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Canadian hospitals strain to care for influx of sick chidren but are short staffed

Mon, 2022-11-21 16:58 — mike kraft

Canadian hospitals, strapped for staff, strain with sick children Canadian hospitals are straining to care for an influx of sick children, many with respiratory illnesses, in the midst of staffing constraints and as a shortage of children's over-the-counter medication sends more kids to hospital. Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters

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RSV, covid and flu are pushing U.S.hospitals to the brink

Mon, 2022-11-21 09:31 — mike kraft

RSV, covid and flu push hospitals to the brink — and it may get worse Hospitals across the United States are overwhelmed, and experts believe conditions will deteriorate in coming months. Sabrina Malhi Washington Post

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Ugandan doctors face fear and shortages in Ebola outbreak

Fri, 2022-11-18 10:22 — mike kraft

Ugandan doctors face fear and shortages in Ebola outbreak When Ebola broke out in Uganda in September, 10 doctors immediately stepped forward to work in an isolation unit at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, but now only three are left. Tommy Wilkes,Elias Biryabarema Reuters

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Long-COVID clinics are still figuring out how to best treat their patients

Fri, 2022-11-18 09:44 — mike kraft

Long-COVID clinics are wrestling with how to treat their patients The clinics have popped up all over the country, but doctors still don't know the best way to treat these patients, whose symptoms can vary dramatically. NPR.org

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RSV hospitalization rate for seniors is 10 times higher than usual for this point in the season

Thu, 2022-11-17 11:37 — mike kraft

RSV hospitalization rate for seniors is 10 times higher than usual for this point in the season | CNN The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children's hospitals in many parts of the country -- especially with respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV. Jen Christensen CNN

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COVID pandemic led to surge in superbug infections in Europe

Thu, 2022-11-17 10:17 — mike kraft

COVID pandemic led to surge in superbug infections, EU agency says Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reuters Reuters

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Getting Covid boosterscould prevent millions of days missed in school and thousands of hospitalizations for kids --study

Wed, 2022-11-16 17:47 — mike kraft

Should you get the COVID booster? It could prevent millions of days missed in school and thousands of hospitalizations for kids If 80% of people five and older got their booster shot, nearly 29 million days of missed school could be prevented for kids. YahooFinance

New research predicts that higher rates of those five and older getting the bivalent booster shot could prevent millions of missed school days and thousands of hospitalizations for kids and teens. ...

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U.S. Pediatricians lobby for more federal help to fight wave of respiratory llnesses

Wed, 2022-11-16 17:34 — mike kraft

Pediatricians beg for more federal help to fight wave of RSV - Roll Call Two medical groups have asked the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency to respond to the glut of respiratory viruses. Roll Call

After two winters spent masked and six feet apart, pediatric respiratory viruses have returned with a vengeance, and pediatric hospitals, emergency room doctors and pediatricians are lobbying Congress and the Biden administration to provide more support.

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U.S. Covid deaths and hospitalizations are falling although new variants could emerge

Tue, 2022-11-15 19:10 — mike kraft

Covid deaths and hospitalizations are falling in the U.S. Even as new omicron strains take over, Covid is no longer driving a majority of patients into the hospital. Still, doctors worry the virus could re-emerge as immunity wanes. NBC News

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As the flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have spread rapidly this fall — inundating and overwhelming hospitals and their staff across the country — Covid has not.

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Biden requests $9.25 bln for COVID, $750 Mln to gihht other disdeases and $37.7 bln for Ukraine from Congress.

Tue, 2022-11-15 18:58 — mike kraft

Biden requests $9.25 bln for COVID, $37.7 bln for Ukraine from Congress -officials The Biden administration is asking Congress for $9.25 billion to fight COVID-19 and an additional $37.7 billion to support Ukraine in its war with Russia as part of a supplemental funding request, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Jeff Mason Reuters

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