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Opinion: The Covid-19 emergency is ending. It’s time for the patient to leave the hospital

Tue, 2023-05-09 10:06 — mike kraft
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The Covid-19 emergency is ending. It's time for the patient to leave the hospital | CNN After more than three very long years, it's finally happening: The Covid-19 pandemic is ending, at least in the formal sense, both in this country and abroad. This moment is not being marked with parades or big parties but rather with the flourishes of two administrative pens. On Friday, the World Health Organization announced that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and this Thursday, the United States is set to end its own public health emergency declaration. Dr.
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Covid-19 experts told White House about chances of an Omicron-level event within the next two years

Mon, 2023-05-08 09:02 — mike kraft
Covid-19 experts say they warned White House about chance of an Omicron-level event within the next two years | CNN In March, the White House reached out to about a dozen Covid-19 experts who are closely following the evolution of the coronavirus to ask a simple question: What did they think were the chances of the world seeing a highly mutated variant, akin to Omicron, within the next two years? Brenda Goodman,Betsy Klein CNN
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CDC Director Walensky resigns; Biden still searching for new pandemic czar

Fri, 2023-05-05 13:01 — mike kraft
CDC's Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is resigning. Dr. Rochelle Walensky says the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic is a good time to make a transition. She sent a resignation letter to President Joe Biden and announced the decision at a CDC staff meeting Friday. Her last day will be June 30. Walensky was previously an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Mask requirements are ending in some medical facilities.

Thu, 2023-05-04 19:03 — mike kraft
Masks come off in the last refuge for mandates: The doctor’s office Some infectious-disease specialists have concluded that universal masking is no longer essential in medical settings, a stark return to pre-covid life. Fenit Nirappil Washington Post

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WHO releases strategy paper on COVID disease management and long-term disease prevention

Thu, 2023-05-04 10:55 — mike kraft
From emergency response to long-term COVID-19 disease management: sustaining gains made during the COVID-19 pandemic The updated two-year strategy builds on the objectives of the 2022 SPRP and supports countries as they are working to transition their critical emergency response activities to longer-term sustained COVID-19 disease prevention, control and management.
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COVID outbreak occurred after CDC annual conference

Wed, 2023-05-03 12:25 — mike kraft
CDC investigating COVID outbreak after its own annual conference The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed it is conducting an investigation into several dozen COVID-19 cases linked to the agency’s annual conference that occurred in Georgia last week. The CDC’s three-day 2023 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference began April 24 in Atlanta, where the agency is headquartered. The purpose of the… Yahoo News

...CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordlund confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday that about 35 people had tested positive as of May 2.

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The nursing shortage: Recruiting from the Global Health will not solve the problem

Wed, 2023-05-03 12:19 — mike kraft
The Global North can’t solve its health care worker shortage by recruiting from the Global South Some countries with a tradition of training nurses "for export," like the Philippines, are actually facing a huge shortage themselves. Torie Bosch STAT

 

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U.S. shortage of home care workers continues to grow

Thu, 2023-04-27 10:48 — mike kraft
Demand for in-home healthcare outpaces availability of workers - UPI.com The need for at-home care has vastly outpaced a much smaller growth in the pool of home care workers, a recent study shows. UPI

 

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Florida surgeon general altered key findings in study on Covid-19 vaccine safety --new document

Mon, 2023-04-24 20:07 — mike kraft
Florida surgeon general altered key findings in study on Covid-19 vaccine safety Joseph Ladapo defended the move, saying revisions are a normal part of assessing such analysis. POLITICO
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Analysis: How America Lost the COVID-19 War

Mon, 2023-04-24 18:49 — mike kraft
How America Lost the COVID-19 War The U.S. is no better prepared for future pandemics than it was in early 2020. Yahoo News

... the U.S. suffered many more casualties than any other affluent country, despite having the best access to remarkable vaccines.

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