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New British study on How Long Does It Take to Get COVID-19

Wed, 2024-01-17 12:46 — mike kraft

How Long Does It Take to Get COVID-19? Here's what a new study says. TIME

The length of time you spend around a person with COVID-19 seems to heavily influence your likelihood of getting sick, according to a recent Nature study that has been peer-reviewed but not fully edited. Most exposures that result in transmission last at least an hour, if not much longer, the researchers say.

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Congressional health care legislation negotiations are still a struggle

Wed, 2024-01-17 12:36 — mike kraft

Health care negotiations on Capitol Hill are clear as mud As Congress hurtles toward another government funding deadline, lawmakers are struggling to fund important health programs and other add-ons. Sarah Owermohle STAT

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As Congress hurtles toward another government funding deadline, conversations between the House and Senate over a package to fund important health programs and other add-ons providers want haven’t reached a conclusion

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U.S. federal program to save rural hospitals needs tweaks.

Wed, 2024-01-17 10:23 — mike kraft

Federal Program to Save Rural Hospitals Feels ‘Growing Pains’ - KFF Health News Fewer than two dozen rural hospitals were converted into Rural Emergency Hospitals in the program’s first year. Now, advocates and lawmakers say tweaks to the law are necessary to lure more takers and keep health care in rural communities. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Gates Foundation plans record spending to counter wider drops in health funding for developing world.

Wed, 2024-01-17 09:54 — mike kraft

Record budget for Gates Foundation as wider global health funding stalls The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to spend more this year than ever before -- $8.6 billion -- as wider health funding for the lowest income countries stutters after the COVID-19 pandemic. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Women’s health world wide no better than at pandemic height -- Survey

Wed, 2024-01-17 09:47 — mike kraft

Women’s health no better than at pandemic height: Survey Women’s health around the world is “no better” than it was at the height of the pandemic, according to a recently released survey. “Across key health measures, women are no better off today than th… tsuter The Hill

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UK study says thousands of Covid deaths could have been avoided if people were fully vaccinated

Tue, 2024-01-16 17:54 — mike kraft

Older people urged to get Covid jab as UK study shows avoidable deaths More than 7,000 hospital admissions and deaths could have been avoided if people had been fully vaccinated The Guardian

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Use of hydroxychloroquine for Covid caused 11% increase in deaths --study

Mon, 2024-01-15 11:04 — mike kraft

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U.S flu activity dipped last week but experts warn more increases likely

Mon, 2024-01-15 10:54 — mike kraft

Flu activity ticked down last week, but respiratory virus season is far from over in the US | CNN The United States started the new year awash in respiratory illness, with high levels of flu, Covid-19 and RSV across most of the country. The latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that some measures of flu activity dipped in early January, but the single week of decrease is not a trend – and experts warn that more increases are likely to come. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Johns Hopkins Medicine reinstates mandatory masking at all facilities in Maryland

Fri, 2024-01-12 20:03 — mike kraft

Johns Hopkins Medicine brings back mandatory masking at all facilities in Maryland Johns Hopkins Medicine will resume universal masking at its facilities, the hospital system announced on Thursday. CBS Baltimore

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Opinion: The social costs of greenhouse gas emissions in health care are astonishing --and ignored

Fri, 2024-01-12 15:07 — mike kraft

The social costs of greenhouse gas emissions in health care are astounding — and we’ve been ignoring them completely Despite the fact that greenhouse gas emissions are defined as the greatest threat to human health this century, the social cost of the healthcare industry’s emissions has somehow escaped the intere… ckulat The Hill

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