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ANALYSIS: Evaluation of each state's health care for minorities

Thu, 2021-11-18 11:44 — mike kraft
Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Health Care This report evaluates health equity across race and ethnicity, both within and between states, to illuminate how state health systems perform.

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The Commonwealth Fund’s State Scorecard on Health System Performance has long tracked the functioning of each state’s health care system, with the goal of motivating actions to improve their residents’ health and health care. But assessing how well a state’s health system performs on average can mask profound underlying inequities.

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Pfizer, US sign $5.29B deal for possible COVID-19 pill treatment

Thu, 2021-11-18 11:25 — mike kraft
Pfizer, US ink $5.29B deal for possible COVID-19 treatment The U.S. government will pay drugmaker Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment if regulators authorize it, the nation's largest purchase agreement yet for a coronavirus therapy. AP NEWS

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Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to authorize emergency use of the experimental pill, which has been shown to significantly cut the rate of hospitalizations and deaths among people with coronavirus infections.

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A flu pandemic could be even worse than Covid-19 has been, National Academy of Medicine says

Thu, 2021-11-18 11:07 — mike kraft
A flu pandemic could be even worse than Covid-19 has been, National Academy of Medicine says An influenza pandemic like the pandemic of 1918 could be even worse than Covid-19 has been, and the world is not ready to deal with it, the National Academy of Medicine said in a series of reports released Wednesday. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

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Politics: GOP opposition to vaccine mandates is extending far beyond Covid-19

Thu, 2021-11-18 11:02 — mike kraft
GOP opposition to vaccine mandates extends far beyond Covid-19 Republicans have railed against Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Now they're floating proposals to ban requirements for all immunizations. Lev Facher STAT

WASHINGTON — Right-wing politicians’ resistance to vaccine mandates is extending far beyond Covid-19 immunizations, a startling new development that carries vast implications for the future of public health. 

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Florida GOP controlled legislature limits vaccine mandates, flouting White House

Thu, 2021-11-18 10:47 — mike kraft
Florida GOP limits vaccine mandates, flouting White House TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans approved a sweeping bill Wednesday to hobble coronavirus vaccine mandates in businesses, rejecting claims that they were sacrificing public health to hand Gov. AP NEWS
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Hospitalizations rising among fully vaccinated but unboosted in U.S., Fauci says

Thu, 2021-11-18 10:40 — mike kraft
Hospitalizations rising among fully vaccinated in U.S., Fauci says As cases of Covid-19 rise throughout the U.S., health officials warn that an increasing number of fully vaccinated people are being hospitalized going to the ER. NBC News
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U.S. Overview: USA TODAY 80% of Americans 12 and over have first dose; Michigan is nation's hot spot as infections rise in 33 states.

Thu, 2021-11-18 10:24 — mike kraft
80% of Americans 12 and over have first dose; Michigan is nation's hot spot as infections rise in 33 states: COVID-19 updates 80% of Americans ages 12 and older have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the White House says. COVID-19 updates. YahooNews
 
 
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Ten percent of children in the U.S aged 5 to 11 already have received first shot

Wed, 2021-11-17 19:55 — mike kraft
White House: 10 percent of children aged 5 to 11 have received first The White House says that about 10 percent of children aged 5 to 11 will have received at least their first COVID-19 vaccine shot within the two weeks since it became available to the younger age Justine Coleman TheHill
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Antibody protection after mild COVID-19 may not last; an estimated 100 mln people have had long COVID --new studies

Wed, 2021-11-17 19:45 — mike kraft
Antibody protection after mild COVID-19 may not last; an estimated 100 mln people have had long COVID The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Nancy Lapid Reuters
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US overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, affected by fentany and COVID isolation

Wed, 2021-11-17 19:18 — mike kraft
US overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health officials say is tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply. AP NEWS

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Overdose deaths have been rising for more than two decades, accelerated in the past two years and, according to new data posted Wednesday, jumped nearly 30% in the latest year.

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