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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is probing hospitals where a high rate of patients have gotten Covid-19 infections after cases spiked to record highs this year.

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U.S. Covid cases are probably undercounted, as tracking efforts fade

Fri, 2022-05-27 10:27 — mike kraft

Nation's latest COVID-19 wave largely hidden from view, health experts say 'There's a lot of COVID out there,' one expert acknowledged. ABC News ABC News

Current COVID-19 cases are just a fraction of what they were at the peak of the omicron wave.

But many people in the country may be noticing what seems to be a flood of cases in their social circles.

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Florida COVID-19 cases continue trending upward

Fri, 2022-05-20 10:56 — mike kraft

COVID-19 cases in Florida continue trending upward The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging more masking for people in some areas of the country where COVID-19 is surging again. Jim Piggott WJXT

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Following Florida’s latest report of new cases to the CDC, the state is now averaging nearly 8,000 new cases a day. The average over the last seven days is 7,909. The last time the state’s average was this high was mid-February, as the state was coming down from the winter omicron peak.

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Nearly every American state expected to see increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, forecast shows

Thu, 2022-05-19 17:59 — mike kraft

Nearly every state expected to see increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, forecast shows The forecast now predicts that nearly every U.S. state and territory is projected to see increases in new hospitalizations over the next two weeks. ABC News ABC News

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North Korea boasts recovery from a million cases as WHO worries over missing data

Wed, 2022-05-18 17:42 — mike kraft

North Korea boasts recovery as WHO worries over missing data SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday added hundreds of thousands of infections to its growing pandemic caseload but also said that a million people have already recovered from suspected COVID-19 just a week after disclosing an outbreak, a public health crisis it appears to be trying to manage in isolation as global experts express deep concern about dire consequences . AP NEWS

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Sytate and local health departments are hard-pressed and slow to spend Covid cash for underserved

Tue, 2022-05-17 17:25 — mike kraft

Overwhelmed health departments are hard-pressed to spend Covid cash for underserved The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address covid health disparities, the largest federal funding initiative designed specifically to help underserved communities hardest hit by the virus. Phil Galewitz, Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News CNN

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New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over shortage of COVID relief money

Tue, 2022-05-17 09:57 — mike kraft

New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money THOMASVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A whole town celebrated in 2020 when, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened, offering state-of-the-art medicine that was previously unavailable in a poor, isolated part of Alabama. AP NEWS

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With about 420,000 health care providers nationwide already receiving assistance from a $178 billion pot, the government isn’t covering 100% of losses for anyone, said Chris Lundquist, a spokesman for the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, which is overseeing the program. ...

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