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California and Oregon ease CDC guidance, letting students and workers with asymptomatic COVID avoid isolation.

Mon, 2024-01-22 16:22 — mike kraft

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Oregon and California, among the most cautious of states early in the pandemic, have surprised health officials elsewhere by breaking with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and telling infected workers and schoolchildren that as long as they have no symptoms, they are generally free to go about their lives.

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First malaria vaccine program for children starts in Cameroon

Mon, 2024-01-22 16:10 — mike kraft

Cameroon starts world's first malaria vaccine program for children Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. AP News

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.

The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent, which accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria deaths.

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UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion to help people on the move and their host communities

Mon, 2024-01-22 15:58 — mike kraft

UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion to help people on the move and the communities that host them The U.N.’s migration agency is launching its first “global appeal,” seeking $7.9 billion to help people on the move and ensure smoother pathways to migration. AP News

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California officials shorten COVID isolation time guidance as infections peak

Thu, 2024-01-18 20:06 — mike kraft

California health officials shorten COVID isolation guidance as infections peak Under new guidance schools are advising that students who test positive for COVID-19 but do not have symptoms can continue to come to school if they wear masks indoors for 10 days after testing pos… ***@***.*** The Mercury News

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Opinion: Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives.

Mon, 2024-01-15 17:11 — mike kraft

America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives. Dylan Scott Vox

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

Fri, 2024-01-12 21:07 — 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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Update: Spain makes masks mandatory in healthcare centres amid flu, COVID peak

Thu, 2024-01-11 00:54 — mike kraft

Spain makes masks mandatory in healthcare centres amid flu, COVID peak Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia made wearing masks mandatory in healthcare centres around the country from Wednesday as the country faces a peak of flu and COVID-19 infections. Reuters Reuters

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COVID cases have jumped up globally becauwe of new variant and the holidays, the UN health agency says

Wed, 2024-01-10 23:39 — mike kraft

Holiday gatherings and a new variant have driven up COVID cases globally, the UN health agency says The head of the U.N. health agency says holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. AP News

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2024 is starting with second-largest COVID surge in the U.S. --experts say

Wed, 2024-01-10 15:46 — mike kraft

The US is starting 2024 in its second-largest COVID surge ever, experts say A COVID wave is hitting the US in 2024, and it could be the the 2nd largest ever. COVID-19 mask mandates are returning. Know the symptoms, and take precautions. Yahoo News

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UK Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in country during last decade’--study

Wed, 2024-01-10 00:04 — mike kraft

Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’ Exclusive: Review by Michael Marmot decries ‘shocking political failure’ behind differing life expectancies across country The Guardian

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