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U.S. Covid Care Has Entered a New Stage of Crisis for the Uninsured

Tue, 2022-12-06 14:12 — mike kraft

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Difficulty getting care for Covid-19 has become an increasingly common problem for poor, uninsured Americans. After paying about $25 billion to health care providers over the course of the pandemic to reimburse them for vaccinating, testing and treating people without insurance, the federal government is running low on funds for Covid care for the nearly 30 million Americans who are uninsured.

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Climate migration is about to explode. Cities will bear the brunt.

Wed, 2022-11-30 15:14 — mike kraft

Climate migration is about to explode. Cities will bear the brunt. With planning, some mayors see an opportunity to flip a crisis into an opportunity. Dave Levitan Grid News

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Shortages of antivirals, antibiotics complicate treatments for children hit by viral illnesses

Tue, 2022-11-22 15:31 — mike kraft

Shortages of antivirals, antibiotics compound stress of a rough season for viral illnesses in kids | CNN Shortages of key medications used to treat common childhood illnesses like flu, ear infections and sore throats are adding to the misery of this year's early and severe respiratory virus season. Brenda Goodman,Raenu Charles CNN

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Only a quarter of Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment orders will go to developing countries--Oxfam

Mon, 2022-11-21 22:22 — mike kraft

Just a quarter of Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment orders will go to developing countries | Oxfam International

Some nations could be paying ten times the price of Paxlovid’s generic equivalent, as WHO chief calls for treatment access to battle acute and long COVID-19

Rich countries have secured almost three times as many courses of a World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommended COVID-19 medicine, Pfizer’s Paxlovid, according to new analysis from Oxfam and the People’s Vaccine Alliance.

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Canadian hospitals strain to care for influx of sick chidren but are short staffed

Mon, 2022-11-21 21:58 — mike kraft

Canadian hospitals, strapped for staff, strain with sick children Canadian hospitals are straining to care for an influx of sick children, many with respiratory illnesses, in the midst of staffing constraints and as a shortage of children's over-the-counter medication sends more kids to hospital. Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters

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RSV, covid and flu are pushing U.S.hospitals to the brink

Mon, 2022-11-21 14:31 — mike kraft

RSV, covid and flu push hospitals to the brink — and it may get worse Hospitals across the United States are overwhelmed, and experts believe conditions will deteriorate in coming months. Sabrina Malhi Washington Post

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U.S. faces third Covid winter, without key tools and treatments

Thu, 2022-11-10 13:42 — mike kraft

U.S. set to face third Covid winter without key tools and treatments Already, some hospitals in New York City are planning to stop using certain drugs because resistant Covid variants are spreading, an infectious disease specialist told STAT. Andrew Joseph STAT

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Information on the new COVID variants that are circulating

Fri, 2022-11-04 23:21 — mike kraft

New COVID Variants Are Circulating. Here's What to Know. As it gets colder and more people move their activities indoors, the recent decline in COVID-19 cases across the United States has started to level off. Coronavirus-related hospitalizations are ticking up in a number of states, including Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, Nevada, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin. And there have been a variety of unnerving headlines about the immune evasion and increased transmissibility of the next round of coronavirus subvariants. At least half a dozen v YahooNews

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COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa ; now cases are surging

Mon, 2022-10-24 22:56 — mike kraft

COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa and now cases are surging | Reuters

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted measles vaccine campaigns globally in 2020 and 2021, leaving millions of children unprotected against one of the world's most contagious diseases, whose complications include blindness, pneumonia and death.

After what health experts call the biggest backslide in a generation, 26 large or disruptive measles outbreaks have sprung up worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. A devastating outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed more than 700 children this year, chiefly among religious sects that do not believe in vaccinations.

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