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Confidence in science fell in 2022 amid political divides--poll

Thu, 2023-06-15 11:14 — mike kraft

Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll shows Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a a partisan divide that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest results from the General Social Survey found that 39% had a great deal of confidence in the scientific community. That's down from 48% in 2021 and 2018. In the latest poll, 53% of Democrats and 22% of Republicans reported a great deal of confidence in science.

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World refugee crisis: 110 million people forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars continue -- UN says

Wed, 2023-06-14 17:50 — mike kraft

110 million people forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars add to world refugee crisis, UN says The U.N. says 110 million people in the world today have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or human rights violations. The war in Sudan has displaced nearly 2 million people since it started April 12. Conflicts in Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Myanmar have also led to the record-breaking figure. Filippo Grandi, who leads the U.N.

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CDC’s Walensky, i last hearing, parries Republican criticism over Biden’s Covid response

Wed, 2023-06-14 10:20 — mike kraft

CDC’s Walensky parries Republican criticism over Biden’s Covid response GOP lawmakers took predictable shots at CDC Director Rochelle Walensky during one of their last opportunities to question her before she leaves government. Rachel Cohrs STAT

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Thousands mistakenly lose Medicaid in Arkansas: Is this America’s future?

Wed, 2023-06-14 09:41 — mike kraft

Thousands mistakenly lose Medicaid in Arkansas: Is this America’s future? As many as 15 million people nationwide are expected to lose coverage as states check eligibility for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. POLITICO

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Biden administration urges states to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid

Tue, 2023-06-13 16:16 — mike kraft

Biden administration urges states to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid The Biden administration is urging states to slow down their efforts to remove people from Medicaid. States had been prohibited from dropping people from the government-funded health care program during the coronavirus pandemic. But that came to halt in April, and states now must redetermine people's eligibility. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter Monday to governors raising concerns about large numbers of people losing coverage for administrative reasons, like not returning information forms.

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A quarter of Britis believe COVID may have been a hoax--poll

Tue, 2023-06-13 10:04 — mike kraft

Quarter in UK believe Covid was a hoax, poll on conspiracy theories finds Survey also finds one in seven say violence is fair response to alleged conspiracies such as ‘15-minute cities’ the Guardian

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HHS Secretary Becerra says DeSantis bears responsibility for Covid’s outsized toll

Fri, 2023-06-09 10:24 — mike kraft

Becerra says DeSantis bears responsibility for Covid’s outsized toll By way of contrast, Becerra touted the work of the Biden administration and his Department of Health and Human Services in pushing out vaccines. Yahoo News

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Becerra said that people still dying of Covid are mainly “either unvaccinated or undervaccinated” and that “if you’re dying of Covid today, you didn’t take precautions” in response to a question about DeSantis’ vaccine skepticism from White House reporter Adam Cancryn at POLITICO’s Health Care Summit.

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U.S. CDC and House Commitee members tangle over information requests

Thu, 2023-06-08 12:14 — mike kraft

CDC comes under fire for inadequate information about its Covid response An HHS letter obtained by STAT said the CDC's restructuring effort was not a “large-scale” change and “was not executed behind closed doors.” Sarah Owermohle STAT

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Lawmakers were especially at odds over whether the CDC should require more data from state and local health departments, one facet of the reform efforts that Walensky has said they need congressional support for implementing.

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New Texas law bans COVID mask, vaccine and shutdown mandates, but some Republicans want more

Thu, 2023-06-08 11:14 — mike kraft

New Texas law bans COVID mask, vaccine and shutdown mandates, but som… The bill, recently signed by Gov. Greg Abbott and set to take effect Sept. 1, does not restrict pandemic rules by private entities. Patrick Svitek The Texas Tribune

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Analysis of how pandemic changed attitudes toward mandating childhood vaccinations

Thu, 2023-06-08 11:05 — mike kraft

Pandemic changed attitudes toward mandating childhood vaccinations CIDRAP

A new analysis of 21 polls conducted before and after the COVID-19 pandemic shows parents are changing how they think about school vaccination mandates, but not about vaccine safety.

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