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CDC launches nationwide site to help people find Covid-19 vaccine providers

Thu, 2021-02-25 17:43 — mike kraft

CDC launches VaccineFinder tool to locate Covid-19 vaccine providers Federal officials have quietly opened up access to VaccineFinder, which lets the public to search for approved Covid-19 vaccine providers. Katie Palmer STAT

Federal officials Wednesday quietly opened up access to VaccineFinder, a site that allows the U.S. public to search nationwide for approved Covid-19 vaccine providers.

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The important role of community health centers to vulnerable communities.

Tue, 2021-02-23 11:06 — mike kraft

For the most vulnerable Americans, these clinics are trusted and accessible. And they're vital to vaccine rollout. Federally Qualified Health Centers could be key to vaccinating hard-hit populations, experts say. They're now set to get extra doses. YahooNews

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Black nurses have dispoportionate death rate, struggle with mental health support while battling Covid-19

Mon, 2021-02-22 11:01 — mike kraft

'Absolutely defeated': Black nurses struggle with mental health support while battling Covid-19 The stress of taking care of Covid-19 patients has Black nurses in need of mental health care -- but getting it can be a challenge. Megan Marples, CNN CNN

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Clinics are springing up to treat covid long haulers.

Mon, 2021-02-22 10:35 — mike kraft

Clinics are springing up around the country for what some call a potential second pandemic: Long Covid From Washington state to Florida, from California to Massachusetts, facilities are opening to help the growing number of Americans who suffer from Covid-19 symptoms many months after their diagnosis. Theresa Waldrop, CNN CNN

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Concerns about some states facing shortages of people to administer vaccinations

Sun, 2021-02-21 11:35 — mike kraft

States facing new Covid vaccine shortage: Who is giving the shots? Not just anyone can help give shots. Training requirements vary by state. YahooNews

Beating back Covid-19 right now comes down to balancing supply and demand. With hopes pinned to vaccines, demand has far outstripped the supply of doses.

But, as an increasing number of vaccine vials are shipped in coming weeks, the concern about shortages may well shift to human capital: the vaccinators themselves.

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Hard-hit restaurants feed COVID doctors, nurses, but donations stopped to survive

Fri, 2021-02-19 11:55 — mike kraft

Hard-hit restaurants feed COVID doctors, nurses to survive PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — It was the week after Christmas and coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations were soaring in Portland, Oregon. At Oregon Health & Science University, the state’s... AP NEWS

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Doctors vaccinate vulnerable homebound people but face time, distance challenges

Fri, 2021-02-19 10:36 — mike kraft

Doctors race to find, vaccinate vulnerable homebound people A group of health care workers hurried out of a Boston hospital on a recent weekday morning, clutching small red coolers filled with COVID-19 vaccines. “That clock is in the back of my mind the whole time,” said Dr. Won Lee, a home care specialist at Boston Medical Center. Millions of U.S. residents will need COVID-19 vaccines brought to them because they rarely or never leave home. YahooNews

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Despite stockpiles, Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks

Tue, 2021-02-16 16:41 — mike kraft

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he... AP NEWS

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many millions of N95 masks are pouring out of American factories and heading into storage. Yet doctors and nurses like Turner say there still aren’t nearly enough in the “ICU rooms with high-flow oxygen and COVID germs all over.”

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American Companies are having difficulties selling N95 masks despite shortages.

Wed, 2021-02-10 20:18 — mike kraft

A year into the pandemic, the disposable, virus-filtering N95 mask remains a coveted piece of protective gear. Continuing shortages have forced doctors and nurses to reuse their N95s, and ordinary Americans have scoured the internet — mostly in vain — to get them.

But Luis Arguello Jr. has plenty of N95s for sale — 30 million of them, in fact, which his family-run business, DemeTech, manufactured in its factories in Miami. He simply can’t seem to find buyers.

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Pentagon approves over 1,000 personnel to help FEMA with COVID-19 vaccines

Fri, 2021-02-05 20:56 — mike kraft

Pentagon approves over 1,000 personnel to help FEMA with COVID-19 vaccines

The Pentagon has authorized more than 1,000 active-duty service members to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with its vaccination effort against COVID-19.

The 1,110 active-duty troops will be broken up into teams of 222 people to support five state vaccination sites, according to a Defense Department fact sheet released Friday.

White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients called the effort a “critical part of our all of government response.”

An initial group of 222 will be deployed to a site in California in the coming days, top Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters later on Friday.

“We expect that they’ll be able to get on site on or about the 15th of this month,” Kirby said, referring questions to FEMA as to the exact location.

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