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Hurricane Helene misinformation --Fact checks.

Mon, 2024-10-07 17:39 — mike kraft
Fact checking falsehoods about FEMA funding and Hurricane Helene Rumors, misinformation and lies about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene have run rampant since the storm made landfall, especially around FEMA funding. NPR

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The claims have become so widespread that FEMA set up a response page to debunk many falsehoods around how disaster funding works and what the agency’s response has been. ...

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US virus updates show more COVID decline, with RSV rise in the southeast

Mon, 2024-10-07 09:50 — mike kraft
US markers show more COVID decline, with RSV rise in the southeast Though KP.3.1.1 variant levels continue to rise, the proportion of XEC viruses is also trending upward. CIDRAP

COVID-19 activity declined last week, with wastewater levels—still highest in the West—now at moderate levels, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today (Friday) in its latest respiratory virus updates. ...

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In southeast Texas, crippling power outages and heat turn deadly following Hurricane Beryl

Thu, 2024-07-11 09:31 — mike kraft
Anger mounts in southeast Texas as crippling power outages and heat turn deadly | CNN Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous – and at times deadly. Elizabeth Wolfe, Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera CNN

 

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Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely--study

Thu, 2024-06-20 10:12 — mike kraft
Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely A new study finds that human-caused climate change dialed up the heat and drastically increased the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America. AP News

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Flu surges in the U.S. Southeast --CDC

Mon, 2023-11-20 20:12 — mike kraft
Flu surges in the Southeast Presented by Novavax — This comes as the worst of flu season approaches.{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story  Flu surges in the Southeast New federal data shows inf… emartin The Hill

 

The most recent weekly summary update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designated nine U.S. states and territories as having high or very high levels of activity related to influenza-like illness (ILI). 

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U.S. COVID hospitalizations rise for fourth straight week

Tue, 2023-08-15 19:54 — mike kraft
COVID hospitalizations rise for fourth straight week ER visits are also climbing, with the steepest rise in kids. Yahoo Life

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COVID-19 vaccine affected reduced deaths in seniors with dementia

Mon, 2023-07-17 18:15 — mike kraft
COVID-19 vaccine tied to reduced deaths in seniors with dementia CIDRAP

For the first time, researchers have calculated excess deaths among US dementia patients during the pandemic, and they found a reduction in excess mortality among long-term care residents after COVID-19 vaccines were made available. The study was published today in JAMA Neurology.

ALSO SEE: Alzheimer’s among seniors is most common in the eastern and southeastern US states

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Nearly 5 million kids might miss out on food assistance if these 8 states don’t act by Friday

Thu, 2023-07-13 17:41 — mike kraft
Nearly 5 million kids might miss out on food assistance if these states don't act by Friday | CNN Politics Nearly 5 million children in eight states could lose out on some extra funds for food unless their state officials sign up for a federal relief program by Friday. Tami Luhby CNN
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U.S. heat wave prompts weather service urgent warnings.

Thu, 2023-07-13 09:43 — mike kraft
Heat wave spanning from Florida to California prompts urgent warnings Extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer in an average year in the U.S. Andrew Freedman Axios
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Heatwaves: 2013 expected to be world's hotest year, U.S. south to be hit this week

Mon, 2023-07-10 09:34 — mike kraft
Heatwaves: Why this summer has been so hot Experts are predicting that the developing El Niño is likely to make 2023 the world's hottest year. BBC News
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