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Former British PM Cameron says country was prepared for flu-like pandemic rather than COVID

Mon, 2023-06-19 14:07 — mike kraft

Former PM Cameron says Britain was prepared for flu-like pandemic rather than COVID Former prime minister David Cameron told an inquiry on Monday that Britain was prepared for a flu-type pandemic but not enough work was done in advance to confront an asymptomatic disease similar to COVID-19. Reuters Reuters

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Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic-- study

Thu, 2023-06-15 22:28 — mike kraft

Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic, study says The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. And the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years. That's according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday. Experts cited several possible reasons for the increases, including higher rates of depression, limited availability of mental health services and the number of guns in U.S. homes. Suicide and homicide are the No. 2 and 3 causes of death for 10- to 24-year-olds.

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Burnout, online harassment of health workers during COVID-19 decribed in new studies

Thu, 2023-06-15 15:26 — mike kraft

Studies spotlight burnout, online harassment of health workers during COVID-19 CIDRAP

Two new studies illustrate the mental toll COVID-19 took on healthcare workers (HCWs), with the first documenting high rates of burnout among HCWs and the second describing harassment on social media platforms suffered by physicians and scientists during the pandemic.

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A quarter of Britis believe COVID may have been a hoax--poll

Tue, 2023-06-13 14:04 — mike kraft

Quarter in UK believe Covid was a hoax, poll on conspiracy theories finds Survey also finds one in seven say violence is fair response to alleged conspiracies such as ‘15-minute cities’ the Guardian

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Britain's COVID-19 inquiry opens, hears government was under-prepared

Tue, 2023-06-13 13:30 — mike kraft

Britain's COVID-19 inquiry hears government was under-prepared Britain's government was under-prepared and failed to anticipate measures needed to protect the vulnerable, an official inquiry heard on Tuesday, as its chair pledged to put the bereaved at the heart of her work. Alistair Smout Reuters

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COVID shots should target XBB variants in 2023-24 campaign, US FDA staff say

Mon, 2023-06-12 22:05 — mike kraft

COVID shots should target XBB variants in 2023-24 campaign, US FDA staff say COVID-19 vaccines being developed and manufactured for the 2023-2024 campaign should target one of the currently dominant XBB variants, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) staff reviewers said on Monday. Reuters Reuters

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Opinion: We've made huge advances against COVID. Why is it still killing so many people?

Tue, 2023-06-06 14:11 — mike kraft

Opinion: We've made huge advances against COVID. Why is it still killing so many people? Many immunocompromised and older Americans feel abandoned. That's a public health failure. Yahoo News

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why are so many people still dying? And how do we reconcile those numbers with the vast improvements in our COVID tools?

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Canadian farms site of 64 COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020, most tied to greenhouses

Tue, 2023-06-06 13:32 — mike kraft

Canadian farms site of 64 COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020, most tied to greenhouses The events were tied to 2,022 COVID-19 cases, and 58% of outbreaks occurred on farms classified as greenhouses. CIDRAP

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US births in 2022 didn’t return to pre-pandemic levels--data

Thu, 2023-06-01 15:02 — mike kraft

US births in 2022 didn't return to pre-pandemic levels U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation continues to see fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released provisional birth data for last year. A little under 3.7 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, about 3,000 fewer than the year before. Births to moms 35 and older continued to rise, with the highest rates in that age group since the 1960s. But those gains were offset by record-low birth rates to moms in their teens and early 20s. AP NEWS

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Panel: COVID-19 fueled human rights abuses in Asia, including China

Wed, 2023-05-31 16:26 — mike kraft

Panel: COVID-19 fueled human rights abuses in Asia - UPI.com The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent response from governments to quell the spread of the virus fueled human rights abuses across Asia, a panel of experts said Wednesday. UPI

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