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Teenagers' brains physically altered, prematurely aged by pandemic stress--study

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:25 — mike kraft
Study: Teens' brains physically altered, prematurely aged by pandemic stress Stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic has physically altered -- and prematurely aged -- the brains of adolescents, making their brain structures appear several years older than the pre-pandemic brains of peers. UPI

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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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U.S. Covid Test Positivity Hits 10%

Thu, 2022-12-01 17:44 — mike kraft
U.S. Covid Test Positivity Hits 10% The United States has reported a 26 percent increase in coronavirus test positivity in the last two weeks. In states such as Arizona, Utah, South Dakota and Missouri, test positivity rates are above 20 percent. RTTNews

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As per the latest data published by the New York Times, one tenth of people who are subjected to Covid tests nationwide are diagnosed with coronavirus infection. This is the highest rate in many months. ...

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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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Long Covid estimated to costs American victims $9,000 a year in health-care expenses, on average

Thu, 2022-12-01 10:43 — mike kraft

Millions suffer from long Covid — and it costs them $9,000 a year in health-care expenses, on average

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David Cutler, an economist at Harvard University who projected the $3.7 trillion economic cost of long Covid, estimates the individual medical costs of the disease to be about $9,000 a year, on average. However, typical costs can range from roughly $3,700 up to almost $14,000, Cutler said.

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New York City public employees among 19 accused of pandemic aid fraud

Wed, 2022-11-30 18:23 — mike kraft
NYC public employees among 19 accused of pandemic aid fraud NEW YORK (AP) — Nineteen people including 17 New York City and New York state public employees were charged in a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday with submitting fraudulent applications for funds intended to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic. AP NEWS

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