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US health departments struggle to reach adequate staffing levels in public health

Tue, 2024-06-04 11:32 — mike kraft

US health departments experience workforce shortages and struggle to reach adequate staffing levels in public health

Gaps persist in hiring enough U.S. public health workers, and health departments continue to face challenges in recruiting new employees, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Indiana University. Insufficient funding, a shortage of people with public health training, and a lack of visibility for public careers, in addition to lengthy hiring processes, are cited as barriers contributing to an absence of progress for achieving a satisfactory level of workers. The results are published in Health Affairs.

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US has the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations. Norway has zero

Tue, 2024-06-04 10:01 — mike kraft
US has the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations. Norway has zero | CNN The United States continues to have a higher rate of women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum compared with all other high-income nations, even despite recent declines in the US maternal death rate, a new report shows. Jacqueline Howard CNN
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High excess death rates in the West since start of pandemic despite containment and vaccines

Tue, 2024-06-04 09:54 — mike kraft
Study: High excess death rates in the West for 3 years running since start of pandemic despite containment and vaccines Excess death rates have remained high in the West for three years running since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a data analysis of 47 countries published in BMJ Public Health. Science X Medical Xpress
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This is despite the implementation of various containment measures and the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, giving rise to "serious cause for concern," say the researchers, who call on governments and policymakers to thoroughly investigate the underlying causes.

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Pollution Deadlier Than War, Terrorism, and Major Diseases--study

Mon, 2024-06-03 19:09 — mike kraft
The Ultimate Killer: Pollution Deadlier Than War, Terrorism, and Major Diseases Manmade pollutants and climate change contribute to millions of deaths from cardiovascular disease each year, warn a coalition of leading scientists. A new series published today (June 3) in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology highlights how pollution, in all its forms, is a greater Mike O'Neill SciTechDaily

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Dr. Fauci, at contentious House hearing, cites need for better communication between federal and local heath authorities

Mon, 2024-06-03 19:00 — mike kraft
Takeaways from Fauci’s testimony at contentious House hearing on Covid-19 pandemic | CNN Politics Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified on Monday at a House subcommittee hearing about the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the origins of the virus. Jen Christensen, Elise Hammond, Antoinette Radford, Maureen Chowdhury CNN

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Opinion: Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming and the need for better monitoring

Mon, 2024-06-03 11:13 — mike kraft

The third human case of H5N1, reported on Thursday in a farmworker in Michigan who was experiencing respiratory symptoms, tells us that the current bird flu situation is at a dangerous inflection point.

The virus is adapting in predictable ways that increase its risk to humans, reflecting our failure to contain it early on. The solutions to this brewing crisis — such as comprehensive testing — have been there all along, and they’re becoming only more important. If we keep ignoring the warning signs we have only ourselves to blame.

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Dengue: Honduras declares health emergency as Central America enters peak dengue season

Mon, 2024-06-03 10:29 — mike kraft
Honduras declares health emergency as Central America starts peak dengue season | CNN Honduras has declared a national health emergency after reporting a rise in hospitalizations and deaths from dengue, the health ministry announced on Friday. Michael Rios CNN

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Future COVID shots should target JN.1, KP.2 subvariants --US FDA staff

Mon, 2024-06-03 10:12 — mike kraft

 

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CDC reports US COVID markers show small rise in activity

Mon, 2024-06-03 10:06 — mike kraft
US COVID markers show small rise in activity Wastewater detections are up in the western region, which is also seeing a small rise in test positivity. CIDRAP

The main markers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to track COVID activity showed small rises Friday from very low levels, including wastewater SARS-CoV-2 detections, which rose from the minimal to low level over the past week....

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Pedople with disabilities still struggle as public COVID precautions fade away

Mon, 2024-06-03 09:43 — mike kraft
As COVID precautions vanish, people with disabilities struggle with safety and isolation The pace of COVID fatalities in the U.S. has slowed significantly, with the nation’s death toll standing at more than 1 million people. With precautions like mandatory masking no longer in place, it can seem as if worries about the virus are gone as well. But for many people with disabilities, the threat is still very real. We hear from people in the disability community about their concerns. Andrew Corkery PBS NewsHour

 

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