulty of obtaining shots in their communities, their hesitancy was fueled by a powerful combination of general mistrust of the government and medical institutions, and misinformation over the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.

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