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A covid surge in Western Europe has U.S. bracing for another wave

Thu, 2022-03-17 08:07 — mike kraft

A covid surge in Western Europe has U.S. bracing for another wave Vaccines, natural immunity and relaxed restrictions make it difficult to predict how severe the next round of coronavirus will be. Washington Post

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U.S. Covid response may have to be scaled back because of congressional funding inaction- White House

Fri, 2022-03-11 09:01 — mike kraft

Covid response may have to be scaled back amid congressional inaction, White House says With $15.6 billion in coronavirus aid stripped from a deal to fund the government, Democrats are scrambling for how to fund the effort. Washington Post

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Ukraine Covid concerns increase as Russian invasion continues

Wed, 2022-03-09 08:37 — mike kraft

As Ukrainians contend with Russia's unprovoked invasion, Covid-19 is complicating the picture Russia's invasion of Ukraine is causing a devastating humanitarian crisis in the country, with at least two million people fleeing into neighboring countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) warning that the deteriorating conditions will make it easier for Covid-19 to spread. Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN CNN

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More than 200,000 American children have lost a parent or caregiver to Covid. Help efforts have been haphazard.

Mon, 2022-03-07 09:19 — mike kraft

Children who have lost caregivers to Covid may be flying under the radar, experts say “If a child has lost a parent, someone needs to show up at that doorstep right away — and I mean right away,” one professor of pediatrics said. NBC News

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Ukraine: Hundreds of thousands cut off from aid--UN report

Mon, 2022-03-07 09:05 — mike kraft

Hundreds of thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, U.N. says Hundreds of thousands of people inside Ukraine have been cut off from life-saving aid due to the military encirclement of cities, a U.N. report said on Monday, calling urgently for safe passage. Reuters Reuters

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Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasion

Tue, 2022-03-01 08:59 — mike kraft

Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasion Ukraine is running low on critical medical supplies and has had to halt urgent efforts to curb a polio outbreak since Russia invaded the country, public health experts say. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Medical oxygen running out in Ukraine, WHO warns

Mon, 2022-02-28 11:41 — mike kraft

Medical oxygen running out in Ukraine as war rages, WHO warns Ukraine is running out of oxygen supplies that critically ill people need, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, calling for safe passage for emergency imports as combat rages. Reuters Reuters

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A mild U.S. flu season is waning, but is it really over?

Mon, 2022-02-21 18:08 — mike kraft

A mild U.S. flu season is waning, but is it really over? Here's the question experts are asking themselves about the 2021-2022 flu season: "Is this it, or is there more to come?" Patrick Skerrett STAT

NEW YORK — This winter’s mild flu season is fading to a trickle of cases in much of the U.S., but health officials aren’t ready to say it’s over.

Since the beginning of the year, positive flu test results and doctor’s office visits for flu-like illness are down. But second waves of influenza are not unusual, and some experts said it’s possible a late winter or spring surge could be coming.

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Analysis: Biden’s new global vaccine push is running out of funds --Politico

Thu, 2022-02-17 10:05 — mike kraft

Biden’s new global vaccine push is running out of funds The president’s team is putting the world vaccination effort at the center of its Covid-19 strategy. But it lacks the money to pay for it. POLITICO

The Biden administration is turbocharging its effort to boost inoculations in low- and middle-income countries to prevent new, more-transmissible variants from emerging — an effort that would also protect Americans at home, according to three senior administration officials working on the effort.

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WHO calls for strengthened role as U.S. proposes new pandemic fund

Thu, 2022-02-17 09:44 — mike kraft

WHO calls for strengthened role as U.S. proposes new pandemic fund Efforts to strengthen global health security will only succeed if the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) is enhanced, the agency's head said on Thursday, as its biggest donor, Washington, proposed a new global pandemic prevention fund. Kate Lamb,Stanley Widianto Reuters

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