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Reasons why female health care workers suffer high rate of burnout--study

Fri, 2024-03-08 10:48 — mike kraft

Burnout is rampant among female health care workers. Here’s why Health care workers — and particularly female health care workers — are burning out at alarming rates. A recent survey from nursing marketplace platform ShiftKey shared with The Hill fo… aoconnelld The Hill

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U.S. measles outbreak threatens US status of having ‘eliminating’ the virus

Fri, 2024-03-08 10:28 — mike kraft

Measles outbreak threatens US status of ‘eliminating’ virus The rash of measles outbreaks around the country has sparked concerns that the U.S. risks losing its status as a country where the disease has been eliminated, a distinction held since 2000. As of … kwadington The Hill

The rash of measles outbreaks around the country has sparked concerns that the U.S. risks losing its status as a country where the disease has been eliminated, a distinction held since 2000.

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Latest COVID vaccine, antivirals lower risk of severe COVID-19--new study

Fri, 2024-03-08 10:18 — mike kraft

Latest COVID vaccine, antivirals lower risk of severe COVID-19, new data show According to new research from the Cleveland Clinic published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, updated COVID-19 vaccines—the monovalent (single-strain) XBB.1.5 shots—reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 by 31%, and the use of antiviral drugs reduced the risk of severe disease by 42%. CIDRAP

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Americans' concern about COVID reaches record low across political spectrum -- Survey

Thu, 2024-03-07 19:05 — mike kraft

Concern about COVID reaches record low across political spectrum: Survey Concern about the health threat posed by COVID-19 has reached a record low across the political spectrum, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. Twenty percent of all Americans in… tsuter The Hill

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Study outlines how COVID-19 Pandemic affected mortality rates among U.S. Latinos

Thu, 2024-03-07 10:09 — mike kraft

COVID-19 pandemic changed all-cause mortality among US Latinos Prior to the pandemic, cumulative mortality risks were higher in the Puerto Rican and Cuban groups. CIDRAP

A new analysis of all-cause mortality of Hispanic and Latino adults published in Annals of Internal Medicine shows Mexicans and Central Americans were most affected by the pandemic.

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ALSO: FDA advisers recommend trivalent flu vaccines for upcoming season

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Drug prices, health costs expected to be targeted in Biden's State of the Union speech tonight

Thu, 2024-03-07 09:47 — mike kraft

Biden to focus on drug prices, health costs during State of the Union President Biden plans to call on Congress during Thursday night’s State of the Union address to double down on Medicare’s new power to negotiate drug prices and dramatically expand the number of dr… nweixel The Hill

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Florida health officials provide scant details on measles cases, worrying health experts

Wed, 2024-03-06 20:10 — mike kraft

Florida health officials provide scant details on measles cases, worrying health experts Health experts are expressing concern about a dearth of information about the measles cases in Florida. Helen Branswell STAT

... notices are standard public health practice during measles outbreaks. Alerts of this sort may also warn that someone with measles had been in a crowded public location — an airport, a shopping mall, a theme park.

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U.S. patients struggle to get medication after cyberattack hits a major health care company

Wed, 2024-03-06 20:03 — mike kraft

Patients struggle to get lifesaving medication after cyberattack on a major health care company The attack on Change Healthcare has upended the lives and work of patients, doctors and pharmacists due to outages in systems used for medical billing and insurance claims. NBC News

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U.S. COVID death toll may have been 16% higher than official tally--study

Wed, 2024-03-06 10:53 — mike kraft

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Covid death toll in US likely 16% higher than official tally, study says Researchers think undercounting goes beyond overloaded health systems to a lack of awareness of Covid and low levels of testing The Guardian

The second year of the pandemic also had nearly as many uncounted excess deaths as the first, the study found.

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Some cognitive decline 'objectively measurable' after COVID-19--British study

Wed, 2024-03-06 09:56 — mike kraft

Cognitive decline 'measurable' in those with lasting COVID symptoms Researchers have found that there is 'measurable' cognitive decline in people who had COVID-19, particularly in those whose symptoms persisted after 12 months, though these may not be severe or long-lived. Finn Cohen

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Those who received at least two vaccinations and had fewer repeat infections, and those who were infected with later variants of SARS-CoV-2 had lower measures of cognitive decline.

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