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Analysis: American Health Care Faces a Staffing Crisis that is Affecting Care

Fri, 2023-06-30 18:06 — mike kraft
American Health Care Faces a Staffing Crisis And It's Affecting Care Urgent solutions are needed to improve staffing across America. Time
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Countries rolling out updated vaccines weigh whether to restrict them to high-risk individuals.

Fri, 2023-06-30 17:41 — mike kraft
New COVID jabs are coming — who should get them? Nature - Countries rolling out updated vaccines weigh whether to restrict them to high-risk individuals. Kozlov, Max nature

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Pandemic 'fear of missing out' had mental health consequences for older adults-- study

Fri, 2023-06-30 10:00 — mike kraft
Pandemic 'fear of missing out' had mental health consequences for older adults, study shows During the COVID-19 pandemic, fear of missing out (FOMO) on social activities may have negatively affected the mental health of adults at high risk of serious disease, according to a new study from Rice ... Amy McCaig

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Advice on coping with wildfire smoke and heat wave

Fri, 2023-06-30 09:51 — mike kraft
How to minimize the health risks from wildfire smoke | CNN Millions of people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps through the Midwest and East Coast. Jen Christensen CNN
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EU, Pfizer, and others agree to reserve vaccines for future pandemic

Fri, 2023-06-30 09:36 — mike kraft
EU announces deal with Pfizer, others to reserve vaccines for future pandemic The European Commission has contracted Pfizer and several European companies to reserve capacity to make up to 325 million vaccines per year in case of a future global health emergency, it said on Friday. Maggie Fick Reuters

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Canada: COVID case rate 19 times higher than reported previously--new study

Thu, 2023-06-29 18:46 — mike kraft
Wastewater sampling in Canada suggests COVID case rate 19 times higher than reported Sampling suggested that Omicron COVID-19 cases were up to 19 times higher than reported because of changes in clinical testing. CIDRAP

 

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Global COVID markers show few hot spots as XBB.1.16 overtakes XBB.1.5

Thu, 2023-06-29 18:38 — mike kraft
Global COVID markers show few hot spots as XBB.1.16 overtakes XBB.1.5 CIDRAP

Some countries continue to report high COVID-19 burdens, reflected mainly in hospitalization and death data, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest weekly update. ..

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US CDC OKs use of new Pfizer, GSK vaccines for RSV in older adults

Thu, 2023-06-29 17:58 — mike kraft
US CDC OKs use of new Pfizer, GSK vaccines for RSV in older adults The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday signed off on the use of new vaccines from Pfizer and GSK to prevent severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in older adults. Reuters Reuters

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A hot, smoky summer expected in much of America.

Thu, 2023-06-29 11:04 — mike kraft
Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here's why you'd better get used to it Forecasters say the only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking sweltering heat and humidity from a southern heat wave that has already proven deadly. AP News
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A new COVID vaccine this fall, but will people get it?

Thu, 2023-06-29 10:54 — mike kraft
There will be a new COVID vaccine this fall, but will people get it? The next COVID-19 vaccine, expected to come out this fall, will be targeted at the XBB.1.5 subvariant, leading public health experts to urge everyone to get vaccinated again before the possible fall-winter surge in COVID cases. Yahoo News

 

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