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U.S. Extremists keep trying to sabotage the electrical grid. What would happen if they succeed?

Tue, 2024-09-10 18:53 — mike kraft
Extremists keep trying to sabotage the electrical grid. What would happen if they succeed? Political extremists have attempted a number of attacks on electrical infrastructure and substations in recent years, with a goal of sowing chaos and civil conflict.  The plots have repeatedly… aneklason The Hill
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Measles: Oregon's measles outbreak highlights high vaccine exemption rate

Thu, 2024-09-05 17:41 — mike kraft
Oregon's measles outbreak highlights state's high vaccine exemption rate Oregon's recent measles outbreak — one of the largest in the state's history — is refocusing attention on declining childhood vaccination rates as kids head back to school. Meira Gebel,Tina Reed Axios Portland
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Commentary: Could Vaccine Misinformation Lead to a Worldwide Health Crisis?

Wed, 2024-09-04 13:41 — mike kraft
Could Vaccine Misinformation Lead To A Worldwide Health Crisis? - Health Policy Watch [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj26wKXNG1c?si=MfOvSdnRRoNbXhYM] Health Policy Watch

How did vaccines, once hailed as essential tools for global peace, security and international cooperation, become something that some now fear could kill them?

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Emphasizing harms of skipping COVID vaccines more effective than promoting benefits --study

Wed, 2024-09-04 09:45 — mike kraft
Study: Highlighting harms of skipping COVID vaccines more effective than promoting benefits In the personal-benefit group, 65.5% said they will likely get vaccinated. CIDRAP

A new study in the Journal of Public Health suggests that it is more effective to emphasize the harms that come from not getting vaccinated rather than emphasizing the benefits of vaccination at the individual or community level.

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Analysis: Journalists' articles often didn't communicate uncertainty of evidence on unproven COVID drugs

Tue, 2024-09-03 19:52 — mike kraft
Analysis: Journalists often didn't communicate uncertainty of evidence on unproven COVID drugs Scientific evidence of the efficacy of the unproven COVID-19 therapies hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, and convalescent plasma was often presented in US news stories in the first months of the pandemic, but scientific uncertainty was commonly omitted and only rarely appeared in headlines or ledes, with possible implications for public health, researchers reported yesterday in JMIR Infodemiology. CIDRAP

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Growing number of Americans distrust COVID and other vaccines--survey

Tue, 2024-09-03 19:44 — mike kraft
Survey reveals growing American distrust in vaccines for COVID, other infectious diseases A growing proportion of Americans believe COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and are unwilling to be vaccinated or to recommend it to others, according to the latest national health survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. CIDRAP
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Study descibes how how unproven therapeutics were portrayed in the media during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic

Fri, 2024-08-30 10:55 — mike kraft
Analysis shows how unproven therapeutics were portrayed in the media during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine is shedding light on how scientific evidence and the uncertainty surrounding three unproven therapeutics were portrayed by the ... Science X Medical Xpress

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The findings appear in the JMIR Infodemiology.

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Opinion: Summer COVID surge shows the possible need to return to 2020 pandemic measures

Thu, 2024-08-29 18:44 — mike kraft
Summer COVID surge shows we may have to return to 2020 pandemic measures As the summer of 2024 draws to a close, the United States finds itself once again grappling with a surge in COVID-19 infections. ckulat The Hill

... where do we realistically go from here, given that it is clear that COVD-19 is far from over? While much progress has been made in terms of vaccination and treatment, the current surge is a stark reminder that complacency is not an option. The road ahead will require a renewed commitment to public health, both from government leaders and from individuals.

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COVID confusion: Explainer on what to know about the latest Covid shot

Thu, 2024-08-29 10:54 — mike kraft
‘Most people are confused’: What to know about the latest Covid shot While the risk of hospitalization and death is nowhere near what it was in 2021, there is still a danger, particularly for the elderly or those with compromised immune systems. POLITICO

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“One of the challenges of today is just that people aren’t going to get vaccinated,” said Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. “Most people are confused. They don’t really understand what’s happening or what the risk to them is,” when it comes to Covid.

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Increased data on climate change and possible flooding prompts fear of US home insurance rate hikes

Wed, 2024-08-28 11:14 — mike kraft

 

Glut of climate risk data prompts fear of US home insurance hike | Context Climate risk disclosure data is educating - and dividing - home-owning Americans David Sherfinski Context

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As climate risk data becomes ever more prevalent, U.S. homeowners now have new know-how to future-proof their main asset but may also end up paying more to guard against the possible fallout of a fast-changing climate.

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