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US suicides dropped last year, contrary to pandemic expectations/speculation

Fri, 2021-04-09 12:00 — mike kraft

US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations It is hard to say exactly why suicide deaths dropped so much, but one factor may be a phenomenon seen in the early stages of wars and national disasters, some experts suggested. “There's a heroism phase in every disaster period, where we're banding together and expressing lots of messages of support that we're in this together,” said Dr. Christine Moutier, chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. U.S.

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More US troops are willing to take coronavius vaccines, education efforts may be reducing the reluctance.

Fri, 2021-04-09 11:19 — mike kraft

Fewer Troops Are Declining the COVID Vaccine. We May Never Know Why Defense leaders say education efforts and seeing peers get vaccinated are reducing the reluctance. Elizabeth Howe Defense One

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More than 20 % of rural Americans unwilling to take coronavirus vaccines. Politics and religion are factors

Fri, 2021-04-09 11:09 — mike kraft

More than half of rural Americans have received a Covid-19 vaccine or plan to, but hesitancy remains high, analysis finds More than half of rural residents in the United States have received a Covid-19 vaccine or plan to, but one in five still say they will definitely not get vaccinated, according to analysis released by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Friday. By <a href="/profiles/julia-hollingsworth">Julia Hollingsworth</a>, CNN CNN

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Trusting a Covid-19 Vaccine: What’s Next? --On line discussion Friday, April 9, 1 PM ET

Thu, 2021-04-08 20:02 — mike kraft

The CSIS Global Health Policy Center invites you to join us for an online event:

Trusting a Covid-19 Vaccine:
What’s Next?

Friday, April 9, 2021

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT

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A conversation with

Bruce Gellin

President of Global Immunization
Sabin Vaccine Institute

Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg

Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Interim Vice President of Global Biological Policy and Programs
Nuclear Threat Initiative

Juliette Kayyem

Senior Belfer Lecturer in International Security
Harvard Kennedy School of Government

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OPINION: CDC has public health messaging problems about the Covis pandemic

Wed, 2021-04-07 12:48 — mike kraft

CDC's messaging problem highlights pandemic's uncertain future Recent missteps from the CDC have muddied public health messaging at what some experts are calling a precarious moment in the course of the pandemic. NBC News

At a particularly crucial juncture in the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a messaging problem.

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ANALYSIS: Why COVIDF-19 conspiracy theories persist

Wed, 2021-04-07 12:32 — mike kraft

Viral thoughts: Why COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Daniel Roberts hadn’t had a vaccination since he was 6. No boosters, no tetanus shots. His parents taught him inoculations were dangerous, and when the coronavirus arrived,... AP NEWS

As the world struggles to break the grip of COVID-19, psychologists and misinformation experts are studying why the pandemic spawned so many conspiracy theories, which have led people to eschew masks, social distancing and vaccines.

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It may take all year before all willing adults in some states get vaccinated

Wed, 2021-04-07 09:41 — mike kraft

In the race to vaccinate against Covid-19, willing adults in some states may be waiting all year It may take until the end of the year to get coronavirus vaccine to all adults who want it, a CNN analysis shows. And there are two very different reasons why. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Five states account for nearly half of new US coronavirus infections

Tue, 2021-04-06 17:19 — mike kraft

Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just 5 states Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by... AP NEWS

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots.

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In Michigan coronavirus surge, more patients are younger and healthier.

Tue, 2021-04-06 11:54 — mike kraft

In Michigan's latest coronavirus surge, there's a new kind of patient Michigan is in another coronavirus surge and hospitals are again on the front line, but this time they have a new type of patient: younger and healthier. Miguel Marquez, CNN CNN

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Evangicals are the largest religious group unwilling to get coronavirus vaccines, some leaders are trying to change that

Sun, 2021-04-04 20:12 — mike kraft

Why "the pathway to ending the pandemic runs through the evangelical church" Public health officials' messaging isn't reaching many evangelicals. Some faith leaders are trying to change that. CBS News

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