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U.S.: Overlapping emergencies strain the nation's public health workforce and threaten critical vaccination campaigns

Mon, 2022-08-22 10:35 — mike kraft
Overlapping emergencies strain the nation's public health workforce and threaten critical vaccination campaigns After almost three years of contending with vaccine hesitancy, politics and a global pandemic, the nation's public health workers are frayed and leaving their posts. Now, these depleted agencies are being asked to tackle new threats like monkeypox without additional funding to handle them. Brenda Goodman, CNN Health CNN

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Opinion: What the Inflation Reduction Act means for health care coverage

Fri, 2022-08-19 13:33 — mike kraft

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What the Inflation Reduction Act means for health care coverage About two-thirds of Americans now support such a guarantee, and the time has come to make it happen. cayala The Hill

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CDC announces sweeping reorganization, aimed to changethe agency's culture and restore public trust

Wed, 2022-08-17 13:48 — mike kraft
CDC announces sweeping reorganization, aimed at changing the agency's culture and restoring public trust Big changes are coming to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary as the nation's lead public health agency. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Monkeypox misinformation spreading faster than the virus, experts say

Tue, 2022-08-16 17:50 — FNUOvviyaa
Does monkeypox spread easily on surfaces or in the air? Experts clear up misinformation Does monkeypox spread easily through the air, on surfaces or from food? False reports about the virus are causing high levels of anxiety. NBC News

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The 'traumatic experience' of US monkeypox patients

Fri, 2022-08-12 19:17 — FNUOvviyaa
The 'traumatic experience' of US monkeypox patients "If you haven't lived through it, you have no idea the kind of pain this is," one man tells the BBC. BBC News

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The first US monkeypox case this year was detected on 18 May in the state of Massachusetts. Since then, more than 10,000 cases have been reported across the country, in every state except Wyoming...

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Biden administration to move forward with plan to stretch monkeypox vaccine doses

Tue, 2022-08-09 15:05 — FNUOvviyaa
Biden administration to move forward with plan to stretch monkeypox vaccine doses The Biden administration is preparing to move forward with a plan to stretch the limited supply of monkeypox vaccine doses that would allow providers to use one-fifth as much per shot, two people familiar with the plans said. Jeremy Diamond, CNN CNN

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Second Booster Protects Against Breakthrough COVID-19 Variant Infections in Health Care Workers

Tue, 2022-08-09 14:48 — FNUOvviyaa
Second Booster Protects Against Breakthrough COVID-19 Variant Infections in Health Care Workers Health care workers who got 4 total doses against COVID-19, 2 doses of which are boosters, experienced more than 10% lower breakthrough infection rate than those with only 3 total doses. Pharmacy Times
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Change in monkeypox vaccine injection method could mean more doses but may not be easy, experts say

Mon, 2022-08-08 19:06 — FNUOvviyaa
Change in monkeypox vaccine injection method could mean more doses but may not be easy, experts say As part of the Biden administration's declaration of the monkeypox outbreak in the US as a public health emergency, it's looking into administering Jynneos vaccine shots intradermally instead of subcutaneously. Brenda Goodman and Virginia Langmaid, CNN CNN

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Nonprofits launch $100M plan to support local health workers

Mon, 2022-08-08 16:35 — FNUOvviyaa
Nonprofits launch $100M plan to support local health workers A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in 10 countries, mostly in Africa, by 2030 to support 200,000 community health workers, who serve as a critical bridge to treatment for people with limited access to medical care. AP NEWS

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The investment seeks to empower the frontline workers that experts say are essential to battling outbreaks of COVID-19, Ebola and HIV...

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Some lab techs refuse to take blood from possible monkeypox patients, raising concerns about stigma and testing delays

Thu, 2022-08-04 16:02 — FNUOvviyaa
Some lab techs refuse to take blood from possible monkeypox patients, raising concerns about stigma and testing delays Many technicians at Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics, two of the largest commercial labs in the US, have been refusing to draw blood from patients who might have monkeypox, CNN has learned. Elizabeth Cohen and Danielle Herman, CNN CNN

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