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Vaccinations for children slow and pediatricians also face other medical challenges.

Wed, 2021-12-08 19:08 — mike kraft
Amid Push to Vaccinate Children, Other Challenges Deluge Pediatricians CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Near the end of one of the first days that 5- to 11-year-olds could get a coronavirus shot last month, Dr. Anne Steptoe, a pediatrician, sat hunched in her cramped office between packages of diapers, onesies and children’s books, cataloging the week’s patients on her laptop. One teenage girl had been sleepless and suicidal; another was anemic. Several young boys had gained weight during the pandemic.
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Public health worker recruitment major focus of Senate’s new BIO Preparedness Workforce Act

Mon, 2021-11-29 19:53 — mike kraft
Public health worker recruitment major focus of Senate’s new BIO Preparedness Workforce Act - Homeland Preparedness News With COVID-19 daily emphasizing how critical health care workers are to modern society, a collection of U.S. senators this week proposed a student loan repayment program to drive recruitment and retention in the field of public health. The BIO Preparedness … Read More » Chris Galford Homeland Preparedness News
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Military medical staffers to help Michigan hospitals; Most Connecicut towns in red zone for COVID infections

Wed, 2021-11-24 17:47 — mike kraft
Military to help Michigan cope with COVID-19 patient surge | AP News LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The federal government will send 44 military medical staffers to Michigan to help beleaguered hospitals treat COVID-19 patients amid a fourth surge that is the worst in the country, state health officials said Wednesday. AP NEWS

 

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White House unveils $1.5B investment to train more than 22,700 new healthcare providers

Tue, 2021-11-23 11:01 — mike kraft
White House unveils $1.5B investment to train more than 22,700 new healthcare providers American Rescue Plan-funded investments will yield "the largest field strength in history" for the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps and the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Program, according to the White House. Dave Muoio FierceHealthcare
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Dutch start transporting COVID-19 patients to Germany but German hospital staffs nearing limits

Tue, 2021-11-23 10:12 — mike kraft
Dutch COVID-19 patients transferred to Germany as hospitals struggle The Netherlands started transporting COVID-19 patients across the border to Germany on Tuesday to ease pressure on Dutch hospitals, which are scaling back regular care to deal with a surge in coronavirus cases. Reuters Reuters
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U.S. Nursing Groups seek to Tackle COVID Misinformation

Fri, 2021-11-19 11:11 — mike kraft
Nursing Groups Look to Tackle COVID Misinformation Nurses have not been immune from fueling falsehoods Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday
 

Inaccuracies and falsehoods about COVID-19 continue to spread, with healthcare providers contributing to the confusion.

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Study of unvaccinated U.S. health care workers--30 percent were uinvaccinated as of mid September

Thu, 2021-11-18 19:57 — mike kraft

COVID-19 vaccination coverage among hospital-based healthcare personnel reported through the Department of Health and Human Services Unified Hospital Data Surveillance System, United States, January 20, 2021-September 15, 2021

 

An estimated 30 % of health care workers in the U.S. were still unvaccinated as of Sept  15, 2021.

 

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Hospital overloads linked to thousands of excess deaths two weeks later

Thu, 2021-11-18 17:56 — mike kraft
Hospital strain linked to thousands of excess deaths two weeks later: A new analysis estimates that hospital strain during the pandemic is linked to thousands of ensuing excess deaths, signaling the significance of ensuring hospitals do not reach full capacity amid Justine Coleman TheHill
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Dozens of health groups urge businesses to voluntarily adopt Biden’s vaccine rule

Thu, 2021-11-18 11:53 — mike kraft
Dozens of health groups urge businesses to voluntarily adopt Biden’s vaccine rule The American Medical Association and more than 60 other health care associations on Thursday called on employers to voluntarily implement President Biden’s contested vaccine-or-testing mandate, saying businesses have no time to waste ahead of the busy holiday season. Dan Diamond Washington Post
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Twelve more states join court challenge to health worker vaccine mandate

Wed, 2021-11-17 08:38 — mike kraft
 

A second set of states have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers.

The most recent suit, dated Monday, was filed in Louisiana on behalf of 12 states and comes less than a week after another lawsuit challenging the rule was filed in Missouri representing 10 states.

In addition to Louisiana, the more recent suit covers Montana, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia. The Missouri suit includes Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.  ...

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