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U.S. will provide free COVID-19 tests later this month. Date not announced yet

Wed, 2024-09-25 09:42 — mike kraft

Free COVID-19 tests are coming back for fall 2024. Here's how to get them. The government has already disbursed more than 900 million free at-home COVID-19 tests, and will be reopening its free test kit portal. CBS News

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the program, has not yet said when it will start taking orders again for the at-home COVID-19 tests through the COVIDTests.gov website. It only instructs visitors to "come back to place your order in late September 2024."

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Climate change could triple U.S. heat deaths by mid-century, experts warn

Tue, 2024-09-24 10:23 — mike kraft

Climate change could triple U.S. heat deaths by mid-century, experts warn If global warming is left largely unchecked, the number of Americans who succumb to extreme heat will triple by mid-century, new projections estimate. Ernie Mundell Medical Xpress

If global warming is left largely unchecked, the number of Americans who succumb to extreme heat will triple by mid-century, new projections estimate.

These deaths could affect poor and minority Americans much more than the white and better-off, according to a team led by Dr. Sameed Khatana of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Mosquito-born EEE: Declared threat in New York State; impact of climate change

Tue, 2024-09-24 10:09 — mike kraft

After New Yorker dies of EEE, state declares virus an "imminent threat to the public" The New York resident who tested positive for the mosquito-borne EEE virus has died, prompting state health officials to declare an "imminent threat to the public for EEE." CBS New York

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U.S. to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses for Africa

Tue, 2024-09-24 09:55 — mike kraft

Exclusive: US to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses to halt outbreak in Africa U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African countries to support their response to the outbreak, according to a senior administration official. Trevor Hunnicutt,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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Only 45% of older U.S. adults plan to get updated COVID vaccines --poll

Mon, 2024-09-23 17:54 — mike kraft

Only 45% of Americans age 50 and older say they're likely to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine this season, according to a poll today from the University of Michigan.

The poll shows many at high risk of severe illness appear unlikely to seek the vaccine, and interest in an updated vaccine varies widely by age-group, education level, and other factors.

The results come from the National Poll on Healthy Aging conducted in August. At the time of polling, new COVID vaccines were not yet widely available, but they had been approved for use and endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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