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New Mexico issues public health order amid RSV case surge

Fri, 2022-12-02 17:02 — mike kraft
New Mexico issues public health order amid RSV case surge SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials are mandating hospitals revert to a “hub-and-spoke” model to ensure patients get the care they need amid an alarming rise in respiratory infections among children. AP NEWS

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Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant - WHO Director

Fri, 2022-12-02 16:58 — mike kraft
Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant - WHO Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday. Bhanvi Satija Reuters

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China's disputes over Covid policies, Fauci says their vaccines are not good enough

Fri, 2022-12-02 11:17 — mike kraft
Inside China's fight over the future of zero-COVID Opinions about Xi Jinping's signature "zero-COVID" policy vary wildly across China. The debate, which has ignited several anti-lockdown protests, illustrates the difficulties facing the government in relaxing the world's most rigid COVID rules while heading off national discontent. David Stanway Reuters
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Congressional panel says lax screening by tech firms helped facilitate fraudulent use of pandemic funds

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:44 — mike kraft
House panel says lax screening helped facilitate PPP fraud WASHINGTON (AP) — Financial technology firms abdicated their responsibility to screen out fraud in applications for a federal program designed to help small businesses stay open and keep workers employed during the pandemic, a report by a House investigations panel said Thursday. AP NEWS

 

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More than 150 COVID-19 relief projects are underway in Vermont

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:38 — mike kraft
More than 150 Vermont recovery programs underway, more soon More than 150 COVID-19 relief projects are underway across Vermont as the state ramps up the spending of the more than $1 billion in federal funds that are intended to help recover from the pandemic. AP NEWS

...The projects that have begun represent spending of more than $300 million, officials said Thursday, adding that more projects will be approved in the coming months with construction expected to increase next year.

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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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Uganda discharges last known Ebola patient, raising hopes - ministry

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:17 — mike kraft
Uganda discharges last known Ebola patient, raising hopes - ministry Uganda has discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital, a senior health official said on Friday, raising hopes that an outbreak which has killed at least 56 people could be coming to an end. Reuters Reuters

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German doctors alarmed as surge in RSV cases fills hospitals

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:08 — mike kraft
Doctors alarmed as surge in RSV cases fills German hospitals BERLIN (AP) — Intensive care doctors in Germany warned Thursday that hospital pediatric units in the country are stretched to breaking point in part due to rising cases of respiratory infections among infants. AP NEWS

 

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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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