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Community clinics increasingly involved in helping people get vaccinated.

Fri, 2021-03-19 10:06 — mike kraft
Clinics across U.S. bring expertise, community connections to vaccine drive In the days before an east Los Angeles COVID-19 vaccination site opened in a Latino neighborhood that was hard-hit by the pandemic, people flooded California's online booking system to snap up appointments. The software accepted hundreds of ineligible residents from wealthy... Lisa Baertlein U.S.

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More than 40 % of US health care workers have not been vaccinated and many still resist --new poll

Fri, 2021-03-19 09:55 — mike kraft
More than 4 in 10 health-care workers have not been vaccinated, Post-KFF poll finds The lingering obstacles to vaccinating health-care workers foreshadows the challenge the United States will face as it attempts to get the vast majority of the population vaccinated. Washington Post
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Caution warnings of an upsurge as 15 states see an increase in Covid-19 cases

Thu, 2021-03-18 10:54 — mike kraft
Experts urge caution as 15 states see uptick in COVID-19 infections Delaware, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon and West Virginia -- have seen their case averages increase by at least 25% in the last week. Dr. Tara Smith, a professor of epidemiology at the Kent State University College of Public Health, told ABC News that her "biggest concern" is a virus resurgence: "I don't expect to see something as bad as we just recovered from, but if we're not careful, cases can rise again if we let our guard down too soon." YahooNews
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Simulations showing the importance of windows to the reopening of schools.

Wed, 2021-03-17 15:04 — mike kraft
Why Opening Windows Is a Key to Reopening Schools A simulation of airflow in a real New York City classroom shows how simple ventilation and filtration can reduce the probability of coronavirus exposure. nytimes

The C.D.C. is urging communities to reopen schools as quickly as possible, but parents and teachers have raised questions about the quality of ventilation available in public school classrooms to protect against the coronavirus.

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Experts: Virus surge in Europe should raise caution flags for the US

Wed, 2021-03-17 12:46 — mike kraft
Experts: Virus surge in Europe a cautionary tale for US Optimism is spreading in the U.S. as COVID-19 deaths plummet and states ease restrictions and open vaccinations to younger adults. But across Europe, dread is setting in with another wave of... AP NEWS
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Improvised vacinating effort, pharmacist goes to senior housing facilities.

Tue, 2021-03-16 11:54 — mike kraft

 

In a city scrambling to vaccinate people against Covid-19 as quickly as possible, Ambar Keluskar faced a problem this month that seemed to defy logic: Mr. Keluskar, a pharmacist in Brooklyn, struggled to find people to take the 200 doses he had on hand.

“They were just sitting in the freezer,” he said.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has been especially lethel to younger Latinos

Tue, 2021-03-16 10:19 — mike kraft
Death in the prime of life: Covid-19 proves especially lethal to younger Latinos The coronavirus has disproportionately carved a path through the nation’s Latino neighborhoods, as it has in African American, Native American and Pacific Islander communities. Even more stunning: the deadly efficiency with which the virus has targeted Latinos in their 30s and 40s. Akilah Johnson Washington Post

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CDC repudiates several public health guidance issued under Trump administration that downplayed the pandemic

Mon, 2021-03-15 13:50 — mike kraft
CDC review identifies public health guidance authored under Trump administration that downplayed severity of pandemic The analysis was done ensure public trust in the agency and "ensure that all of CDC’s existing covid-19 guidance is evidence-based and free of politics,’ says memo. Lena H. Sun Washington Post
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Puerto Rico enacted strict Covid measures, lessons for the Mainland

Mon, 2021-03-15 10:22 — mike kraft
Puerto Rico enacted strict Covid measures. It paid off, and it's a lesson for the mainland. Puerto Rico used curfews and rigorous sanitary measures, "and the pandemic was never politicized," a health expert said. It saved lives — and its health care system. NBC News

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Navajo community network steps up efforts to help its vulnerable cope with the pandemic

Sun, 2021-03-14 12:20 — mike kraft
In a pandemic, Navajo community steps up for its vulnerable TEESTO, Ariz. (AP) — For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of the “Praying Mountain,” he has depended on everyone yet no... AP NEWS

TEESTO, Ariz. (AP) — For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of the “Praying Mountain,” he has depended on everyone yet no one.

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