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10.5 million children were orphaned or lost a primary caregiver due to COVID --new study

Wed, 2022-09-21 10:03 — mike kraft

10.5 million children were orphaned or lost a primary caregiver due to COVID, study finds A study published Tuesday estimates that 10.5 million children worldwide lost a primary caregiver or were orphaned due to COVID-19. YahooNews

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Problems in communicating and sharing data blunts U.S. response to outbreaks

Wed, 2022-09-21 09:44 — mike kraft

'Very Harmful' Lack of Data Blunts U.S. Response to Outbreaks ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After a middle-aged woman tested positive for COVID-19 in January at her workplace in Fairbanks, public health workers sought answers to questions vital to understanding how the virus was spreading in Alaska’s rugged interior. The woman, they learned, had existing conditions and had not been vaccinated. She had been hospitalized but had recovered. Alaska and many other states have routinely collected that kind of information about people who test positive for the virus.

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Commentary: Biden’s comments about pandemic widen public health split over how US should respond to Covid-19

Tue, 2022-09-20 10:38 — mike kraft

Biden's comments about pandemic widen public health split over how US should respond to Covid-19 | CNN Even as the US prepares for a potential winter surge of Covid-19, President Biden roamed the cavernous halls of the Detroit Auto Show for an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" and, gesturing to the mostly maskless attendees, told the nation, "the pandemic is over." Brenda Goodman CNN

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Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? More perspectives

Tue, 2022-09-20 09:30 — mike kraft

Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? The answer is more art than science Experts say there are no accepted metrics or defined international rules that tell us when we can call the code on the Covid pandemic. In reality, things are much more ephemeral. Helen Branswell STAT

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Covid will be a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely

Tue, 2022-09-20 09:13 — mike kraft

Covid will be a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely, whether or not the pandemic is 'over' Disease experts predict that Covid will remain among the top 10 causes of death in the U.S. for the foreseeable future. NBC News

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HHS Sec: 'The president is correct' that the COVID-19 pandemic is over

Mon, 2022-09-19 19:04 — mike kraft

HHS Sec: 'The president is correct' that the COVID-19 pandemic is over US Health Sec. Xavier Becerra doubled down on off-the-cuff remarks from President Joe Biden that the pandemic is over in the country. YahooNews

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"The president is correct," Becerra told Yahoo Finance Monday.

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Biden says 'the pandemic is over' even as cases, death toll continue

Mon, 2022-09-19 09:17 — mike kraft

Biden says 'the pandemic is over' even as death toll, costs mount U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview aired on Sunday that "the pandemic is over," even though the country continues to grapple with coronavirus infections that kill hundreds of Americans daily. Trevor Hunnicutt Reuters

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Covid-19 in seniors linked to increased Alzheimer’s risk-- study

Fri, 2022-09-16 10:43 — mike kraft

Covid-19 in seniors linked to increased Alzheimer’s risk, study finds Researchers find a correlation with new-onset dementia in an analysis of more than six million health records. Mark Johnson Washington Post

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U.S.National COVID-19 wastewater levels signal viral uptick ahead of fall

Fri, 2022-09-16 09:38 — mike kraft

National COVID-19 wastewater levels signal viral uptick ahead of fall Although reported COVID-19 case levels in the U.S. are still falling after a viral resurgence over the summer, there are preliminary indicators that infection rates may be back on the rise across the country. In recent weeks, federal data has shown that the number of U.S. wastewater sites reporting increases in the presence of COVID-19 in their samples appears to be back on the rise, following declines seen throughout the latter part of the summer.

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U.S. seeing decline in monkeypox new case growth, CDC says

Thu, 2022-09-15 18:09 — mike kraft

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Nearly 23,000 cases of monkeypox have been identified across the United States as of Sept. 14, Walensky told reporters.

"Over the last several weeks, we've been pleased to see a decline in the growth of new cases here and abroad. There are areas of the U.S. where the rate of rise in new cases is still increasing," she said. "We approach this news with cautious optimism."

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