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Covid Hospitalizations Hit Crisis Levels in Southern I.C.U.s

Tue, 2021-09-14 10:36 — mike kraft
Covid Hospitalizations Hit Crisis Levels in Southern I.C.U.s One in four intensive care units in the U.S. is 95 percent full or more, and available beds are gone or dwindling especially fast in a handful of states including Alabama, Texas and Florida. The New York Times

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Burnouts: Michigan COVID nurses reach their limit: ‘I know I can’t do this forever’

Tue, 2021-09-14 10:27 — mike kraft
Michigan COVID nurses reach their limit: ‘I know I can’t do this forever’ | Bridge Michigan Roughly 18 months into a deadly pandemic, hospitals across the state face critical frontline staff shortages, notably among nurses. While traveling nurses command top dollar as fill-ins, staff nurses at major health systems confront feelings of grief, rage and burnout. BridgeMichigan

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Overview: Developments in Europe to counter the coronavirus

Tue, 2021-09-14 10:16 — mike kraft
Factbox-Britain and neighbours set out paths for coping with COVID-19 Britain was setting out its coronavirus strategy for the winter months on Tuesday, with booster vaccinations for the most vulnerable and elderly a central part of the plans for a country with one of the highest COVID-19 death tolls. Reuters Staff U.S.
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Fully vaccinated persons have sharply reduced chance of dying from COVID-19, a new real-world study suggests

Tue, 2021-09-14 10:00 — mike kraft
Getting fully vaccinated massively reduces your chance of dying from COVID-19, a new real-world study suggests COVID-19 accounted for 0.8% of deaths among fully vaccinated people in England, compared with 37% for unvaccinated people, data from England showed. Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce Business Insider
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Iowa from banning school mask mandates

Tue, 2021-09-14 09:40 — mike kraft
Federal judge temporarily blocks Iowa from banning school mask A federal judge temporarily blocked Iowa from banning mask mandates in local school districts. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

A federal judge temporarily blocked Iowa from banning mask mandates in local school districts.

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OPINION: America’s Pandemic Travel Bans No Longer Make Sense -_Foreign Policy

Mon, 2021-09-13 19:45 — mike kraft
America’s Pandemic Travel Bans No Longer Make Sense A thoughtless, unscientific policy of closed borders—even to vaccinated travelers—does a little more damage every day. Stefan Theil Foreign Policy
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England will now offer Covid-19 vaccine to young people age 12 to 15

Mon, 2021-09-13 19:24 — mike kraft
Coronavirus: UK to offer vaccinations to children over 12 The programme will be rolled out at schools, with the consent of parents or guardians, according to the health ministry. South China Morning Post
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Israeli survey finds about 1 in 10 kids who had COVID have lingering COVID symptoms

Mon, 2021-09-13 18:35 — mike kraft
Israeli survey finds about 1 in 10 kids have lingering COVID symptoms About one in 10 children had symptoms that remained after recovering from COVID-19, though that number dropped by more than half as the months passed, a Health Ministry survey showed on Monday. Reuters Reuters
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New York Schools start, largest U.S. system with in-person learning; backlash elsewhere only.

Mon, 2021-09-13 18:22 — mike kraft
School starts for 1 million NYC kids amid new vaccine rules NEW YORK (AP) — School started Monday for about a million New York City public school students in the nation's largest experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. The first day of school coincided with several milestones in the city’s pandemic recovery that hinge on vaccine mandates. AP NEWS
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More island destinations, eastern European nations added to CDC's 'very high' Covid-19 travel risk list

Mon, 2021-09-13 18:08 — mike kraft
More island destinations added to CDC's 'very high' Covid-19 travel risk list Island destinations from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean joined a handful of Eastern European countries among the latest places deemed "very high" risk for travel by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, September 13. By Marnie Hunter, CNN CNN
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