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Bird flu: U.S. officials prepare for additional cases, testing components for potential vaccine

Wed, 2024-04-03 13:00 — mike kraft

How prepared the U.S. is for a bird flu pandemic Federal officials are preparing for the possibility of additional human cases of bird flu, testing components to create an H5N1 vaccine after a Texas dairy worker was infected with the highly virulent virus. The Washington Post

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Medical Debt: Colorado immigrants are hit especially hard.

Wed, 2024-04-03 10:12 — mike kraft

Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard - KFF Health News Colorado is ahead of the curve on policies to prevent medical debt, but the gap between the debt load in places inhabited primarily by people of color versus non-Hispanic white residents is greater than the national average. Lynne Shallcross KFF Health News

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U.S. study describes more severe pediatric mental health crises during pandemic

Wed, 2024-04-03 10:01 — mike kraft

Study describes more severe pediatric mental health crises during pandemic Children visiting the emergency department (ED) for mental health crises during the pandemic had longer stays and more severe diagnoses, according to a new study in Academic Emergency Medicine. CIDRAP

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The study was based on ED visits to nine US hospitals participating in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Registry from 2017 to 2022.

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Bird flu: Largest U.S. egg producer detects bird flu at Texas plant, temporarily halts operations

Wed, 2024-04-03 09:51 — mike kraft

Largest U.S. egg producer detects bird flu at Texas plant Cal-Maine Foods culled 1.6 million hens after some tested positive for avian influenza. The U.S.

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Lack of immunity raises risk of bird flu pandemic --European food safety agency

Wed, 2024-04-03 09:44 — mike kraft

Lack of immunity raises risk of bird flu pandemic, EFSA says The EU's Food Safety Agency (EFSA) warned on Wednesday of a large-scale bird flu pandemic if the virus becomes transmissible between people as humans lack immunity against the virus. Sybille De La Hamaide Reuters

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UnitedHealth unit hack to have no credit impact on not-for-profit hospitals--rating agency says

Tue, 2024-04-02 17:40 — mike kraft

Fitch says UnitedHealth unit hack to have no credit impact on not-for-profit hospitals

April 1 (Reuters) - Fitch does not anticipate any credit impact on not-for-profit hospitals in the United States from the cyberattack at UnitedHealth's (UNH.N)

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U.S.health system problems: More Americans are losing their doctors, and too few new pediatricians

Tue, 2024-04-02 10:31 — mike kraft

More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System - KFF Health News A shortage of primary care providers is driving more people to seek routine care in emergency settings. In Rhode Island, safety-net clinics are under pressure as clinicians retire or burn out, and patients say it’s harder to find care as they lose connections to familiar doctors. khnerich KFF Health News

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HHS tells hospitals to get patient consent before invasive exams

Tue, 2024-04-02 10:20 — mike kraft

HHS tells hospitals to get patient consent before invasive exams Hospitals must obtain informed consent from patients before allowing physicians to conduct sensitive and invasive examinations, such as pelvic and prostate, particularly if the patients are under a… nweixel The Hill

Hospitals must obtain informed consent from patients before allowing physicians to conduct sensitive and invasive examinations, such as pelvic and prostate, particularly if the patients are under anesthesia, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Monday.

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CDC, Virginia warn of invasive meningococcal bacterial outbreak --rare but severe.

Tue, 2024-04-02 10:07 — mike kraft

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A more broadly protective coronaviruse vaccine developed by U.S. researchers

Tue, 2024-04-02 09:57 — mike kraft

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-broadly-coronavirus-vaccine.html#google_vignette

Researchers develop more broadly protective coronavirus vaccine

Scientists have been searching for the optimal coronavirus vaccine since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The mRNA vaccines developed through the federal government's "Operation Warp Speed" program were a massive innovation; however, annually updating those boosters for specific SARS-CoV-2 variants is inefficient for scientists and patients.

SARS-CoV-2 is just one member of the Sarbecovirus (SARS Betacoronavirus) subfamily (others include SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2002 SARS outbreak, as well as other viruses circulating in bats that could cause future pandemics).

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