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A team of University of Minnesota researchers found that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat diabetes, can decrease the amount of COVID-19 virus in the body and lower the chances of the virus coming back strongly after initial treatment. The study was published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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Mpox new strain that may spread more easily found in Congo’s biggest outbreak

Fri, 2024-05-03 10:46 — mike kraft

Congo struggles to contain its biggest mpox outbreak | AP News

A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people. AP News

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Health care: Biden administration will expand health care coverage for immigrants under DACA, California may extend for all adult immigrants

Fri, 2024-05-03 10:33 — mike kraft

Biden administration will expand health care coverage for immigrants under DACA The Biden administration has finalized plans to expand Obamacare health insurance for people under DACA ABC News ABC News

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Hack of United health unit may have affected a third of Americans and was due to lack of multifactor authentication--CEO tesitimony

Thu, 2024-05-02 11:41 — mike kraft

UnitedHealthcare CEO says 'maybe a third' of US citizens were affected by recent hack | TechCrunch Two months after hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems stealing and then encrypting company data, it’s still unclear how many Americans were UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty finally gave an estimate of how many Americans were impacted by the hack on the company's subsidiary Change Healthcare. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai TechCrunch

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Medicare Advantages benefits may be cut for millions of Humana patients

Thu, 2024-05-02 11:25 — mike kraft

Millions of Americans may get their Medicare Advantage benefits cut Humana said it would be ending some plans and cutting benefits for patients in 2025. Newsweek

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Medicaid is starting to provide air conditioners in Oregon as a health measure

Thu, 2024-05-02 11:15 — mike kraft

In Oregon, Medicaid Is Buying People Air Conditioners - KFF Health News Oregon has started providing air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to help some of its Medicaid recipients cope with soaring heat, smoky skies and other dangers of climate change. It’s a first-in-the-nation experiment that expands a Biden administration strategy to take Medicaid beyond traditional medical care and into the realm of social services. “Climate change is […] khnerich KFF Health News

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CDC says U.S Hospitals no longer have to report COVID-19 hospitalization data

Wed, 2024-05-01 17:43 — mike kraft

Hospitals no longer have to report COVID-19 hospitalization data, CDC says (wtvr.com)

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Climate change is affecting power outages in some New York neighborhoods and towns --study

Wed, 2024-05-01 16:24 — mike kraft

https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4636172-new-york-cities-blackouts-climate-change-study/

Climate change is pushing some New York City neighborhoods into dozens of nearly daylong blackouts per year, a new study has found.

Large swaths of the state’s principal towns and cities faced repeated, protracted and dangerous weather-driven power outages between 2017 and 2020, according to findings published Wednesday in the Public Library of Science.

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Sizeable drop in in adults planning to get COVID-19 booster shots--global survey

Wed, 2024-05-01 16:13 — mike kraft

Global survey shows COVID booster uptake in question A new survey of 23,000 adults in 23 countries taken in October 2023 finds a lower intent to get a COVID-19 booster vaccine (71.6%), compared with 2022 (87.9%). CIDRAP

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Moreover, 60.8% expressed being more willing to get vaccinated for diseases other than COVID-19 as a result of their experiences during the pandemic, while 23.1% reported being less willing. ...

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