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Some Canadian hospitals are again facing COVID cancellations

Fri, 2022-04-22 10:09 — mike kraft
Some Canadian hospitals face COVID cancellations - again Some hospitals in Canada's most populous provinces are cancelling or postponing medical procedures in the face of another wave of the coronavirus pandemic, increasing backlogs of procedures that health practitioners say will take years to work through and could cost more lives. Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters

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Effective treatments for COVID are now available. Why are they not being used?

Thu, 2022-04-21 08:42 — mike kraft
Effective treatments for COVID are now available. Why are they not being used? Awareness varies about the availability and effectiveness of 'miracle' COVID treatments, experts say. Once in short supply, they are now underused. YahooNews
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Doctors say the pandemic is far from over amid BA.2’s emergence: ‘We are probably only in the 4th inning’

Wed, 2022-04-13 12:32 — FNUOvviyaa
Doctors say the pandemic is far from over amid BA.2’s emergence: ‘We are probably only in the 4th inning’ BA.2 cases are on the rise nationwide, and doctors are warning against moving on from the pandemic despite many cities rolling back COVID restrictions. Yahoo

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With COVID mission over, Pentagon plans for next pandemic

Mon, 2022-04-11 10:15 — FNUOvviyaa
With COVID mission over, Pentagon plans for next pandemic WASHINGTON (AP) — A COVID-19 patient was in respiratory distress. The Army nurse knew she had to act quickly. It was the peak of this year’s omicron surge and an Army medical team was helping in a Michigan hospital. AP NEWS

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Trauma among health care workers comparable to that of combat vets--study

Fri, 2022-04-08 10:20 — mike kraft
Betrayal, guilt, shame: Trauma among health care workers comparable to that of combat vets Forced to ration care amid a deluge of Covid patients while others flouted safety measures during the pandemic, health care workers are left with "moral injury." NBC News
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U.S.nursing home care criticized, needs major overhaul--new report.

Thu, 2022-04-07 11:42 — mike kraft
Nursing home care, funding system need overhaul, report says NEW YORK (AP) — Nursing home residents are subjected to ineffective care and poor staffing, while facility finances are shrouded in secrecy and regulatory lapses go unenforced, according to a report Wednesday that called for wholesale changes in an industry whose failures have been spotlighted by the pandemic. AP NEWS

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White House announces National Plan to Fight Long term COVID, promote research

Wed, 2022-04-06 12:00 — mike kraft
White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Shannon Firth medpagetoday

The Biden administration unveiled a new plan on Tuesday to improve the nation's understanding of long COVID and to better prevent, detect, and treat the condition, particularly in hard-hit communities.

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U.S state health officials say Congress' funding fight undermines long term approach to Covid-19 problems

Mon, 2022-04-04 10:00 — mike kraft
States are ready to live with Covid. Congress' funding fight is making that hard. Health officials from Alabama to Washington state say that congressional gridlock over providing billions in new money has undermined efforts to transition to a steady, long-term approach to Covid-19. POLITICO

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Overview, China, vaccines, U.S developments

Mon, 2022-04-04 08:36 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus China sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise on Monday, in one of the country's biggest-ever public health responses. Reuters Reuters
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U.S. Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low,, but strain on hospitals persists

Fri, 2022-04-01 10:32 — mike kraft
Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals and staff continue to feel the strain. Deidre McPhillips, CNN CNN

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