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A variety of variants could fuel a winter COVID surge

Tue, 2022-10-18 09:47 — mike kraft
XBB, BQ.1.1, BA.2.75.2 — a variant swarm could fuel a winter surge Multiple versions of the omicron variant, including XBB and BQ.1.1, threaten to knock out treatments and challenge vaccines this winter. Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post
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Problems in communicating and sharing data blunts U.S. response to outbreaks

Wed, 2022-09-21 09:44 — mike kraft
'Very Harmful' Lack of Data Blunts U.S. Response to Outbreaks ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After a middle-aged woman tested positive for COVID-19 in January at her workplace in Fairbanks, public health workers sought answers to questions vital to understanding how the virus was spreading in Alaska’s rugged interior. The woman, they learned, had existing conditions and had not been vaccinated. She had been hospitalized but had recovered. Alaska and many other states have routinely collected that kind of information about people who test positive for the virus.
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Misinformation issue: TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report

Wed, 2022-09-14 10:28 — mike kraft
TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report TikTok may be the platform of choice for catchy videos, but anyone using it to learn about COVID-19, climate change or Russia's invasion of Ukraine is likely to encounter misleading information , according to a research report published Wednesday. AP NEWS

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Rising seas could swallow millions of U.S. acres within decades--new study

Thu, 2022-09-08 12:25 — mike kraft
Rising seas could swallow millions of U.S. acres within decades Rising seas could swallow millions of U.S. acres — and 650,000 privately-owned buildings — by 2050, according to an analysis published Thursday. Brady Dennis Washington Post
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The water crisis in Jackson,Mississippi shows how climate change is threatening water supplies

Wed, 2022-09-07 10:09 — mike kraft

The crisis in Jackson shows how climate change is threatening water supplies

The crisis that has hit Jackson, Miss., highlights the fragility of water systems across the country that will be increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the coming years. ...

Historic flooding and record droughts are already stressing water systems across the country, but as the threats to infrastructure posed by climate change intensify, experts warn that what happened in Jackson may be just the beginning.

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High pay is ending, some US traveling nurses are joining other nurses in leaving the profession altogether.

Wed, 2022-09-07 09:40 — mike kraft
The gold rush for travel nurses is over. Now what will they do? During the Covid pandemic, nurses tripled their pay by moving from job to job. But the short-lived boom was a temporary fix for a long-term decline in the nursing profession. NBC News

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New Covid boosters look a lot like the old ones. Doctors worry that could lead to errors.

Wed, 2022-09-07 08:58 — mike kraft
New Covid boosters look a lot like the old ones. Doctors worry that could lead to errors. Experts are concerned that the updated Covid boosters look too similar to previous versions of the vaccine, and people could receive the wrong dose in error. YahooNews
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What happens to the original shots as new boosters beome available

Tue, 2022-09-06 09:18 — mike kraft
New Covid vaccines are hitting pharmacy shelves. What happens to the original shots? Tens of millions of original Covid-19 vaccines are in the U.S. stockpile. What happens to them as new boosters hit pharmacies this week? Sarah Owermohle STAT

WASHINGTON — Senior Biden officials are in discussions about what to do with millions of original Covid-19 vaccines after the FDA’s authorization of new, updated shots this week bumped them to the sidelines.

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Secret Service recovers $286 million in stolen Covid relief funds

Fri, 2022-08-26 12:28 — mike kraft
Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service said Friday that it has recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic loans and is returning the money to the Small Business Administration.
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Disinformation issue: Anti-vax group in Europe thrives online

Fri, 2022-08-19 09:27 — mike kraft
Anti-vax group in Europe thrives online, thwarts tech effort Troubled by the number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients showing up at his hospital, the French doctor logged on to Facebook and uploaded a video urging people to get vaccinated. AP NEWS

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He was soon swarmed by dozens, then hundreds, then more than 1,000 hateful messages from an anti-vaccine extremist group known as V_V. The group, active in France and Italy, has harassed doctors and public health officials, vandalized government offices and tried to disrupt vaccine clinics. ...

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