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U.S. Pediatricians lobby for more federal help to fight wave of respiratory llnesses

Wed, 2022-11-16 17:34 — mike kraft

Pediatricians beg for more federal help to fight wave of RSV - Roll Call Two medical groups have asked the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency to respond to the glut of respiratory viruses. Roll Call

After two winters spent masked and six feet apart, pediatric respiratory viruses have returned with a vengeance, and pediatric hospitals, emergency room doctors and pediatricians are lobbying Congress and the Biden administration to provide more support.

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U.S. Covid deaths and hospitalizations are falling although new variants could emerge

Tue, 2022-11-15 19:10 — mike kraft

Covid deaths and hospitalizations are falling in the U.S. Even as new omicron strains take over, Covid is no longer driving a majority of patients into the hospital. Still, doctors worry the virus could re-emerge as immunity wanes. NBC News

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As the flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have spread rapidly this fall — inundating and overwhelming hospitals and their staff across the country — Covid has not.

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Biden requests $9.25 bln for COVID, $750 Mln to gihht other disdeases and $37.7 bln for Ukraine from Congress.

Tue, 2022-11-15 18:58 — mike kraft

Biden requests $9.25 bln for COVID, $37.7 bln for Ukraine from Congress -officials The Biden administration is asking Congress for $9.25 billion to fight COVID-19 and an additional $37.7 billion to support Ukraine in its war with Russia as part of a supplemental funding request, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Jeff Mason Reuters

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Analysis: Americans Struggle for New Balance and face contradictions as the Covid Pandemic lingers

Tue, 2022-11-15 10:43 — mike kraft

...life has in many ways returned to something like the Before Times. Restaurants are packed, and cultural performances sold out. Children are sitting in schools, and workers are trickling back into offices. Masks are no longer required in public, even in New York City’s subways.

The summer travel season was a blockbuster. Even cruise ships — derided as floating Petri dishes early in the pandemic — were filling up with eager passengers.

Most Americans want to get back to normalcy and are unwilling to let Covid rule their lives any longer, Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House Covid response coordinator, said in an interview. “Those two sets of goals are achievable,” Dr. Jha said, so long as Americans keep getting vaccinated, test when necessary and wear masks in crowded public settings.

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housands of U.S. public health experts are losing their jobs at a critical time

Mon, 2022-11-14 17:49 — mike kraft

Thousands of public health experts are losing their jobs at a critical time | CNN As covid-19 raged, roughly 4,000 highly skilled epidemiologists, communication specialists, and public health nurses were hired by a nonprofit tied to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to plug the holes at battered public health departments on the front lines. Lauren Weber,Kaiser Health News CNN

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About half of U.S. states report very high respitory illnesses, straining hospitals.

Fri, 2022-11-11 10:17 — mike kraft

Flu season already hitting hard across half of the US and children's hospitals are still feeling the pressure from respiratory illnesses | CNN About half of the US -- 22 states, along with Washington, DC, New York City and Puerto Rico -- is reporting high or very high respiratory illness activity, as flu season sweeps through the country weeks earlier than usual. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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U.S. COVID hospitalizations are rising in infants under 6 months -- CDC director Walensky

Thu, 2022-11-10 11:20 — mike kraft

COVID hospitalizations are rising in infants under 6 months, CDC director Walensky says Covid-19 hospitalizations are rising among babies under 6 months old, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said, and the agency is urging mothers to get vaccinated to reduce the risk of infection. Riley Griffin https://www.inquirer.com

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

Thu, 2022-11-10 08:42 — 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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Locations in US of long COVID clinics

Wed, 2022-11-09 12:39 — mike kraft

Where are the long COVID clinics? For people with long COVID, finding a place to get appropriate medical care is a challenge. katie Science News

For the millions of people in the United States with long COVID, getting help comes down to where they live. Long COVID clinics have been popping up, but their accessibility and the kind of care they offer vary wildly.

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Doctors are trying to understand why Covid Patients Coming Off Ventilators Can Take Weeks to Regain Consciousness

Mon, 2022-11-07 18:45 — mike kraft

In March 2020, New York City’s hospitals filled up with patients desperately ill with Covid-19. In many cases, when their fluid-filled lungs could no longer give them oxygen, doctors sedated them and put them on ventilators.

The patients who recovered were taken off the machines and anesthesia. Within a day or so, their doctors expected them to wake up.

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