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COVID-19 surges poses a risk for healthcare workers: PTSD

Sun, 2021-09-05 22:49 — mike kraft
Each COVID-19 surge poses a risk for healthcare workers: PTSD Nurse Chris Prott's knees jump, his heart races, his mouth goes dry and his mind floods with dark memories when he talks about working in the Milwaukee VA Medical Center's intensive care unit (ICU) during pandemic surges. Lisa Baertlein Reuters
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Mississippi: Hospitals in crisis in least vaccinated state face crisis

Sun, 2021-09-05 22:36 — mike kraft
Hospitals in crisis in least vaccinated state: Mississippi JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As patients stream into Mississippi hospitals one after another, doctors and nurses have become all too accustomed to the rampant denial and misinformation about COVID-19 in the nation's least vaccinated state. AP NEWS

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More on U.S. nursing shortages, Nevada situation

Fri, 2021-09-03 10:48 — mike kraft
US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer. The problem, health leaders say, is twofold: Nurses are quitting or retiring, exhausted or demoralized by the crisis. AP NEWS

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer.

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Amid booster shot controversy, Two Top F.D.A. Vaccine Regulators Are Set to Depart During a Crucial Period

Wed, 2021-09-01 12:27 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — Two of the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulators will leave the agency this fall, a development that could disrupt its work on deciding whether to recommend coronavirus vaccines for children under 12 and booster shots for the general population.

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Black doctors on tackling the myths that fuel vaccine hesitancy

Fri, 2021-08-27 11:29 — mike kraft
Black doctors on tackling the myths that fuel vaccine hesitancy Black doctors serving Black communities are feeling exasperation after months of wading through myths and misinformation about Covid and the authorized vaccines. NBC News
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COVID patients overwhelm Texas hospitals, amid 'hair on fire' crisis

Fri, 2021-08-27 10:57 — mike kraft
COVID patients overwhelm Texas hospitals, amid 'hair on fire' crisis State hospitals are buckling under the pressure of 1,700 patients a day. ABC News ABC News
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Mississippi's nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout

Thu, 2021-08-26 10:53 — mike kraft
'I think we already broke': Mississippi's nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout Earlier this month, Mississippi ICU nurse Nichole Atherton resigned, worn down by the stress, young patients and preventable deaths that have overwhelmed the state's hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Madeline Holcombe, Erica Hill and Laura Dolan, CNN CNN
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UK Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread

Wed, 2021-08-25 17:14 — mike kraft
Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread Also, 21% of patients caused 80% of infections, UK researchers find. CIDRAP

Most hospital patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 contracted the virus from other patients rather than healthcare workers (HCWs), with 21% of patients causing 80% of cases, finds a UK study today in eLife.  ...

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U.S..Overview: Daily vaccination rate rises for Americans getting their first shot ...

Tue, 2021-08-24 19:44 — mike kraft
Covid-19 live updates: Daily vaccination rate is rising among Americans getting their first shot, officials say Twenty-six percent of Americans ranked the pandemic as the most important problem facing the United States, according to a new Gallup poll. Derek Hawkins, Bryan Pietsch, Adela Suliman, Lateshia Beachum Washington Post
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National Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived...

Tue, 2021-08-24 11:19 — mike kraft
National Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived when they heard the news Kentucky hospital officials high-fived one another during a news conference Monday as they learned multiple National Guard teams would be deployed to hospitals across the state dealing with rising Covid-19 cases and hospital staffing shortages. Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN CNN
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