You are here

Data

Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in 2022 -- CDC

Thu, 2023-05-04 18:37 — mike kraft

Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in 2022, CDC data shows | CNN Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deidre McPhillips CNN

...

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in 2022 -- CDC
Log in or register to post comments

What to know about XBB.1.16, the 'Arcturus' variant

Thu, 2023-04-27 17:52 — mike kraft

What to know about XBB.1.16, the 'Arcturus' variant The subvariant accounts for nearly 10% of new Covid cases in the U.S. NBC News

...

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about What to know about XBB.1.16, the 'Arcturus' variant
Log in or register to post comments

Covid-sniffing dogs can help detect infections in schools, new study suggests

Thu, 2023-04-27 17:43 — mike kraft

Covid-sniffing dogs can help detect infections in K-12 schools, new study suggests | CNN Elementary students lined up behind a white curtain in the middle of a grand gymnasium at their school in northern California. They stood still as a dog handler walked a yellow Labrador along the other side of the curtain. Jacqueline Howard CNN

...

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Disease Prevention

Medical Testing

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Covid-sniffing dogs can help detect infections in schools, new study suggests
Log in or register to post comments

Global COVID markers decline, but hot spots remain in Asia and the Mideast

Thu, 2023-04-27 16:52 — mike kraft

Global COVID markers decline, but hot spots remain in two regions CIDRAP

Though COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to decline over the past 4 weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is tracking rises in two of its regions, South East Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. In its weekly update today, it also noted rises in individual countries in other parts of the world.

...

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Global COVID markers decline, but hot spots remain in Asia and the Mideast
Log in or register to post comments

U.S. shortage of home care workers continues to grow

Thu, 2023-04-27 10:48 — mike kraft

Demand for in-home healthcare outpaces availability of workers - UPI.com The need for at-home care has vastly outpaced a much smaller growth in the pool of home care workers, a recent study shows. UPI

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Medical Personnel

Medical Testing

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about U.S. shortage of home care workers continues to grow
Log in or register to post comments

Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk -- UK study

Tue, 2023-04-25 09:54 — mike kraft

Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk, study finds Shielded people had a slightly higher known infection rate—5.9% versus 5.7%—compared with controls. CIDRAP

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Disease Prevention

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Read more about Shielding the vulnerable did little to reduce COVID-19 among the at-risk -- UK study
Log in or register to post comments

U.S. COVID Pandemic relief efforts failed to reach many immigrant families

Mon, 2023-04-24 18:08 — mike kraft

Pandemic relief efforts did not reach immigrant families CIDRAP

Immigrant families living in the United States took some of the hardest economic hits during the COVID-19 pandemic, but benefited less from government assistance and relief programs than families with US-born caregivers.

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Disease Prevention

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about U.S. COVID Pandemic relief efforts failed to reach many immigrant families
Log in or register to post comments

End of data sharing could make Covid-19 harder to control

Mon, 2023-04-24 10:05 — mike kraft

End of data sharing could make Covid-19 harder to control, experts and high-risk patients warn | CNN When the federal public health emergency expires on May 11, some shared data requirements will come to an end and the federal government will lose access to key metrics. Some experts and patients at high risk of severe covid outcomes worry the scaling back of data access could make it harder to control covid. Sam Whitehead CNN

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Disease Prevention

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about End of data sharing could make Covid-19 harder to control
Log in or register to post comments

New data show safety of Pfizer COVID vaccine for teenagers

Mon, 2023-04-24 09:57 — mike kraft

New data show safety of Pfizer COVID vaccine for teens ages 12 to 17 Very few serious adverse events were reported, and instances of myocarditis were lower than initially reported. CIDRAP

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Disease Prevention

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about New data show safety of Pfizer COVID vaccine for teenagers
Log in or register to post comments

World's 2022 weather problems reached record levels--UN weather agency

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:04 — mike kraft

UN's weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot Looking back at 2022’s weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization says last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. The United Nations' climate agency in a Friday report says killer floods, droughts and heat waves hit around the world, costing many billions of dollars. Global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs and Antarctic sea ice and European Alps glaciers reached record low amounts. Last year was the fifth or sixth hottest depending on measuring techniques.

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Extreme Weather

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about World's 2022 weather problems reached record levels--UN weather agency
Log in or register to post comments

Pages

Page loaded in 0.600 seconds.