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Los Angeles County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:00 — mike kraft

L.A. County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order New hospitalizations have tripled in the last month. A new mask order is possible in the coming weeks if hospitalization metrics worsen. Los Angeles Times

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As pandemic precautions fall away, the more COVID risk is concentrated on this one group

Fri, 2022-12-02 09:52 — mike kraft

The more pandemic precautions fall away, the more COVID risk is concentrated on this one group When everyone around them stops taking pandemic precautions, it gets harder for immunocompromised Americans to protect themselves against COVID. YahooNews

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Resignations of U.S. healthcare professionals is affecting patient care --poll

Thu, 2022-12-01 17:31 — mike kraft

'Great Resignation' of healthcare professionals affects patient care The nationwide shortage of healthcare professionals -- a so-called "Great Resignation" of providers -- is impacting patient care in ways large and small, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll shows. UPI

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More than half (57%) blamed staffing shortages for the lack of care, and experts told HealthDay Now that these folks aren't wrong.

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FDA withdraws U.S. authorization for Eli Lilly's COVID drug bebtelovimab

Thu, 2022-12-01 11:00 — mike kraft

FDA pulls U.S. authorization for Eli Lilly's COVID drug bebtelovimab Eli Lilly and Co's COVID-19 drug bebtelovimab is not currently authorized for emergency use in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration said, citing it is not expected to neutralize the dominant BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants of Omicron. Reuters Reuters

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Judge approves DOJ intervention in efforts to improve Jackson Mississippi's struggling water system.

Thu, 2022-12-01 10:57 — mike kraft

Judge OKs federal intervention in struggling water system The U.S. Justice Department has won a federal judge's approval to carry out a rare intervention to improve the precarious water system in Mississippi’s capital city, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, months after the system's partial failure. The department filed the proposal for intervention on Tuesday and U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate approved it later that day in Mississippi.

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U.S. to test sewage in more cities for indications of polio infections

Thu, 2022-12-01 10:50 — mike kraft

US officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. AP NEWS

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CDC officials say they have been talking with other communities about also starting polio wastewater testing. They are focused on cities and counties with low polio vaccination coverage and those in which travelers had visited the New York communities where polio was found.

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China eases some virus controls in effort to head off more protests

Thu, 2022-12-01 10:26 — mike kraft

China eases virus controls amid effort to head off protests BEIJING (AP) — More Chinese cities eased anti-virus restrictions and police patrolled their streets Thursday as the government tried to defuse public anger over some of the world’s most stringent COVID measures and head off more protests . AP NEWS

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China: IMF head urges end to mass lockdowns; Chinese official says country entering new stage for COVID controls

Wed, 2022-11-30 18:17 — mike kraft

The AP Interview: IMF head urges China to end mass lockdowns BERLIN (AP) — It is time for China to move away from massive lockdowns and toward a more targeted approach to COVID-19, the head of the International Monetary Fund said days after widespread protests broke out , a change that would ease the impact to a world economy already struggling with high inflation, an energy crisis and disrupted food supply. AP NEWS

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New Banana-Derived Therapy Is Effective Against All Known Coronaviruses and Flu Strains

Wed, 2022-11-30 17:51 — mike kraft

New Banana-Derived Therapy Is Effective Against All Known Coronaviruses and Flu Strains The potential therapy was derived from a banana protein. A study published on January 13th, 2020 touted the development of a potential therapy that may be used to fight all known strains of the flu. One week later, the first laboratory-confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 triggered the two-and-a-half-ye Colin Collins SciTechDaily

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The Research Underway to Develop a Universal Flu Vaccine

Wed, 2022-11-30 17:38 — mike kraft

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