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Mental health care: California provides example of using peer leaders to help ease staff shortages

Tue, 2024-03-19 09:49 — mike kraft
Amid Mental Health Staffing Crunch, Medi-Cal Patients Help One Another - KFF Health News Peer leaders can help ease the shortage of mental health providers and build trust through shared experiences, state health officials say. In 2022, California started allowing counties to use Medicaid dollars to pay them for their work. khnkit KFF Health News

 

 

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Clinical outcomes worse for young, immunocompromised COVID patients --study

Tue, 2024-03-19 09:31 — mike kraft
Clinical outcomes worse for young, immunocompromised COVID patients In a national case series, 11.4% of immunocompromised patients younger than 21 years with COVID-19 admitted for intensive care died, compared to 4.6% of their peers with healthy immune systems. CIDRAP

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In addition to almost triple the rate of in-hospital mortality, patients with ICCs had longer hospital stays.

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U.S. CDC urges vaccination amid rise in measles cases in the US and globally

Mon, 2024-03-18 20:27 — mike kraft
CDC urges vaccination amid rise in measles cases in the US and globally | CNN US government health officials are warning doctors about the dramatic rise in measles cases around the world, and advising families traveling to a measles-affected country to get babies as young as 6 months vaccinated before they go. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Wastewater testing indicates COVID-19 is waning but other viruses are still hanging around

Mon, 2024-03-18 10:57 — mike kraft
COVID-19 is waning but these viruses are still hanging around as we head into early spring While wastewater surveillance data shows COVID-19 cases falling, it reveals other respiratory and stomach viruses are picking up. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY USA TODAY

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New map shows just how extreme weather was during February

Mon, 2024-03-18 10:47 — mike kraft
New map shows just how extreme last month was for the planet | CNN Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of Antarctic ice. Rachel Ramirez CNN
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US flu activity continues brisk as COVID indicators decline further

Mon, 2024-03-18 10:39 — mike kraft
Brisk US flu activity continues as COVID indicators drop further The nation's flu activity remained elevated last week, with an increase in test positivity, as levels of two other respiratory viruses—COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—continued their steady declines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in updates today. CIDRAP

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U.S. government urges states to make interim payments for healthcare providers hit by cyberattack

Mon, 2024-03-18 10:33 — mike kraft
US agency urges interim payments for healthcare providers hit by UnitedHealth hack The U.S. government said on Friday it has urged states to make interim payments to healthcare providers that were hit by the cyberattack at UnitedHealth's unit Change Healthcare. Reuters Reuters

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Brisk flu activity continues in the U.S. as COVID indicators drop further

Mon, 2024-03-18 10:05 — mike kraft
Brisk US flu activity continues as COVID indicators drop further The nation's flu activity remained elevated last week, with an increase in test positivity, as levels of two other respiratory viruses—COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—continued their steady declines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in updates today. CIDRAP

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Analysis: Backlash to COVID countermeasures could leave the U.S. less ready for a future pandemic.

Mon, 2024-03-18 09:59 — mike kraft
COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic Despite remarkable scientific advances, key weaknesses in the country's COVID response have only become more glaring. Caitlin Owens Axios
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Differences between health workers, laypeople on how to allocate limited medical resources amid a crisis--survey

Fri, 2024-03-15 10:41 — mike kraft
Health workers, laypeople differ on how to allocate limited medical resources amid a crisis On average, healthcare providers more strongly agreed that scarce resources shouldn't be allocated to patients less likely to survive. CIDRAP
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