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Biden picks former FDA chief Robert Califf to again lead agency

Mon, 2021-11-15 16:51 — mike kraft

Biden picks ex-FDA chief Robert Califf to again lead agency WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday chose Dr. Robert Califf, a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner and prominent medical researcher, to again lead the powerful regulatory agency. AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday chose Dr. Robert Califf, a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner and prominent medical researcher, to again lead the powerful regulatory agency....

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New study describes how unvaccinated people are more likely to listen to their doctors than the government

Thu, 2021-11-11 00:41 — mike kraft

Unvaccinated people will hear you out on the COVID-19 shot — as long as you don't work for the government A new report from Deloitte finds that unvaccinated Americans are more likely to listen to some people over others. Andrew Keshner MarketWatch

Personal connection is key.

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Analysis: About 10,000 patients contracted COVID-19 while in U.S. hospitals, 21% died.

Fri, 2021-11-05 16:36 — mike kraft

Patients Went Into the Hospital for Care. After Testing Positive There for Covid, Some Never Came Out. About 21% of patients diagnosed with covid during a hospital stay died, according to data analyzed for KHN. In-hospital rates of spread varied widely and patients had no way of checking them. khnchristinaj Kaiser Health News

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The U.S. needs more nurses, but nursing schools don't have enough slots or instructors

Mon, 2021-10-25 16:27 — mike kraft

The U.S. needs more nurses, but nursing schools don't have enough slots Across the country, hospitals are desperate for RNs and specialty nurses. Yet, paradoxically, the nursing pipeline has slowed, with educators retiring or returning to clinical work themselves. NPR.org

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WHO estimate: 115,000 health workers have died from Covid-19, as calls for vaccine access grow

Thu, 2021-10-21 16:17 — mike kraft

An estimated 115,000 health workers have died from Covid-19 Globally, just two in five health care workers are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the WHO said Thursday. Andrew Joseph STAT

Some 115,000 health care workers died from Covid-19 from January 2020 to May of this year, according to a new World Health Organization estimate, as the agency pushed once again for efforts to address vaccine inequity.

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Record COVID-19 deaths hit Russia, Eastern Europe as region spurns vaccines

Wed, 2021-10-20 17:11 — mike kraft

Lockdowns, record COVID-19 deaths hit Russia, Eastern Europe as region spurns vaccines Russia will shut workplaces for a week, Latvia went back into lockdown for a month and Romanian funeral homes are running out of coffins, as vaccine-sceptic countries across ex-communist Eastern Europe face record-setting disease and deaths. Octav Ganea,Alexander Marrow Reuters

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Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths rise

Wed, 2021-10-20 17:03 — mike kraft

Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths rise MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered most Russians to stay off work for a week later this month amid rising COVID-19 infections and deaths, and he strongly urged reluctant citizens to get vaccinated. AP NEWS

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At least 30 strikes of health care workers have hit U.S. facilities this year

Wed, 2021-10-20 15:30 — mike kraft

Walkouts and strikes hit hospitals in pandemic hot spots There have been at least 30 strikes of health care workers so far this year, according to a tracker from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. POLITICO

Hospitals taxed by the pandemic over the last 20 months have a new problem: Labor strife and a wave of resignations have people waiting longer for care.

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Analysis:The U.S. may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one because of threats, resignations and politics--NY Times survey .

Mon, 2021-10-18 17:06 — mike kraft

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State and local public health departments across the country have endured not only the public’s fury, but widespread staff defections, burnout, firings, unpredictable funding and a significant erosion in their authority to impose the health orders that were critical to America’s early response to the pandemic.

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